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Which Live wallapaer are you using?

I was wanting to get some ideas for new live wallpapers. I have been running the same old live wallpaper on my S2 and now on S3 which is the Galaxy Pack (link below)
From the wallpapers Ive tried, I think it looks the best. But I'm bored of it now. Which live wallpapers do you guiys think look best on the S3?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxelus.galaxypacklivewallpaper&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYXhlbHVzLmdhbGF4eXBhY2tsaXZld2FsbHBhcGVyIl0.

Definitely Metaballs HD if you dont hate paid apps
Its completely different because you can customize backgrounds, images, colors and shading/blur 3d effect.
P.S. Free version is available too, but with huge capability restrictions.

I did try that, looks cool, but at the same time looks a bit tacky for my liking.

Alive video wallpaper, best I've ever seen
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Alive video wallpaper, best I've ever seen
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I just tried that too, does look good, needs an HD update though. I also prefer interactive Live wallpapers. But for now might stick with Alive

Had my s3 for just over a week now, and currently switching between galactic core, metaballs HD and asteroid belt live wallpapers. But yeah just like you OP, I also need a change
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Jumpgate live wallpaper.....is smooth and doesnt seem to eat up to much batter and looks pretty cool with the little android flying around with his jetpack.

I use Digital Hive. It's nice and subtle, no noticable battery drain on any of my phones.
Digital Hive

I nexus rain, you can change the color and speed.
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ECG Live Wallpaper
An electrocardiogram of your battery will animate your wallpaper. If your battery going down, the ECG too. Looks very sexy.
But most importantly, does not affect the performance and battery life.
Regards

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ECG Live Wallpaper
An electrocardiogram of your battery will animate your wallpaper. If your battery going down, the ECG too. Looks very sexy.
But most importantly, does not affect the performance and battery life.
Regards
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Which click widget are you using?

Multi Live Wallpaper.
Its not actually a live wallpaper, but rather you can select different wallpapers for every screen. Double tapping changes the wallpapers.
So I have a folder in my SD card as "Best Wallpapers" and my phone randomly changes its wallpapers from this folder.
Its pretty decent.
Try it out.
Been using it for a year now and no noticeable battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...50YW1hbmVnaS53YWxscGFwZXIubXVsdGlwaWN0dXJlIl0.

i wish there is a way to set live wallpaper on lockscreen
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Great live wallpaper
Try it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesmgittins.livewallpaper.doom

roni2915 said:
Multi Live Wallpaper.
Its not actually a live wallpaper, but rather you can select different wallpapers for every screen. Double tapping changes the wallpapers.
So I have a folder in my SD card as "Best Wallpapers" and my phone randomly changes its wallpapers from this folder.
Its pretty decent.
Try it out.
Been using it for a year now and no noticeable battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...50YW1hbmVnaS53YWxscGFwZXIubXVsdGlwaWN0dXJlIl0.
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Been using it for sometime now and its awesome..
Also great wallpaper is photile. Its pro version is great too!

I'm using a Jelly Bean live wallpaper - looks awesome.

Sugnid said:
I'm using a Jelly Bean live wallpaper - looks awesome.
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Link?

ifl
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None because it drains your battery lol
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I am using this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fishnoodle.koipond_free&feature=search_result

[THEME/UI][TUTORIAL][VIDEO ADDED!] DropUI | A minimal UI (updated: 15th Sept)

*Click image for high res. version.​
It has been a while since I made a real homescreen, I had been using Windows Phone for a while before I got my Galaxy S3. You guys have no idea how suffocating those tiles were (But I still love the MetroUI).
So, I call this setup DropUI cause of the raindrops in it. I have this strange fascination about them, they calm me down. You might notice the edges have black spots, they're there so that the screen looks rounded too. Inside the screen is another layer (or I call it a base). The base has the nav, the dock and the folders. I had to include the dock inside the wallpaper and then use blank icons on my launcher cause 7x10 grid was a pain to work with.
I had seen many setups before I created this, the best and the most unique ones used SweeterHome which is a beta launcher and is clunky. I believe in functionality over looks so I chose one of the best launchers out there, Apex Launcher. (You can use GoLauncher too but Apex has some nice gesture controls.) I made most of it, I had to mash up two icon sets and add in some effects to them. (resources are listed below). Unlike most of the complex setups which make it really hard to change wallpapers, each of my homescreen changes its wallpaper automatically. I had to make couple of wallpaper variations but same wallpapers get boring after a while. The folders are made up of Simi Folder widget and the text is made up of Minimalistic Text.
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The tutorial is now live on my website. Will be replying faster on there, will check in on this thread every two days cause of busy schedule!​
Tutorial/HowTo: [link]​
On DeviantArt: [link]
On MyColorScreen: [link]
If you guys are on MyColorScreen I'd love for you to comment/like it on there too. I posted it on there first and no one actually saw it. Thanks.​
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Video!
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i like it, i would be interested in trying it out
what do you say??

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i like it, i would be interested in trying it out
what do you say??
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x2, count me in!

i want it
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Looks great! Keep us updated

manishd3 said:
Looks great! Keep us updated
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i want it
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x2, count me in!
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the2rrell said:
i like it, i would be interested in trying it out
what do you say??
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I have attached my wallpapers and fonts used. Refer the the deviant Art page for widgets used. I have a bit of work to do today so tutorial will take about 2-3days. But youre free to have a go at it.

Thanks for the files. I will give a try.

sorry for asking...how can i make the screen rounded on the edge like that...?

noob 911 said:
sorry for asking...how can i make the screen rounded on the edge like that...?
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Check his resources and you will understand

dporem said:
noob 911 said:
sorry for asking...how can i make the screen rounded on the edge like that...?
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Check his resources and you will understand
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What he said its a neat background trick.

Love it! Reminds me of webOS and wimno with sense I had on hd2 somehow
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norpan111 said:
Love it! Reminds me of webOS and wimno with sense I had on hd2 somehow
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Ha it does remind me of those too! :good:

i request you to make it a flashable zip

thanks, my mob is so much cooler now!!

looks amazing! ill gonna try it if its released

looks good! Count me in also to try it.

Nice one! Can't wait for it.

it's nice seriously

Beautifully！Cant wait to try it！

its pretty easy to set it up. I have it up and running after ~10min
beautiful
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Icons Not Looking So Good

Didn't know whether to put this here or in Q and A, so apologies if it needs moving, but I'm using apex launcher on my N7 so i can change the icons on my homescreen. I really like the sets that blackblearblanc does in particular.
I've noticed though that they all look pixelated on the N7.
Is there anything I can do to get them to crisp up, or should I be looking for anything in particular when looking at icon sets? A certain pixel density, size etc.?
Help, as always, is massively appreciated.
Cheers

From what I understand, Apex isn't compatible at this time. That might be part of the problem.
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ExploreMN said:
From what I understand, Apex isn't compatible at this time. That might be part of the problem.
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It's compatible enough. You can download from Play Store and all the features are working great. They're working on getting it better though.
Since Apex is mainly for phones the icons aren't usually designed to stretch to our screen size. They'll work but they might look a bit pixelated. I'm using Apex with stock icons to avoid the eyesore.
Try searching for HDPI icon packs. Those would be the best qualified(I think) for stretching out while still maintaining image integrity.
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Im on 4.1.1, rom is Glazed, Apex Launcher with a CM10 theme (Cobalt i think). Icons are HQ and look fantastic

Thanks for the responses. I tested the chrome theme from the play store and found that the icons looked good but didn't fill the entire icon area. If I manually picked a chrome icon then it stretched and looked rubbish again.
Guess I'll have to wait for more hd themes and sets.
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AlanB412 said:
It's compatible enough. You can download from Play Store and all the features are working great. They're working on getting it better though.
Since Apex is mainly for phones the icons aren't usually designed to stretch to our screen size. They'll work but they might look a bit pixelated. I'm using Apex with stock icons to avoid the eyesore.
Try searching for HDPI icon packs. Those would be the best qualified(I think) for stretching out while still maintaining image integrity.
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Better to download the beta from XDA, which has been updated to Jelly Bean. Or if you already have Apex, select Beta in Settings then check for update.
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ragnarokx said:
Better to download the beta from XDA, which has been updated to Jelly Bean. Or if you already have Apex, select Beta in Settings then check for update.
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Worked well! Thanks for the tip.
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I bought 2 icon packs for my then 7" Coby tablet, from the Play Store. They worked well and all was good. Then a few tablets later, I tried them on my Transformer Prime...and they looked so bad they were unusable. So I emailed the dev, and he said my Prime is probably looking for XHDPI icons, and he doesn't support that now. So he emailed me the .apk and basically said to crack it open and resize the images in something like Gimp or PS, then repackage. I just unzipped the apk, and noticed mdpi, hdpi etc. So I manually changed each icon, grabbing the highest DPI images that were in the apk. Worked great, and I've used that a few times now on different themes. Just thought that may help you in the future

This may or may not be what you are looking for but this is what i did.
i have apex on my TF300, and i was using the ICS plates theme from the market. once applying the theme all the icons looked really nice, however, there were a few icons that didn't come over or that i wanted to change to another icon.
when lonpressing and manually editing the icon, i got terrible resolutions on the images when i "select from icon packs". however, when i "select picture" it still allowed me to choose from the icon packs and the icons come across crystal clear.
like i said, maybe not what you were looking for, but figured i would post my experiences just in case.

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This may or may not be what you are looking for but this is what i did.
i have apex on my TF300, and i was using the ICS plates theme from the market. once applying the theme all the icons looked really nice, however, there were a few icons that didn't come over or that i wanted to change to another icon.
when lonpressing and manually editing the icon, i got terrible resolutions on the images when i "select from icon packs". however, when i "select picture" it still allowed me to choose from the icon packs and the icons come across crystal clear.
like i said, maybe not what you were looking for, but figured i would post my experiences just in case.
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I actually did try this but the icons still looked rubbish. I think the source icon wasn't up to the res on the N7.
The beta of apex has definitely helped though. It all looks good.
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Suggestions for Beautiful Weather replacement?

I'm unhappy with the upgrade to Beautiful Weather/Beautify Widgets. For a replacement, so far I've looked a bit at:
Go Weather
Snowstorm'
Any suggestions on something else I should look at?

BeWeather or Beautiful Widgets. There are both excellent.
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Eye in the sky is good if you like minimalistic
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Thanks. I'll check 'em out.
BTW...I should say, I interest in something that provides the functionality of Beautiful Home Widget.

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I'm unhappy with the upgrade to Beautiful Weather/Beautify Widgets. For a replacement, so far I've looked a bit at:
Go Weather
Snowstorm'
Any suggestions on something else I should look at?
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This one is awsome .. I love it.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5jbG9ja3dlYXRoZXJwcm8iXQ..
And here is free edition : https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDIxMiwiY29tLmNsb2Nrd2VhdGhlciJd

I use 1Weather and it has some gorgeous and functional widgets!
~Ibrahim~

ewingr said:
I'm unhappy with the upgrade to Beautiful Weather/Beautify Widgets. For a replacement, so far I've looked a bit at:
Go Weather
Snowstorm'
Any suggestions on something else I should look at?
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I didn't care for the upgrade either, Losing the B. Home was a bad idea.
Anyway, I changed to HD Widgets, it's very nice.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cloudtv.hdwidgets&hl=en

I don't like that I cannot quickly swipe left or right to get the weather in alternate locations anymore after the upgrade.
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78Staff said:
I didn't care for the upgrade either, Losing the B. Home was a bad idea.
Anyway, I changed to HD Widgets, it's very nice.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cloudtv.hdwidgets&hl=en
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+1 on that. Have been enjoying hd widgets for a long time.
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Fancy Widgets and HD Widgets and HD Widgets for laptops... lower the DPI enough and set the launcher to 6 x 6 and you can use a 4 x 4 clock / weather widget and still have plenty of room for shortcuts...

I just reverted back to my previous version from titanium backup. I kept having weather animation in every app.
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I like Koxx Forcast Weather
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.koxx.forecast_weather.v2
You can have multiple instances on the home screen (I use 3) and it has a nice integration with your calendar and can show your appointments on the screen. Touching the sun/moon brings you to the weather page, else you can get to the calendar app. Very battery friendly.
Here's two shots of how I have it set up with. transparent backgrounds.
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ewingr said:
I'm unhappy with the upgrade to Beautiful Weather/Beautify Widgets. For a replacement, so far I've looked a bit at:
Go Weather
Snowstorm'
Any suggestions on something else I should look at?
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What App did you end up settling with as a replacement? I checked out the ones people recommended but they all seem to miss some option that BW does. Example: I like the refresh on wake option. None of the other apps had that option. HD Widgets was the closest to replacing BW for me, it just misses on the configuration ability. So in the end, I went back to BW.

LaRocky said:
What App did you end up settling with as a replacement? I checked out the ones people recommended but they all seem to miss some option that BW does. Example: I like the refresh on wake option. None of the other apps had that option. HD Widgets was the closest to replacing BW for me, it just misses on the configuration ability. So in the end, I went back to BW.
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I found the same as you. I had a backup of previous version of BW, and restored back to that, and have stopped updating it. I suspect the day will come when that won't work, but that'll probably be a while.

Lookin for app to lock icon positions on screens.

Hey, gang. I did several searched through the site but didn't find a solution. Let me toss this out there. I'm looking for an app with a particular function. What I want to do is "freeze" the locations of the icons/widgets on the screens. Something that will allow their use, but not their moving or deletion.
Here's the deal. My daughter loves my N7, and uses it for her ECSE and speech therapy classes with specific apps to facilitate her development. (She's ASD.) She's really good about the length of time she's on the tablet, and has never gone off and gotten into any trouble with it. The problem is that several of her apps have a "drag and drop on the red X" function to close particular segments or sections within the apps. They're similar enough to the "drag and drop onto the red X" function in the Droid UI that she gets confused, deletes the icons for the apps themselves, and then can't find them the next time she wants to use them.
While I can set up a second user with her name and the same development apps that she uses, it still won't stop her from losing icons from time to time.
I've looked into a number of parental control apps, and while they clamp things down, I haven't found one that locks or "freezes" the positions of the icons.
Does something like this even exist? Trolling through Google Play hasn't found anything specific. Device is stock 4.2.2, unlocked and rooted, if that makes any different in recommendations. Thanks, all. :fingers-crossed:

Have you tried something like Apex Launcher? You could set up the layout and then use the Lock Desktop option to prevent any changes to the home screens.
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Here is an example from Apex launcher
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alxrock said:
Have you tried something like Apex Launcher? You could set up the layout and then use the Lock Desktop option to prevent any changes to the home screens.
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I think this is the easiest way to do this. You'll get the same functionality from Nova too and HOLO I think.

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Here is an example from Apex launcher
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Is that a pic from your phone? Or how ur N7 look?
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Galaxysm said:
Is that a pic from your phone? Or how ur N7 look?
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"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
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That pic is from my Nexus 7 w/ CM10.1, Sense5 theme by GlobalSense, and Apex Launcher tablet UI and dock enabled
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That pic is from my Nexus 7 w/ CM10.1, Sense5 theme by GlobalSense, and Apex Launcher tablet UI and dock enabled
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Looks nice. Could u share wallpaper?
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Looks nice. Could u share wallpaper?
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Sure. Its actually a live wallpaper
Grab it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kevinchen1992.outerwallpaper
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With SS Launcher you can move any icon to any position on the screen (no grid), rotate to any angle, resize and recolor, pretty much unlimited. Many examples in this thread. My Home (notice Flipboard and FUEL at an angle; also notice that Wifi Manager widget is "behind" Widgetsoid widgets at bottom so all are active):

Sorry to not get back sooner, got mired in a 65 hour week.
Cue forehead-slapping "doh!" image. I got my head fixated on an app, and completely forgot about alternate launchers. Brilliant suggestion, guys, many thanks. Can you run the lock functions over a stock layout? ASD kids do well with routine and familiarity, and it would help that she not have to relearn new of screen layouts. OTOH, I can always replicate the layout that I already have, too.
Thanks again, gang, the advice and recommendations are appreciated.

I know nova aill let you import the layout from other launchers not sure if apex does it too or not. But worth checking.
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