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Hello,
I saw this video of Launcher 7 and was wondering how he got the lockscreen, icons, and the game hub, does anyone know how?
Here is the video:
https://picasaweb.google.com/duhh47/Apr232011?authkey=Gv1sRgCL7t_a-j5838Tg#5598793716572145826
Thanks
Here it is on the Nexus One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIqmMfdPu1E
That's an actual Windows Phone. Not android. To mimic it, you can download Metro UI or Launcher 7 off the market. The game hub is Microsoft's, so you can't get that. You can't really copy the lockscreen.
If you like the Windows Phone's style so much, Sprint has the HTC Arrive.
acer1096xxx said:
That's an actual Windows Phone. Not android.
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Partially correct, it's actually a rather old and outdated WinMo phone, with a hackey port of WP7 on it.
No, that's a hd2 running android and launcher 7. Can someone tell me how he got this?
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gokuman56 said:
No, that's a hd2 running android and launcher 7. Can someone tell me how he got this?
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...its not running Android. The HD2 is and always has been a windows mobile phone.
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I userstand that the HD2 is capable of running wp7, but I can assure you that that is android.
It has skyfire, gmail, pulse and other android apps that cannot be run on wp7, that's why I want to know how the user achieved this, It is very convincing, a same layout is avaliable for the nexus one, I have seen it. Does anyone know how to achieve this look?
Thanks
And I will post launcher 7 on the nexus 1 soon to show you guys
gokuman56 said:
I userstand that the HD2 is capable of running wp7, but I can assure you that that is android.
It has skyfire, gmail, pulse and other android apps that cannot be run on wp7, that's why I want to know how the user achieved this, It is very convincing, a same layout is avaliable for the nexus one, I have seen it. Does anyone know how to achieve this look?
Thanks
And I will post launcher 7 on the nexus 1 soon to show you guys
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-________- Windows phone has all those apps too; it has a market, you know.
And it even has a freaking Windows logo at the bottom of the phone.
There's a port for the HD2 to make it Android, but it is NOT originally android.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkIJdG2brU <--- THAT IS THE HD2. The video you posted is the HD2 with WindowsMobile 7.
This is what you saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWDafvuaRw
Edit: Woah wait a minute...is that an Android port running? After watching it a bit more, it's like a mixture of two ports :S
Edit2: It must be a ROM or something, because some of those apps aren't accessible on the Android Market. I'm confused now xD
And if you're right about Android, that was really convincing. Launcher 7 has live tiles?
Look at the first video that i showed you, that is launcher 7, not windows phone 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIqmMfdPu1E
Here is the same thing for nexus one
And I assure you, that is the HD2 running Android, with Launcher 7
gokuman56 said:
Look at the first video that i showed you, that is launcher 7, not windows phone 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIqmMfdPu1E
Here is the same thing for nexus one
And I assure you, that is the HD2 running Android, with Launcher 7
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Yeah I see it now..sorry.
What confuses me is how he got the apps to look so much like the ones from Windows 7.
I was also confused before because even though the HD2 originally has Windows Mobile, he clearly had a port for Android and then decided to make the HD2 with Android look like Windows 7 xD
acer1096xxx said:
...its not running Android. The HD2 is and always has been a windows mobile phone.
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I put cyanogen mod on my girlfriends HD2, check their dev forum its full of android.
blu9987 said:
I put cyanogen mod on my girlfriends HD2, check their dev forum its full of android.
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No I'm aware it can be ported to Android. What I was saying was it comes with stock Windows Mobile
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how do you get xbox live application? or style?
Check out Serenicity
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332732
I used that as my daily driver for quite a while...
/thanks to randomking...
Its a very good w7 rom...
It seems like he's using different launchers to mimic the People, Games etc hubs. Launcher Pro, ADW EX, etc. the launchers are heavily themed to get the same effect as the WP7 hubs, and then the launcher is linked to tiles on the home screen to get the full effect. Seems pretty straightforward to link the launchers to tiles on the homescreen, but all the theming and wallpapers, to mimic the hubs is way beyond my skill set. Anybody have any ideas?
Like the guy above me said, that is setup like this:
The main launcher is launcher7.
The hubs are just links to other launchers, probably adw, launcherpro, and go launcher.
You link the hub tiles to the respective launcher you have set up for it, and boom.
Edit: its too bad L7 doesn't work right on ICS yet. I miss using it.
Edit 2: and the wallpaper is probably multi live wallpaper. Not sure though how each launcher has a different wallpaper though.
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Yes my friend...The launcher & has live tiles. I am using it on my SG2 and am loving the feel and simplicity of it...
There other icon packs and templates available on xda also. Search for them and customize more.
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i just threw this on my CM9 beta2 Epic4g and love it. Only issue so far is that widgets behave erratically... sometimes the BW widget from the "top" will appear on top of a standard tile towards the "bottom" and then disappear if i tap it...it still remains in the correct place, but it's like the launcher is confused where it should be on the homescreen briefly. oh, sometimes the widget will just disappear but then reappear when tapped on again. using the power widget, if i turn on wifi it will disappear, but then reappear when i tap the blank spot and wifi will be turned on.
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Flash for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be out before the end of 2011. There will be no Flash support for Android 5.0:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43152/flash-for-android-4-end-2011-no-flash-for-android-5
The main reason why I switched to Android was it's Flash support. Finding out recently that ICS did not support Flash and that Adobe was discontinuing Flash development was very discouraging.
Google has confirmed that Flash is not yet operational in ICS, but Google is also confirming that Adobe will support Flash in ICS.
“Flash hasn’t been released for ICS yet. So as far as we know, Adobe will support Flash for ICS.” – Google
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http://www.slashgear.com/google-con...e-cream-sandwich-for-the-time-being-19196702/
Although discouraging and disappointing at first, there is now hope.
So Flash Player doesn't even show up in the Android Market on the Galaxy Nexus but I thought that one can install the apk on the phone. It seems that this doesn't work either, according to other users who've already got theirs. e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351167
Half the bloody web uses Flash. How are we supposed to view those sites?
To be honest I'm glad there is no support at the moment and wish that it wouldn't come. I haven't missed it since upgrading to the Nexus and if anything browsing is faster!
has anyone tried side loading it
Flash is going to die in mobile platforms, and we should be pressing video stream websites to use html5, instead of crying about flash's death. Damn memory/cpu hog.
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i dont know about you guys, but for me, more then half the web uses flash. The only reason im not getting iphone because of flash. The stream i always go to, uses flash. gonna wait a month, if they dont support flash on nexus, im getting sgs2
SGS2 will eventually get ICS and will have similar "problem"
uvarvu said:
To be honest I'm glad there is no support at the moment and wish that it wouldn't come. I haven't missed it since upgrading to the Nexus and if anything browsing is faster!
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It's no problem at all to set the flash settings to "on demand " so you have the fast browsing experience and flash if you need it.
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i her simple apps like tweecaster and facebook do not work! is this true? wtf is going on?. not having flash is a bummer. at least we should have the option. volume issues, no flash, simple apps not working.. this is getting really discouraging
Because they aren't updated for ics I would say. And because the Nexus is the only ics device at the moment they are probably to lazy to do so.
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Nebucatnetzer said:
Because they aren't updated for ics I would say. And because the Nexus is the only ics device at the moment they are probably to lazy to do so.
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yea the apps issue i expected..same happened with nex 1 and nex s.. but the no flash and volume issue are real bummers
Who gives a s$&@ about Flash? DOA.
bmstrong said:
Who gives a s$&@ about Flash? DOA.
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you keep running the Apple party line. the rest of us would prefer to have the option for when we need it.
Adobe Flash is currently #24 in the top (free) apps for Android. and the majority of the low reviews are from idiots using 50 dollar Cricket android phones.
don't like it? don't use it. no reason to come in here and spout nonsense.
Hopefully this will shut up the people who keep going on about no Flash support on the GN. It's a brand new hardware running a brand new software; of course there are going to be compatibility issues for early adopters.
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There are allways apps that don't work with newer OS versions. Happens with iOs, too.
kms108 said:
has anyone tried side loading it
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Several people have reported trying to sideload the latest flash apk for Honeycomb - it didn't work.
About the apps issue, how long is it before they usually get sorted out and ready for the latest OS (right now ICS). I know that the main reason I use my phone for is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Browsing.
I'm not guessing too long right?
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Several people have reported trying to sideload the latest flash apk for Honeycomb - it didn't work.
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has anyone tried it on ICS, honycomb is for tablets, whiles ICS is for both tablets and smartphones, hopefully it works.
Faz20 said:
About the apps issue, how long is it before they usually get sorted out and ready for the latest OS (right now ICS). I know that the main reason I use my phone for is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Browsing.
I'm not guessing too long right?
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If those 4 things are your main concerns it shouldn't be a problem. As far as I know Twitter works fine. Official Facebook app has always been pretty ass on the Android so if you can live with it before you can probably live with it now. YouTube is natively supported and apart from not having Flash the browser is blazing fast.
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BiGMERF said:
yea the apps issue i expected..same happened with nex 1 and nex s.. but the no flash and volume issue are real bummers
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Lack of flash is Adobe's fault, not Google's.
I think if it deffenetely comes out this way would make alot of people happy having a dual boot letting you choose touchwiz/ or stock ics i know this is gs2 section but im sure most of us will be picking up the gs3 upon release
The information supplied over at Reddit reveals that the Galaxy S III may come with a unique dual-launch facility
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which will enable owners to choose between a TouchWiz interface, or wait for it a completely stock version of Ice Cream Sandwich. Again, this is just a rumor at this point, but if it turns out to be true then Samsung will surely win over everyone who previously had a few gripes about TouchWiz
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http://www.product-reviews.net/2012...ii-stock-ics-feature-could-fend-off-iphone-5/
I'm telling ya, android phones would be a lot more damn popular if these idiots would stop shoving their stupid ios copycat attempy customizations on their phones and stick with stock android...
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zander21510 said:
I'm telling ya, android phones would be a lot more damn popular if these idiots would stop shoving their stupid ios copycat attempy customizations on their phones and stick with stock android...
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I agree 100% first is the manufacture then we gotta deal with the carrier adding a bunch of bloat.....
zander21510 said:
I'm telling ya, android phones would be a lot more damn popular if these idiots would stop shoving their stupid ios copycat attempy customizations on their phones and stick with stock android...
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Yup. Touchwiz is arse. I despise it.
I personally don't care if the carrier or manufacturer wants to make a custom launcher or apps or whatever, but it SHOULD be up to the end user to decide if they want it. Say for example an added step in the initial setup of the phone.
This might give them some good stats as to who is actually using the apps vs who isn't which would in turn tell them if its worth the $$ to pay their developers for the extra crap. If not, save the money and use it for better things....like say expanding/improving coverage.... ya know
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I personally don't care if the carrier or manufacturer wants to make a custom launcher or apps or whatever, but it SHOULD be up to the end user to decide if they want it. Say for example an added step in the initial setup of the phone.
This might give them some good stats as to who is actually using the apps vs who isn't which would in turn tell them if its worth the $$ to pay their developers for the extra crap. If not, save the money and use it for better things....like say expanding/improving coverage.... ya know
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I totally agree with this like the article says a dual boot.... which would let you choose to have touchwiz or just stock droid aka ics..... Who knows we might get shocked and them actually come out with this and make alot of people happy
zander21510 said:
I'm telling ya, android phones would be a lot more damn popular if these idiots would stop shoving their stupid ios copycat attempy customizations on their phones and stick with stock android...
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Agreed. If the manufacturers want a custom UI, I'm all for it. But let them release it in the market as an app and let the users decide! If it were just the launcher, I wouldn't care. I always end up installing a 3rd party launcher anyway, even over AOSP launcher. But the manufacturers screw things up by mucking with the entire OS, like a virus. Trying to make their phone "different". Here's an idea. You want the phone to stand out, release it as AOSP. Have good hardware, stop making varients that you don't support, and deliver timely updates. Or at a minimum, release all driver sources with the release of a phone, so drones can leave their phone stock, and the dev community can customize from day 1.
These things will make your phones stand out, make them "different". And manufacturers, I promise you will be rewarded in sales and customer loyalty.
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The only thing I like about TW is the pulldown notification settings. Otherwise, this is a really good idea.
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I just had a thought...what if PC manufacturers put their own skins over windows...mother of God...
And they wonder what they have to do to make people like their phones...take a lesson from the PC world and for gods ssakes look at apple...uniform OS across it's mobile Devices...using an iPhone is the same as using an ipad...your friends phone works exactly like yours...that's why apple is so successful. They know that they don't have to make a versitile OS if they just make it work uniformly...
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I always preferred AOSP over TW, but if you think about it, TW isn't too bad because you can just freeze it and run a third party launcher over it. HTC Sense, on the other hand, takes up a lot more resources even when frozen since the ROM is based on Sense
Its not "Dual Boot" it's a simple Dual Launcher, not sure why you consider this big news. You don't need to buy the SGS3 to have "Dual Boot" as you put it, simply go to the market and get another Launcher like ADW or Go Launcher or Launcher Pro, then you will have your "Dual Boot"...
FYI "Dual Boot" means having the option to boot two OS, like Windows & Linux, Android & Windows mobile
GBGamer... Pull down notifications have NOTHING to do with TW or the Launcher
Lakers3408 said:
Its not "Dual Boot" it's a simple Dual Launcher, not sure why you consider this big news. You don't need to buy the SGS3 to have "Dual Boot" as you put it, simply go to the market and get another Launcher like ADW or Go Launcher or Launcher Pro, then you will have your "Dual Boot"...
FYI "Dual Boot" means having the option to boot two OS, like Windows & Linux, Android & Windows mobile
GBGamer... Pull down notifications have NOTHING to do with TW or the Launcher
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But touchwiz isn't just the launcher...change to say ADW and the lockscreen, menus, basic apps, pulldown, icons, keyboard stay the stupid cartoony ios copycat ****
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zander21510 said:
But touchwiz isn't just the launcher...change to say ADW and the lockscreen, menus, basic apps, pulldown, icons, keyboard stay the stupid cartoony ios copycat ****
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Haven't you heard of themes, that's what makes Android better then iOS, you can change it to whatever you want, all 3rd party launchers support themes, even the icons, imagine that. ... You must be new to Android... I'm running stock ROM and my phone does not have the stock lock screen or icons.... Search, it's your best friend.... I'll give you a hint, Lockbot Pro
the epic 4g touch from sprint does this already.
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Lakers3408 said:
Haven't you heard of themes, that's what makes Android better then iOS, you can change it to whatever you want, all 3rd party launchers support themes, even the icons, imagine that. ... You must be new to Android... I'm running stock ROM and my phone does not have the stock lock screen or icons.... Search, it's your best friend.... I'll give you a hint, Lockbot Pro
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Yeah I'm running ics theme it says in my sig...my point was that removing touchwiz isn't as easy as installing a launcher...and hell theming doesnt completely eliminate its annoyances...its launcher + theme + apps + etc.
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Its not "Dual Boot" it's a simple Dual Launcher, not sure why you consider this big news. You don't need to buy the SGS3 to have "Dual Boot" as you put it, simply go to the market and get another Launcher like ADW or Go Launcher or Launcher Pro, then you will have your "Dual Boot"...
FYI "Dual Boot" means having the option to boot two OS, like Windows & Linux, Android & Windows mobile
GBGamer... Pull down notifications have NOTHING to do with TW or the Launcher
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No, the Quick Settings is what I am talking about, like in CM.
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Lakers3408 said:
Haven't you heard of themes, that's what makes Android better then iOS, you can change it to whatever you want, all 3rd party launchers support themes, even the icons, imagine that. ... You must be new to Android... I'm running stock ROM and my phone does not have the stock lock screen or icons.... Search, it's your best friend.... I'll give you a hint, Lockbot Pro
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Maybe you are confused homie. TW is the entire framework for the OS, as Sense is with HTC devices. Certain AOSP items cannot be applied no matter how much you tweak and theme. Please read before attempting to look smart.
The article makes no mention of how the dual-launch capabilities will be implemented so how the hell are you people assuming or not assuming that it will be a launcher or dual boot?
Jeez, find something to do rather than talking it like you have the device and know what's going on.
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Hey everyone.
Recently purchased a nexus 4 after being an iphone man for 5 years.
I love the customisation options available on the nexus 4 but I am a little spoilt for choice and finding it hard to know where to begin.
My biggest question is.
Is it possible to completely setup multiple themes and have them switch at the touch of a button?
I change my mind quite a lot and would like to be able to switch themes on the fly depending on my mood.
Is this at all possible? Is there any apps that you can recommend to help?
Changing on theme chooser is just few clicks.
And I think u can create a shortcut for a specific commands on your homescreen.
It also depends on the ROM that has those features.
°[ Proud user of LG-E960 (Google Nexus 4) ]°
jaks6888 said:
Hey everyone.
Recently purchased a nexus 4 after being an iphone man for 5 years.
I love the customisation options available on the nexus 4 but I am a little spoilt for choice and finding it hard to know where to begin.
My biggest question is.
Is it possible to completely setup multiple themes and have them switch at the touch of a button?
I change my mind quite a lot and would like to be able to switch themes on the fly depending on my mood.
Is this at all possible? Is there any apps that you can recommend to help?
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Hey jaks6888
Theme website My Color Screen has recently come out with an app called "Themer" to do exactly that. At the moment, the app is still in beta, but you can head on over to their website to sign up. Or, download it from the Play Store, but you'll have to input a beta key you get after signing up.
Alternatively, you can root your phone and install a ROM such as Paranoid Android or Cyanogenmod, which let you switch between themes any time you like. Unlike Themer, this can change the entire look of your phone, right down to the status bar and keyboard. And by the way, a Nexus 4 is the easiest phone to root!
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Is it possible without needing to install a ROM? What I basically want is the ability to have the dockbar move to the bottom of the screen when I rotate it to landscape instead of staying on the short side like it currently does. I want my dockbar always along the bottom edge of the screen no matter what position I'm holding the tablet. Currently no launchers that I know of allow this as an option. Any ideas that don't involve ROMs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418867
This should do that until a new mods gets released .
You have to be rooted for this mod to work.
Hope that helps.
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I don't think real tablet UI has a dock. And a launcher like apex would give you the option to disable the dock like in larger tablets.
if you want true tablet ui, buy an iPad mini
What exactly do you mean with real tablet UI - the failed UI experiment from google in the past?
The N7 has the current tablet UI.
TDO said:
What exactly do you mean with real tablet UI - the failed UI experiment from google in the past?
The N7 has the current tablet UI.
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The current N7 uses the phablet ui. He means the honeycomb like ui. Whether you consider it failed or not does not matter some (me included) prefer it.
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I prefer that tablet ui too... would love some insight if tablet ui is possible at all in a CarbonRom.
I like the Honeycomb look better as well. My biggest issue is that all of the apps from the play store are downloaded as the phone version, not the tablet version. I bought a tablet to have tablet apps, not phone apps - I don't care that the screen is only 7".
Honeycomb ui works fine for a tablet all operations takes place below the screen. Unlike this new ui were you always have to reach the notification area
Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....
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Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....
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Also a lot of wasted screen real estate on the N7 between the forced search bar and top & bottom bar.
stealthj said:
Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....
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You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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RyanTX said:
You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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Email the devs of the apps you buy and state your want to get a tablet version. easy peezy.
Revieww apps on the play store, state your opinion.
When people don't buy apps that devs spent lots of effort on, its discouraging.
stealthj said:
Email the devs of the apps you buy and state your want to get a tablet version. easy peezy.
Revieww apps on the play store, state your opinion.
When people don't buy apps that devs spent lots of effort on, its discouraging.
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It's nothing to do with the devs. It's the way the play store sees the nexus 7. USA today has a tablet version of their app. Directv has a tablet version. On the galaxy tab 8.9 for instance, I could get those. Maybe it's something to do with build.prop?
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RyanTX said:
It's nothing to do with the devs. It's the way the play store sees the nexus 7. USA today has a tablet version of their app. Directv has a tablet version. On the galaxy tab 8.9 for instance, I could get those. Maybe it's something to do with build.prop?
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OOoohhh I see I'm so sorry I misunderstood.
I saw that the USA app though says its for both phones and tablets. the direcTV one though , says not compatible with my device... of course we can always download the APK from somewhere but i think this calls for a petition to google to make sure we are getting the maximum experience on our devices.
the Wallet app I can understand, with the security thing and whatever but this? this is recidulous. and Now that You've mentioned it, I actally had a few apps on my nexus 10 which i cannot install on my nexus 7 (tablet apps)
weird right?
stealthj said:
OOoohhh I see I'm so sorry I misunderstood.
I saw that the USA app though says its for both phones and tablets. the direcTV one though , says not compatible with my device... of course we can always download the APK from somewhere but i think this calls for a petition to google to make sure we are getting the maximum experience on our devices.
the Wallet app I can understand, with the security thing and whatever but this? this is recidulous. and Now that You've mentioned it, I actally had a few apps on my nexus 10 which i cannot install on my nexus 7 (tablet apps)
weird right?
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Do you think we can edit the build prop or something to fool the play store into thinking we are using a nexus 10?
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tomarsenal said:
I don't think real tablet UI has a dock. And a launcher like apex would give you the option to disable the dock like in larger tablets.
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He's not talking about the launcher tablet ui. He's talking about the honeycomb style combines bar.
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RyanTX said:
You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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You DO get tablet apps if you want. Changes in DPI determine app layout. PA lets you choose DPI on an app to app basis without trashing your market. Meaning modifications to build.prop are broad and make your market think you are a tablet which for some apps is bad, so they don't do that.
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You DO get tablet apps if you want. Changes in DPI determine app layout.
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In most cases yes. However (for whatever reason) some companies/developers choose to publish two separate apps to the Play Store - one for phones and one for tablets, and unless your device is identified as a tablet the tablet version of the app is marked as incompatible (and the phone version doesn't include the tablet layout so it isn't available by dpi/layout changes).
Again, however, this is something that the app devs should be sorting - provide one apk that contains all layouts and the problem is solved (because then you can use PA or whatever to use whichever layout you like).
RyanTX said:
Do you think we can edit the build prop or something to fool the play store into thinking we are using a nexus 10?
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I think there was a patched playstore apk that removes country/device restrictrions.... I don't remember if it needed Xposed or not.... I forgetbut im pretty sure i used it before on one of my old phones