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Title says it all. I have seen a bunch of them, but haven't really found any good reviews of them all... e.g. a comparison. What do you all use?
Personally, I find the built in HTC ones to be the best I've used. Beautiful Widgets has some but I think they're not quite as good as HTC's.
I agree with frankspin; I have tried beautiful widgets but I find I prefer HTC's also.
edster00 said:
I agree with frankspin; I have tried beautiful widgets but I find I prefer HTC's also.
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I like HTCs also, but Sense is pretty slow and I prefer LauncherPro, which means no Sense widgets.
efaden said:
I like HTCs also, but Sense is pretty slow and I prefer LauncherPro, which means no Sense widgets.
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A year ago I would have agreed but I think you need to give it another go this time around. It's much improved from 1.5.
anything your looking for in particular? just nice looking widgets?
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anything your looking for in particular? just nice looking widgets?
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Just nice widgets.
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Dazzle is good very costomizable
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I use fancy widgets which has a sense widget for the click weather combo. I believe its fancy widgets pro
im looking for a wallpaper that goes great with the whole black and blue look of ics. ive done some searching in google images but cant really find one. Mind sharing one of your personal favs?
I like the ICS one with circles and the wavy blue ICS one. They're pretty damn nice.
Amphibliam said:
I like the ICS one with circles and the wavy blue ICS one. They're pretty damn nice.
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haha you mean the purple one?
Hows this look? Im really digging it haha
I personally don't like the wallpaper, but that's just me. I have to say, the battery on 3-31 is absolutely incredible. In the 25 min screen on since I flashed it, playing graphics heavy games, I lost 8% battery. Amazing. And this is my current look.
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I personally don't like the wallpaper, but that's just me. I have to say, the battery on 3-31 is absolutely incredible. In the 25 min screen on since I flashed it, playing graphics heavy games, I lost 8% battery. Amazing. And this is my current look.
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ive seen that one and a black versioin that came with ics pro theme for go launcher. Its not bad looking but it makes me wanna try out the black one lol
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ive seen that one and a black versioin that came with ics pro theme for go launcher. Its not bad looking but it makes me wanna try out the black one lol
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Just something I like is to change the width margin for the dock to large. It just looks cleaner to me. You can see it in the screenshot.
What rom are you guys using? I love ICS, It looks so good.
elvensbane said:
What rom are you guys using? I love ICS, It looks so good.
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im using AOKP build 28 buuuut im wondering what rom Amphibliam's using to change the margin like that o,0
AOKP is pretty fubar at this point. It'll be on my Nexus on day 1, but for this phone, no. I use aero's CM9 builds. Only bugs are some random issues with games, but all mine work on either my phone or Flyer so I'm good, as well as no flash w/ stock camera, and no rear video recording. Everything else works. I use Apex Launcher to do stuff like change the margins. I used to use the paid Nova, which I like better, but my widgets disappeared every few hours. 0_____o
Looks really good.
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You can find decent ones with the Zedge app and if you apply via the app it doesn't force you to crop it.
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If you take a peek through my Album, I've used a few different varieties over the past few months with Ics.
MY Screens
If there is anything you like, I'll be more than happy to share.
PacerguyDon said:
If you take a peek through my Album, I've used a few different varieties over the past few months with Ics.
MY Screens
If there is anything you like, I'll be more than happy to share.
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Can I have #18? The blue road one
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knipp21 said:
Can I have #18? The blue road one
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Here you go.
SynysterSilence said:
Hows this look? Im really digging it haha
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What clock widget?
What clock widget are you using: http://s461.photobucket.com/albums/...uff/?action=view¤t=2012-05-25100115.png
matrx10503 said:
What clock widget are you using: http://s461.photobucket.com/albums/...uff/?action=view¤t=2012-05-25100115.png
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That would be the new Samsung G3 clock widget.
It can also be duplicated with Uccw, click me. I have the theme for it Here, click me.
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Hows this look? Im really digging it haha
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Which wallpaper is this?? I like!
AOKP Clock Widget
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damn need this on the gnex. could this be made to work with theme chooser
Did I miss something?
Is this what you're talking about?
http://androidandme.com/2012/06/sma...s-android-customization-to-a-whole-new-level/
If so looks amazing!
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Did I miss something?
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Lmao he just didn't link his subject. Here's the YouTube video.. It's not translated but I have to say, I'm loving the Feel UX lock screen. That is one think I definitely would love ported.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTdkBdFAXb4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Damn I forgot to paste the link :banghead:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/06/18/sharp-announces-a-new-skin-called-feel-ux-for-its-japanese-handsets-and-it-actually-looks-pretty-good/
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http://vimeo.com/m/43224490 Hope someone port this to the galaxy nexus and make some addon like the TW5 and LGUI
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Link to source?
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Looks Beautiful. Even though it's kind of basic when it comes to customization, it looks great.
speedfreak228 said:
damn need this on the gnex. could this be made to work with theme chooser
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You can accomplish this UI with the current apps on the playstore... Desktop Visualizer, Widget Locker, Multi Live Wallpaper and a little Gimp/Photoshop to make the wallpaper and some time... boom you have a very basic UI I think sharp isn't going to go anywhere with this.
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I don't get why they put icons inside of squares. Its like putting an icon inside an icon which leaves you with a 3 column app tray. Think about all the scrolling you'd have to do.
The lock screen is cool and I'm sure the app store will have something similar soon enough.
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Lock screen does look awesome.
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its similar, use multi-live-wallpaper and set crop to "Fit to screen" (this is my version of it) if anyone wants it. I personally do not like this UI but I thought i would take a step toward what some ppl want. Ill make the icons 2mrw if you guys want em. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ffkbkwgxqvm681a/FEELUI.rar Enjoy!
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its similar, use multi-live-wallpaper and set crop to "Fit to screen" (this is my version of it) if anyone wants it. I personally do not like this UI but I thought i would take a step toward what some ppl want. Ill make the icons 2mrw if you guys want em. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ffkbkwgxqvm681a/FEELUI.rar Enjoy!
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this is more than just a home screen transition.
nothing out there (that i have seen at least) gives you vertical scrolling on the home screen as well as horizontal scrolling.
also, the lock screen is more than just a widgetlocker theme. the clock wont be on the bottom, and it wont scroll, the lock screen wallpaper wont scroll, you cant slide the lock icon up, and get the options, you dont get the nicer looking missed call/mail/sms pop ups.
this goes MUCH further than just some skin.
I just read an article about this from The Verge and i'm intrigued. The developers created Next interface and seem to be onto something. They feel the desktop is an unnecessary step to get to the app tray. Fair point, why have a bunch of apps then hit a button to get to your other apps? In the quest to be pc-like, Android has a desktop and widgets. Great, but I do see the point being made here. Oh, and notifications were redesigned.
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A full port would be amazing. It would become my daily for sure, it's so creative and the design and fonts and everything is so beautiful. I love clean looks.
Would love a port...but its not gonna be out for a while...considering Feel UX phones arent even out yet in Japan.
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nothing out there (that i have seen at least) gives you vertical scrolling on the home screen as well as horizontal scrolling.
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ssLauncher, scrolls vertical (aka WP 7) horizontal to get to other pages.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5zcy5sYXVuY2hlciJd
Wow, that impressed me more then touchwiz,wp7 and htc sense all togheter,
Sharp is looking sharp
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Very impressed with the slick lockscreen, but not so impressed with the basic UI otherwise. Although I couldn't understand what he was saying, adding lines in between rows of icons is not a feature.
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I think they where aiming at more user friendlyness hahha. As if android isnt userfriendly enough hahaha
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I've been interested in getting this app for a while and finally hit the switch, pretty amazing, if anyone interested get it right now.
Normally its like 2-4$?
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subxero123 said:
I've been interested in getting this app for a while and finally hit the switch, pretty amazing, if anyone interested get it right now.
Normally its like 2-4$?
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I got away from it. Huge lack of new designs and problems with widgets displaying properly.
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jprakes said:
I got away from it. Huge lack of new designs and problems with widgets displaying properly.
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They should be called beautifully dated widgets...
And what would be the modern beautiful widgets?
geemaan said:
And what would be the modern beautiful widgets?
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HD widgets.......
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HD widgets.......
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Yep...HD widgets is the way to go.
Got it on sale recently and it is excellent. The customisation options go real deep. Some beautiful clocks and weather options.
I don't use any other clock or weather widget on any of my devices anymore now.
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Even Fancy Widgets is better than Beautiful Widgets
Ditto. Bought it because I had read so many good comments about it in the past, but I was kind of disappointed in it. Back to "Make Your Clock" where you just roll your own from scratch.
I've had this one for a while and like it quite a bit. Pretty broad selection of themes, though as others have said, it has been a while since much new material has been added. Never had any significant problems with it in terms of functionality, either with my Evo or my GNex.
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I don't have any problems with Beautiful Widgets. I personally don't like HD Widgets as I find their widgets aren't are as nice.
I just came across this on twiiter about android 4.2 kind of seem real to be honest
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...ick-settings-the-second-pulldown-panel-video/
What do you all think?
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Seems awkward.
Especially for one handed usage.
Lesicnik1 said:
Seems awkward.
Especially for one handed usage.
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Yeah I have a feeling that will get reworked.
Double pull down sounds like cluttering to me, I hope not.
Seems ok. I would think of an alternative method to access those controls though. They are kind of hidden away to be fair. Maybe implement tabs such as in Sense or Miui.
cool i like it
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I just came across this on twiiter about android 4.2 kind of seem real to be honest
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...ick-settings-the-second-pulldown-panel-video/
What do you all think?
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Double pull-down for settings make total sense to me. One thing I don't like about the SIII and TouchWiz is with the quick settings and everything at the top there is less room for notifications (as the article points out). It also looks cluttered and it seems like there is way too much going on on the pull down menu. Plus I don't change my settings that often but when I do it's somewhat awkward to pull down the notification bar and then click the little settings icon. It would be easier to swipe down once for notifications and then swipe down a second time for settings. Or, what they could do is have two finger swipe down go directly to quick settings.
This is from a sense 1.0 rom. Obviously custom but works similar to the 4.2 2 panel set up.
Super convenient.
Interesting how much stuff the devs on xda have created that is merging into official android.
Naters
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No let's hope it's exactly like that... It's awesome! It the opposite of cluttered..
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This is from a sense 1.0 rom. Obviously custom but works similar to the 4.2 2 panel set up.
Super convenient.
Interesting how much stuff the devs on xda have created that is merging into official android.
Naters
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Sense 2.1, actually.
Interesting to say the least.
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I like it! Can't wait for 4.2!
adrynalyne said:
Sense 2.1, actually.
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I was gonna say...yeah that's not a Sense 1.0 ROM.
It is. It was put together by tommy tomato for the evo 4G. It is called classic 1.0.
Quite possible it originated on 2.1. I was just showing people that have only used aosp stuff that is works really well with the double panel pull down.
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It is. It was put together by tommy tomato for the evo 4G. It is called classic 1.0.
Quite possible it originated on 2.1. I was just showing people that have only used aosp stuff that is works really well with the double panel pull down.
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This was a feature taken from newer releases of Sense that were brought to older releases. My first Android phone was an HTC with Sense 1.0...the toggles were never seen until Sense 2.1 got released, then devs got to porting them to older releases.
Not really a "classic" rom if it has a bunch of Sense 2.1 features...
Hey I didn't name it. I just used it.
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I don't know about anybody else but I'm sold on the double notification bar. Seems like the best middle ground between notification widgets and the settings menu without obstructing the notification panel.
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Double pull-down for settings make total sense to me. One thing I don't like about the SIII and TouchWiz is with the quick settings and everything at the top there is less room for notifications (as the article points out). It also looks cluttered and it seems like there is way too much going on on the pull down menu. Plus I don't change my settings that often but when I do it's somewhat awkward to pull down the notification bar and then click the little settings icon. It would be easier to swipe down once for notifications and then swipe down a second time for settings. Or, what they could do is have two finger swipe down go directly to quick settings.
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Ditto :good:
Great article. I liked how he asked you to try out the double swipe. Not awkward at all.
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