The Google Sound Search thing is pretty neat but I would rather not dedicate 4x1 of home screen real estate to its widget. Has anyone found another way to call it up? I've tried searching through the Play Music app but don't see anything in there with similar functionality.
athakur999 said:
The Google Sound Search thing is pretty neat but I would rather not dedicate 4x1 of home screen real estate to its widget. Has anyone found another way to call it up? I've tried searching through the Play Music app but don't see anything in there with similar functionality.
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Google Search app, click on the Microphone icon. Is that what you're referring to as Sound Search?
You see those two icons???? Click it and it will open up only voice.
The blue is stock with be phone, the other is Nova.
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That's not what I'm talking about it. I'm talking about the new in JB "Sound Search" widget that is basically Google's take on Shazam/Soundhound/etc. The only way I've found to start it is by adding the widget to a home screen and then tapping on it when you want it to start trying to identify a song. Here's an article on it: http://www.androidauthority.com/google-sound-search-whats-this-song-now-available-for-ics-98773/
However, the widget is 4x1 and is not resizable (at least with the stock launcher). I don't want to clutter up my home screens keeping it up full time but adding it deleting it each time I want to ID a song is cumbersome too. I would be nice if there was another way to get to that function.
Talkin about that???
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athakur999 said:
The Google Sound Search thing is pretty neat but I would rather not dedicate 4x1 of home screen real estate to its widget. Has anyone found another way to call it up? I've tried searching through the Play Music app but don't see anything in there with similar functionality.
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I haven't found any other way to launch it, aside from the 4x1 widget, so I don't bother using it. (But I'm sure with a little digging someone would be able to find a way).
I use Soundhound which gives you a 1x1 icon.
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efrant said:
I haven't found any other way to launch it, aside from the 4x1 widget, so I don't bother using it. (But I'm sure with a little digging someone would be able to find a way).
I use Soundhound which gives you a 1x1 icon.
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And Soundhound will search through a larger library of music.
The Google Widget only displays results for music sold in the Play Store (Clever, Google. Clever.).
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It would be great for people to share their home screen setups, I'm interested to see what is possible with ICS
Unfortunately I can't attach my screenshot as I can't post external links yet.
You can take a screenshot within ICS by pressing the volume down button and power button at the same time.
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These screenshots are huge!
Haven't really taken advantage of all the nifty stuff ICS has to offer. I like my homescreen minimalistic. XP
Ported from my desire, looks cool
Very basic - just starting to mess around and see what apps work, etc.
Clock is Beautiful Widgets - Ice Cream Sandwich superclock skin
Mini Info Pro
gTasks
Hahaha, had to look twice, same folders i have but my productivity is on another screen along with utilities, news & Cool
Icons have a very nice 3D look to them.
Stretlow said:
Ported from my desire, looks cool
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I like this simplified layout, what Clock and weather widgets are you using?
masterpfa said:
I like this simplified layout, what Clock and weather widgets are you using?
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Clock is Minimalistic Text (easily the best app for customising your screen) the weather is fancy widgets, i found some skins online for it im still trying to settle on one.
I am going to root at some point and I hope to god someone figures away remove that google search bar, what a pain in the arse that is....
Stret
Stretlow said:
Clock is Minimalistic Text (easily the best app for customising your screen) the weather is fancy widgets, i found some skins online for it im still trying to settle on one.
I am going to root at some point and I hope to god someone figures away remove that google search bar, what a pain in the arse that is....
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Cheers
I'm still not decided about the Google search bar, so far I can ignore it but it does mean if you are going for a minimalist look , you can't
Here's Mine
haven't really done too much yet.
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Tung_meister said:
Here's Mine
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Have to ask... What widgets are those? Looks pretty awesome.
+1
Also, Timmac, can you upload your wallpaper somewhere?
kvlt said:
Have to ask... What widgets are those? Looks pretty awesome.
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It's not actually a widget it's a live wallpaper called "wp clock" that has the ability to have a custom background added.
Mine's pretty simple:
here is mine hope you like
Friscoooo Baby
I hope I'm being blind but I can't see it. Hell I only found out recently that a long press on the back button brings up bookmarks, history and saved web pages.
Someone please tell me I'm being blind.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think there's been a home button in stock browser in a long time (if ever).
Im guessing if you open a new window, it will go to your homepage.
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I hope I'm being blind but I can't see it. Hell I only found out recently that a long press on the back button brings up bookmarks, history and saved web pages.
Someone please tell me I'm being blind.
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That is a massive tip it's been drving me nuts having to scroll to the top.
Yea I don't think there is a home button. I like the Honeycomb browser and the MIUI Siren Browser where the tabs are visible at the top like a desktop browser.
Not quite the home button but you can type a search into the address bar (with a quick flick to bring to life)
Although I can't answer your question, I like to thank you for the tip. Long pressing the back button is a great shortcut to get fast into the bookmark menu!
Cleargrey said:
Hell I only found out recently that a long press on the back button brings up bookmarks, history and saved web pages.
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Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was looking for.
steevo1 said:
Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was looking for.
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No probs guys. It's funny how even failing at somthing is helpful!
is no one using the quick control from the labs settings?
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p.s not my image, ignore the volume thing.
once enable, by touching the frame, the blue control appear.
the first one gives you opened tabs.
the middle globe gives you the search address bar immediatly,
and the ... give you extra menu.
Looking for a transparent News & Weather and Google Music app. Ones that work without rooting. Any help is appreciated!
Id like to see these as well
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Would also like a transparent music widget. I had found one for Nexus S but flashing it broke the music apps and messed up all permissions so all new apps were FC'ing. We need one made for our GNex!
I would love a transparent music app
We need something like this
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or
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We need something like this
or
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this has been done. i have a semi-trans GoogleMusic, weather, and power control widget. it's not hard to do yourself...
mrvirginia said:
this has been done. i have a semi-trans GoogleMusic, weather, and power control widget. it's not hard to do yourself...
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Would you be so kind as to share your widgets? Would really love the weather and power control ones...
I found Android Weather last night and installed it.
It has an option for the widget to be totally transparent:
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZleHBlcnQud2VhdGhlciJd
bekyndnunwind said:
Would you be so kind as to share your widgets? Would really love the weather and power control ones...
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i'm not sure where i downloaded the opaque weather one. not at home currently so i'll have to post it later. if you can't wait, i found this thread http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13932-theme-thirdeye-for-ics/
regarding the power control, this is part of the Settings.apk so this is something you need to mod yourself. i can post my background image of this later, but it's extremely easy to do if you have photoshop.
whatever it was that i downloaded i found here...
edit: well i found where the above images came from and where i got my GoogMusic apk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308722
still looking for the weather, though.
edit: the weather is semi-trans, not full trans. this is the one i'm running, found within this theme, but it's not where i originally got it from
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this has been done. i have a semi-trans GoogleMusic, weather, and power control widget. it's not hard to do yourself...
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It has been done for the Nexus S. If you read posts from the thread you mentioned you'll see that most people who installed it on GNex have had issues. I even mentioned it in this thread.
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It has been done for the Nexus S. If you read posts from the thread you mentioned you'll see that most people who installed it on GNex have had issues. I even mentioned it in this thread.
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i ran it just fine on mine...
however, because it's essentially the same apk with some minor differences, you can pull all of the images out of the Nexus S GenieWidget.apk and replace the GNex GenieWidget.apk images. this is very simple to do...
edit: actually, now that i think about it, i do remember it not updating or something weird going on with the Nexus S one. this is why i did what i've said above.
mrmorphine said:
I found Android Weather last night and installed it.
It has an option for the widget to be totally transparent:
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZleHBlcnQud2VhdGhlciJd
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Holy crap that is an awesome widget
I am still scratching my head why Google did not even touch or update the stock Genie widget ? I am a big fan of the stock News + Weather, and was hoping with the big ICS update, it would be totally redone, and cooler than anything Sense or Touchwizz offer. But no, Google did not even update the Genie whatsoever.
Can anybody tell me what this is or how I could find out be it task manager or whatever... It appears every now and then whenever I'm connected to the web for an extended period of time. It stayed even after killing all programs via go launcher task manager
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Do you have a music downloader on your phone? If you do, clear its app data and it will most likely go away.
If you don't have one or it doesn't work, then download Airpush and it will pinpoint the source
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It was the music downloaded that was doing that for me. If you have it uninstall it. If you need a need a new one search for "music junk.apk" on 4shared.com. worked for me!
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I just use YouTube downloader and save HD music vids as mp3 only it rips the HD audio and trashes the video most songs end up about 4-7mb with excellent quality
tropicalbrit said:
Do you have a music downloader on your phone? If you do, clear its app data and it will most likely go away.
If you don't have one or it doesn't work, then download Airpush and it will pinpoint the source
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Thanks! Haven't seen any since I cleared the data.. also downloaded Airpush and found out some other apps were making different ads pop up which is useful info...
I guess I'll ask a second question while I've already got this thread: Does anyone know if WidgetLocker could cause the phone to not wake when the button is pressed, or perhaps anything else that could cause it.. I sometimes have to plug the charger in so that the screen comes on and after that it's okay. It's fine when i'm at home but potentially quite a major inconvenience.
WidgetLocker has randomly given me all kinds of odd issues not waking the screen, not being locked when woken up, changing themes on its own, moving or deleting Widgets finally it got sidelined for go locker now that it supports custom shortcuts
We are legion, for we are many.
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I just use YouTube downloader and save HD music vids as mp3 only it rips the HD audio and trashes the video most songs end up about 4-7mb with excellent quality
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If you don't mind me asking, how do you do this? I used to have a program that I found on the Market named YouTube downloader, but I can't seem to find it anymore.
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WidgetLocker has randomly given me all kinds of odd issues not waking the screen, not being locked when woken up, changing themes on its own, moving or deleting Widgets finally it got sidelined for go locker now that it supports custom shortcuts
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Can you use lockscreen widgets (like poweramp) with go locker? I had it once before and couldn't very effectively, so I used WL because I could..
I have downloaded the new version of BSPlayer Apk 1.6.142 (Paid version) but yet again surprised to see player doesn't have widget to place the app in a home screen. I have searched forum of xda and found no custom widget. Searched google on how to make a widget but it seems a total unknown world of coding and designing. Can anyone help me with a separate widget pack for BS player only. Install pack of widget for BS player like a 4 x4 widget designed to match with my SAMSUNG Galaxy S3 pls.
Thanks
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Device Status: Normal (never rooted)
requested : BS player widget (apk)
are you sure that it has a widget
if so, did you move the app to SD card
widgets are not available if you move an app to SD card
move it back to your internal memory
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freddy1991 said:
are you sure that it has a widget
if so, did you move the app to SD card
widgets are not available if you move an app to SD card
move it back to your internal memory
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No BS player doesn't have widget by default I guess, it only installs the player. That is why I requested to design it for me and other as well. One 4x4 widget can help to place the app in a home screen page and use it to listen to music or watch movies quickly by jumping to next home page. . If someone can develop a custom widget pack like the " player pro" has it is going to be helpful for everyone. We need some developer/coder to design a widget for BS player.
And to be honest I do not think S3 apps are movable to SD card specially when it is not rooted. My BS player is in internal memory(phone) I double checked. Anyway thanks .....
Do you mean a widget that will allow you to watch videos straight from the homescreen?
Firstly, we will need the source code for BS Player
Secondly, I'm not entirely sure that's technically possible at the moment, even with access to the code (I could be wrong)
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Do you mean a widget that will allow you to watch videos straight from the homescreen?
Firstly, we will need the source code for BS Player
Secondly, I'm not entirely sure that's technically possible at the moment, even with access to the code (I could be wrong)
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No I requested a widget like "player pro" has and not to play directly from home screen but place the app in a different home screen.
for example look at this 4x4 widget of "player pro" I just want a same for BS player...
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how to send my request to premium or tag someone special who has knowledge on widget making pls. :crying: