I shifted from Note to Note II, The display grid of N7000 is much better than N7100 where you have the liberty to add 5 icons in a row where are Note 2 has a room for standard 4 icons. The space on the screen seems under utilized since the icons are far apart. 5 icons can be easily kept on the screen. It will give better look as well as greater usability.
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ykooki said:
I shifted from Note to Note II, The display grid of N7000 is much better than N7100 where you have the liberty to add 5 icons in a row where are Note 2 has a room for standard 4 icons. The space on the screen seems under utilized since the icons are far apart. 5 icons can be easily kept on the screen. It will give better look as well as greater usability.
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well do a bit of search there are lot of mods all around which can help you to do that search for touchwiz launcher modded by balagamer or find launcher changer in assasins rom thread or try out the custom rom phoenix with 240dpi and see what beast u have in your hand u can even use nova launcher if you wish to sacrifice touchwiz
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Have a GSM Nexus running AOKP Milestone 4 with Franco Milestone 2.
My Icons are a bit small, definitely smaller then all of the Widgets. What is the best way to increase the ICON size, do I increase the DPI? I just switched over from a HD2 running HyperDroid CM7 and increasing DPI on that platform was affecting market/Play functionality. Or is there another way in Ice Cream to achieve this functionality?
My eyes are getting old so bigger ICONS means more viewing pleasure. Thanks in advance everyone............
Hello again friend just wondering do you want to do this because of vision problems, or just because you want to?
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leelaa said:
Hello again friend just wondering do you want to do this because of vision problems, or just because you want to?
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I want to make the change for a few reasons:
1. I am using the Nova launcher and have configured the screen to have 4 rows and 4 columns. There is a lot of free Real Estate between the Icons
2. The Icons are smaller then the Widgets they sit next to.
3. I basically need to use my glasses now for most functions on the phone. But for the larger Widgets its easier to see them then the smaller Icons.
This request/desire is more a function of age then anything else
Increasing the dpi will definitely make the icons larger so thats the easiest thing for you to try. I believe you can do that directly through the AOKP settings or you can use the GNex ToolKit to do it. If it affects the market then just change it back to 320 while using the Market and change it back again after.
Mark.
Been an htc user for so long, was eyeing the one x+ for tmobile initially, but after another exculsivity with at&t, i said thats it with htc. So i took the plunged and got the note 2, grey for me and white for the wife. Couldnt be happier. My one s and amaze going out the door now lol.
Anyway, what do you guys use for launcher? I think that using the same default layout for smaller screens in the note 2 is not good, as 5.5 inches can definitely display more that a 5x4 grid. At the same time i dont want to change the lcd density as i dont want the incompatibilities with market and some apps.
And will the spen work with other launchers the same way with touchwiz?
Btw, luvin this gadget more and more.
Im using apex and I think it's great. I use it to hide all the bloat apps I don't use.
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Geo411m said:
Im using apex and I think it's great. I use it to hide all the bloat apps I don't use.
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You can hide apps with stock launcher
haldi15 said:
You can hide apps with stock launcher
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I honestly didnt know that. Ive only used nexus devices and the s3 and now the note 2 where my first non nexus device and I put apex launcher day one so never got to play much with touchwiz launcher. Thanks for the tip.
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thanks. i have bought a bunch of launchersfrom apex to holo to go launcher.
will the s-pen functions still work with a different launcher?
anyway, i wrote this reply using the s-pen handwriting recognition. last time I had such a phone with the same capability was with the Sony Ericsson p1i and P910 before that
bangsters said:
Been an htc user for so long, was eyeing the one x+ for tmobile initially, but after another exculsivity with at&t, i said thats it with htc. So i took the plunged and got the note 2, grey for me and white for the wife. Couldnt be happier. My one s and amaze going out the door now lol.
Anyway, what do you guys use for launcher? I think that using the same default layout for smaller screens in the note 2 is not good, as 5.5 inches can definitely display more that a 5x4 grid. At the same time i dont want to change the lcd density as i dont want the incompatibilities with market and some apps.
And will the spen work with other launchers the same way with touchwiz?
Btw, luvin this gadget more and more.
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Nova Launcher all the way for me... Paid version is close to perfect and can do pretty much anything any other launcher can do... Just my opinion though...
shojus said:
Nova Launcher all the way for me... Paid version is close to perfect and can do pretty much anything any other launcher can do... Just my opinion though...
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Thanks!! Did you change lcd density? For me I think 4 column icons is a waste with the big screen. Does nova allow you to resize the icon size? I think only golauncher does that, but go launcher is a bit bloated imo.
On nova launcher you can choose how many rows and columns you want on your homescreen without changing the LCD density. It does resize the applications and does a plethora of other features as well.....
I would suggest you buy it.
Source: Purchased it and have always been happy and thought it to be the best app worth the money since you use it all the time.
Hi guys i wanted to ask how to get galaxy nexus home screen/ / theme on galaxy note 2 or tell me any themes so i can switch to it without using a launcher...!!!
Use a cm or aosp based custom rom .
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Yep I would recommend the Apex launcher as the least intrusive and probably the best for changing themes and is the easiest on the battery as well. I had tried using SPB 3D but it is a battery hog so I don't recommend using it. You will find a wide variety of themes that are, very nice. Give it a shot, Apex I think you'll like it better than Nova. You will need the S Pen control app as well to keep full S Pen capabilities and add some improvements, like notification if you forget to redock the pen and walk away.
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recently installed cyanogenmod onto my note ii but now i see applications are aligned in 4 column as opposed to 5 column it used to be. Is there a way to configure it so that it is 5 columns? THanks
Depends on your launcher. Cyanogen mod's stock is called trebuchet and to change it go to settings/homescreen/grid size
Thanks so much. It works at least for home screen now. Made it 5 column. Apps area still figured it out yet.
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What's up everyone! Hope yall love your note 4 as much as I do. I'm curious about how your setting up your homescreen. I really don't know where to begin as I want to take advantage of this screen and have something great to look at. Post your homescreen here.
Here's my home screen for now. I use nova launcher and ultimately I'll be changing the amount of rows and columns but I don't know what else to put on there yet!
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Here's mine. Using Nova Launcher.
Here is my Note 4.
Running Nova Prime with Rotox icons.
bordman said:
Here's my home screen for now. I use nova launcher and ultimately I'll be changing the amount of rows and columns but I don't know what else to put on there yet!
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what weather app are u using?
Been quite happy with this for about a week
Google Now Launcher with one of the stock backgrounds in the "Wallpaper" folder
Using the newest version of tsf shell launcher. Had this setup for 3 days so far
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Here is mine. Nova Launcher using Glasklart icons.
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Here is my Note 4.
Running Nova Prime with Rotox icons.
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Dude, that almost looks 3D.
Simplicity. Smart Launcher Pro and some wallpaper I found online.
I got nothing on my home home screen but the time. I like things simple. With my guitar too
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what weather app are u using?
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It's one of the beautiful widgets apps widgets called BW color clock. I just changed the colors and transparency.
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Next Launcher 3D
This is what I have so far.
Heres mine. Using Launcher 8 Pro
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Here is mine.
Here is mine
I much rather wait for root too be enabled before this phone really is optimized. It's really missing this. Badly, i had root with my note 3,fully awesome. I had all the best of the note 4 apps, the s5 and the other apk files, I had hooked up. No custom rom. It's just lacking at the moment. The note 4 is super besides that. I'm running GO LAUNCHER EX, cherry g pro icon Pack. Its dry up awesomely. Yes I paid the 20 bucks to unlock all the features, even for the GO LOCKER.