Hi all, I have been spending the last couple of days getting my SGS2 setup and I am very pleased with the Juggernaut ROM all except a few minor things.
I am coming from an HTC HD2 running an HTC Desire based ROM. I really liked Sense and the widgets it came with. I see a lot of alternative launchers out there to replace TouchWiz on the SGS2, but has anyone ever tried to put Sense on one of these?
What I specifically miss about Sense and my old ROM is
1.) The calender widget - It was simple and automatically integrated with Facebook so I could see everyone's birthdays in the month view. I was surprised to see that the calendar widget that came in the Juggernaut ROM didn't do this. I have been all over the market searching for a widget that would do this, but have found none.
2.) The SMS widget - It was simple and made it very easy to navigate message threads from one of my home screens. Beautiful Widgets Pack 2 has a widget that is close to what I want, but it is not the same.
3.) The SMS threading - The Juggernaut ROM uses an SMS threading system similar to the iPhone message bubbles (yuck!). I would really like to change this to almost anything else, mostly so my GF doesn't say my SGS2 copied her iPhone
Don't consider these things complaints, they are just things I would like to have changed to my liking and I was hoping someone would point me in the right direction.
Launcher pro has a calendar like sense, also SMS widget and other
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noodles2224 said:
Launcher pro has a calendar like sense, also SMS widget and other
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Yeah, I tried that one already, but it does not get the birthdays for Facebook. It has an option to display birthdays, and I have it selected, but the birthdays still don't display. I don't care so much what the calendar looks like (that one does look nice though) as long as it is a month view and displays Facebook birthdays.
Update:
I got the default calendar working with Facebook. Even though I had my Facebook account setup on the phone, it was not setup on the calendar. Once I put it in all worked as I had wanted.
Android pro Widgets is the best way to get sense like Widgets. You can use it with any launcher that supports scrollable Widgets. Not sure about Facebook Calender sync though . Never tried it
I just tried this you can sync Facebook event calendars with google calenders. So that's pretty nice.
techbu.com/2011/02/04/how-tosync-facebook-birthdays-with-google-calendar
Also there are several SMS replacement apps in the market. I use handcent.
Like panda said these things you listed have nothing to do with Juggernaut and everything to do with touchwiz and samsung.
I would suggest the complete ICS theme on it. Biggg difference
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Is there an app or widget that can display the text message you last received on the widgetlocker lockscreen?
As you guys know, with the Sense UI lockscreen if your phone is locked and if you receive a text it will show you who sent the text, what time they sent it and a line of text what they said on the lockscreen. Widgetlocker does not do this and I talk to the developer and he said there are tons of apps on the Market for this but I cant seem to find any (he's not for sure if he's gonna add a last message received option on the lockscreen anyways).
Can you help, I really miss this option (and a native music app on the lockscreen as well).
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Is there an app or widget that can display the text message you last received on the widgetlocker lockscreen?
As you guys know, with the Sense UI lockscreen if your phone is locked and if you receive a text it will show you who sent the text, what time they sent it and a line of text what they said on the lockscreen. Widgetlocker does not do this and I talk to the developer and he said there are tons of apps on the Market for this but I cant seem to find any (he's not for sure if he's gonna add a last message received option on the lockscreen anyways).
Can you help, I really miss this option (and a native music app on the lockscreen as well).
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Not sure what version you're using. My suggestion is contact the dev. I'm using a beta version that lets you "hide" sms so my impression is that in upcoming versions this may be working.
The dev's website is:
http://teslacoilsw.com/
I have the latest version, 1.26, there is an option to hide 3rd party SMS apps but for the native Sense UI there is no options to show. Thats what I'm using native Sense UI for all my text messages. I have talk to him but he doesn't really have plans to incoroprate it (or not high on his priority list for future WL updates).
My only suggestion and then I'm going on my way, contact kevin from teslacoilsw
He's pretty good about responding.
Thanks.
Any others can help?
Messaging widget. Throw one of those on there. That's what I did. Works great. Then you can reply to it whenever you want. Right on The lockscreen
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felacio said:
Messaging widget. Throw one of those on there. That's what I did. Works great. Then you can reply to it whenever you want. Right on The lockscreen
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Using it now, hmm, it's nice but looking for something to only appear when somebody message me, IE Sense UI:
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I don't want the app to run in the BG at all times.
i was going to start a new thread but ill post in this one..
do any of you have batt drain with this app?
when phone is idle my batt drains slow if any, but with this it drains kinda heavy.
any one else have the same problem?
i really like this app and i would like to keep using it but i also dont like the drain.
i did email the dev and he got back to me fast... suggested some things but still have the problem... i tried again and same thing happend.
get handcent sms
I'm running the latest cyanogenmod on my desire at the moment but the one thing i am missing about the classic htc sense OS is the dialer. I hate hate hate the built in one with cyanogenmod, and miss being able to link contacts, add their Facebook photos as callerid and having their Facebook status displayed when they call. I also miss having the ability to just start typing a name or a number and it searching.
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So what I am asking is; is there a way to make this happen?
Thanks in advance!
you MIGHT be able to get a theme to make it look similar to this, but you probably wouldn't get any of the functionality.
agreed
I'm with you 100% velk.
The dialer in the CM is garbage. I'm thinking of switching to MIUI.
I'm running cm6 nightly and I downloaded dialer one from the market , that's a great dialer.. Very similar to htc sense. Try that before switching roms.
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Maybe try Dialer one in the market? Not as good as sense dialer but better than stock for sure.
haha, I happen to be the opposite, I'm trying to use aosp dialer on sense roms
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haha, I happen to be the opposite, I'm trying to use aosp dialer on sense roms
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haha lol~~
i love Sense dialer but yesterday i found a replacement on my OpenDesire. Try Youlu address book guys, its very clean!! and IMO, sense dialer challenger.
I'm on Cyanogen and I still have Facebook integration in the contacts list.
If you'd be interested, maybe we can write an app to replace the stock dialer... I'm in the process of trying to write a camera app to replace the stock one. I can definitely do the graphics for skinning the app... coding is a bit of another story ;D Might need a crutch for that.
Use Dialer One, as many ppl suggested. It works with no bugs, it is highly customizable and the developer is quite responsive.
I'm using Dialer One on CM 6.1 now, but is there any way to change the 'shortcut' of the standard dialer and make it point to Dialer One (or another dialer)?
I'm using Youlu Address Book and CM6.1 and what I did was dropped a shortcut to Youlu on the desktop, then if you pick it up and drop it in place, you can set a custom icon for it (I chose the phone icon from the Gingerbread icon pack I'm using for ADW Launcher). Then I dropped it down on the favorites bar.
Thanks, that did it! Didn't know the bottom bar was a favourites bar
Yeah, I just have my dialer, app drawer, and sms down there, the things I use the most
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Yeah, I just have my dialer, app drawer, and sms down there, the things I use the most
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You know you can also expand it from 3 to 5 if you want to add a couple more apps.
Rocket dialer seems much better and great customazible
But sense from liberty rom is very nice
hey guys.
i'm looking for a widget i can use with widgetlocker to either
1) have two 1x1 widgets each showing me a count of unread sms and unread emails (not gmail, k9 mail inbox)
OR
2) have a 4x1 widget that lists both sms and emails as they arrive
SMS Unread count gets pretty close to #1 but only works with GMail. any suggestions?
Check out Executive Assistant. It has a 4x1 widget that is exactly what you are looking for (even supports Exchange email). In fact, I liked it so much I dumped Widget Locker and started using the EA lockscreen instead (it's a lot less buggy).
SMS Unread Count.
Edit: Nevermind I saw you had SMS Unread count.... I haven't found anything else either....
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Check out Executive Assistant. It has a 4x1 widget that is exactly what you are looking for (even supports Exchange email). In fact, I liked it so much I dumped Widget Locker and started using the EA lockscreen instead (it's a lot less buggy).
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i'm trying Executive Assistant and it seems to work. what sucks is i can't have two 1x1 icons with sms on one and email on the other. no matter what size it is, it will always show whatever apps i tell it to. so a 1x1 icon has sms and email just like a 2x1. problem with that is i can't put them on either side of battstatt...ahhh
I'm using SMS Unread Count + the email widget from CM6 for this exact purpose.
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can that widget be imported to a sense rom?
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can that widget be imported to a sense rom?
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No idea, sorry. You may want to check the CM thread and ask. I'm really surprised there isn't another third party option.
well i think the best i can do is use SMS Unread Count for SMS and Executive Assistant for emails. let me try it out and i'll post a pic if it works out.
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I'm using SMS Unread Count + the email widget from CM6 for this exact purpose.
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How did you get your lock screen like that ? CM6 ? I've been looking for something like that for a long time for my lock screen - weather, time, and all..
that's using WidgetLocker....
i give up. executive assistant had difficulties connecting to hotmail...and on top of that it has a smaller icon than SMS so they dont match up (i switched the icon .pngs for both but executive assistant shrinks down the icon within the widget space).
any other suggestions? i just need a widget to pick up number of unread emails. preferably would allow me to click and open K9 mail.
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YES!
ripped it from CM RC 6.1 and installed it. it works as a standalone email app that actually works with Hotmail!
and it provides me with a lockscreen widget that actually works and updates with Hotmail!
i'm attaching the .apk for anyone who wants it...
use this + sms unread count and you have both
Won't work on HTC Legend!
This is my first Nexus device, and for whatever reason, my contacts are not syncing with Facebook profile pictures.
On all of my previous phones, I would put in my google account, and my facebook account, and the contact pictures would all sync.
On this device, they aren't syncing.
Am I missing something?
Thanks!
Haxsync. Much better alternative
Blame Facebook. They have not/will not update Facebook contact sync for ICS and up for some reason.
Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
Stock Android hasn't supported Facebook contacts sync for some time now. Facebook isn't following the rules and complying with the way Google wants to do things.
Ok cool...last stock Android device I've had was the OG Droid. I just switched from a RAZR this past week, so I had no idea this was no longer supported.
I'll give a 3rd party app a try.
Thanks again!
I use Friendcaster. Much better Facebook app anyway.
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Ok cool...last stock Android device I've had was the OG Droid. I just switched from a RAZR this past week, so I had no idea this was no longer supported.
I'll give a 3rd party app a try.
Thanks again!
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Make sure to download HaxSync. Its the only app for 4.0+ phones that syncs high resolution photos from Facebook.
As for an actual Facebook app, go with FriendCaster and the dark theme.
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Actually there is another FREE app that does the job as good as HaxSync -- Facebook contact Sync.
It's also the only app I know that works with MIUI Contacts (to have large caller image displayed) :fingers-crossed:
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Actually there is another FREE app that does the job as good as HaxSync -- Facebook contact Sync.
It's also the only app I know that works with MIUI Contacts (to have large caller image displayed) :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks! This one seems to be working perfect.
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Have you guys actually tried the official Facebook app recently? It seems to be back in the Sync options now (Disclaimer: I don't use it, I am using Friendcaster for the sync function. And no, I'm not confusing FB and FC, they have different icons). This is on stock JB 4.1.1.
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Have you guys actually tried the official Facebook app recently? It seems to be back in the Sync options now (Disclaimer: I don't use it, I am using Friendcaster for the sync function. And no, I'm not confusing FB and FC, they have different icons). This is on stock JB 4.1.1.
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The sync option has been in the Accounts area of Settings for a long time. Checking the box does nothing.
Hello everyone!
So I've been searching for a good calendar app for tablets, but haven't had any luck. I usually use Business Calendar on my phone since I really like their month calendar widget.
However, the problem on tablets (at least from what I've experienced) is that the month calendar widgets usually don't scale well when transitioning from portrait to landscape mode (and vice versa).
What calendar apps do you guys use? Can anyone recommend one that has a month calendar widget that works well in portrait/landscape mode?
Thanks!
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Hello everyone!
So I've been searching for a good calendar app for tablets, but haven't had any luck. I usually use Business Calendar on my phone since I really like their month calendar widget.
However, the problem on tablets (at least from what I've experienced) is that the month calendar widgets usually don't scale well when transitioning from portrait to landscape mode (and vice versa).
What calendar apps do you guys use? Can anyone recommend one that has a month calendar widget that works well in portrait/landscape mode?
Thanks!
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Protomartyr said:
Hello everyone!
So I've been searching for a good calendar app for tablets, but haven't had any luck. I usually use Business Calendar on my phone since I really like their month calendar widget.
However, the problem on tablets (at least from what I've experienced) is that the month calendar widgets usually don't scale well when transitioning from portrait to landscape mode (and vice versa).
What calendar apps do you guys use? Can anyone recommend one that has a month calendar widget that works well in portrait/landscape mode?
Thanks!
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I use aCalendar because its widget simply works and looks great. It holds its resize settings on a screen and has multiple views. I use the 7 day / week widget view and it syncs perfectly with my Google calendar.
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I use Digical on both phone and tablet. Widgets are wonderful. The month one does require the paid version.
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+1. I love the Digical+ widgets, especially because they are transparent. The app is very good as well, although not necessarily required.