i have used a variety of aftermarket launchers like nova,adw,go etc on stock ROM and cm10.1..
the issue is whenever i select a wallpaper through any of the launchers (Samsung touch wiz as well) it only selects a very small region of the wallpaper....(in some launchers the central part,in tw a custom part)
it really bugs me that the default selection area is so small that it hardly the resembles the original wallpaper selected
further i can see some pix elation.. the gradients are not smooth it looks really bad..
i have tried changing dpi for the particular launcher but it never helped.
PLS HELP!!!
Sonone said:
i have used a variety of aftermarket launchers like nova,adw,go etc on stock ROM and cm10.1..
the issue is whenever i select a wallpaper through any of the launchers (Samsung touch wiz as well) it only selects a very small region of the wallpaper....(in some launchers the central part,in tw a custom part)
it really bugs me that the default selection area is so small that it hardly the resembles the original wallpaper selected
further i can see some pix elation.. the gradients are not smooth it looks really bad..
i have tried changing dpi for the particular launcher but it never helped.
PLS HELP!!!
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use wallpaper wizard or auto resize wallpaper app from play store
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Has anyone else noticed that the look and feel of ICS software and some of the app features are pretty much ripped out of touchwiz? Which is a great compliment to Samsung.
For example...
Sideways scrolling app drawer
Panoramic camera
White background with black writing (reversed from the usual android look in apps)
Hardware key combo to take a screen capture
Customizable dock
Folders on home screen
Resizeable widgets
Music controls on lock screen and notification tray
Respond to a caller by text message
Pinch to zoom in calendar and email app
Just saying...
I'm getting mine on Tuesday so im hoping the user experience is a big enough jump from my SGS2...
AMoosa said:
Has anyone else noticed that the look and feel of ICS software and some of the app features are pretty much ripped out of touchwiz? Which is a great compliment to Samsung.
For example...
Sideways scrolling app drawer
Panoramic camera
White background with black writing (reversed from the usual android look in apps)
Hardware key combo to take a screen capture
Customizable dock
Folders on home screen
Resizeable widgets
Music controls on lock screen and notification tray
Respond to a caller by text message
Pinch to zoom in calendar and email app
Just saying...
I'm getting mine on Tuesday so im hoping the user experience is a big enough jump from my SGS2...
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Actually a lot of the new features in ICS come from Honeycomb or have been parts of custom ROMs or third-party launchers for ages.
Sideways scrolling app drawer was in Honeycomb.
White BG with black writing - actually Android apps have choices of themes, one of them is "light" which is white background with dark text. Nothing new, they're just pushing brighter, more friendly designs with ICS
Customizable dock - that's been in third-party launchers for ages
Home screen folders - Android has had folders in the launcher for ages, just not as easy to set up as they are now (New folder is an option in the "add to home screen" panel)
Resizable widgets - that was in HC as well, and in 3rd party launchers
Music controls in notification tray - that's available in Honeycomb
Moral of the story: Just because a feature is in an OEM skin doesn't mean they were the ones to come up with it
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Actually a lot of the new features in ICS come from Honeycomb or have been parts of custom ROMs or third-party launchers for ages.
Sideways scrolling app drawer was in Honeycomb.
White BG with black writing - actually Android apps have choices of themes, one of them is "light" which is white background with dark text. Nothing new, they're just pushing brighter, more friendly designs with ICS
Customizable dock - that's been in third-party launchers for ages
Home screen folders - Android has had folders in the launcher for ages, just not as easy to set up as they are now (New folder is an option in the "add to home screen" panel)
Resizable widgets - that was in HC as well, and in 3rd party launchers
Music controls in notification tray - that's available in Honeycomb
Moral of the story: Just because a feature is in an OEM skin doesn't mean they were the ones to come up with it
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Interesting. But I think you'll find that touchwiz was out on the original galaxy s much before honeycomb.
Think twice before switching from an S2, that's what I have done today and I am not sure I have done the right thing. Particularly down to the poor camera.
Iwould try to get your hands on one first if you can just to play with.
Spewy1 said:
Think twice before switching from an S2, that's what I have done today and I am not sure I have done the right thing. Particularly down to the poor camera.
Iwould try to get your hands on one first if you can just to play with.
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Oh MAN!! I've ordered one which is due to arrive on Tuesday. Maybe I'll have a play with it and flog it on ebay if I don't like it as much...
I also understand that they haven't borrowed one of the best features of Touchwiz - folders in the app drawer...
Borrowed or not, I do not like the look of TouchWiz at all, but I love Android 4.0.
I personally don't own a touchwiz device but it somehow gives me a very iphoneish impression.
AMoosa said:
Interesting. But I think you'll find that touchwiz was out on the original galaxy s much before honeycomb.
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And LauncherPro, GO Launcher, and ADW were out *long* before TouchWiz...and had many of these features.
hotleadsingerguy said:
And LauncherPro, GO Launcher, and ADW were out *long* before TouchWiz...and had many of these features.
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Granted for many of the launcher features, but not the others...
mini apps.. multi copy clipboard.
Only thing truly cool on tw
Spewy1 said:
Think twice before switching from an S2, that's what I have done today and I am not sure I have done the right thing. Particularly down to the poor camera.
Iwould try to get your hands on one first if you can just to play with.
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+1 although its always nice to have a shiny new toy, was getting bored of the S2 after 6 months!
Hi,
i'm having a strange problem on my GNex: The font in the context menu (e.g. when adding a widget in Apex Launcher) is black with a dark background. This happens with all launchers i have tested (Apex, Holo HD, Go Ex), so i don't think it is a theming issue (or it is in google stock rom).
About the system: i have a Galaxy Nexus (GSM), and just flashed the factory image from google (Jelly Bean 4.1.1).
Is there anyone else with this problem, and is there a solution?
MrBogus
Have you tried Nova Launcher?
I haven't used apex launcher in awhile but I think there was a setting where you could change the color of fonts and background in their Look and Feel section. That might not be what is called but its something like that.
shugo88 said:
I haven't used apex launcher in awhile but I think there was a setting where you could change the color of fonts and background in their Look and Feel section. That might not be what is called but its something like that.
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Hi shugo88, I'm running the latest version of Apex launcher and I have noticed this problem of black text on dark backgrounds in the direct selection (press and hold) menus. But the option of "Look and Feel" isn't there, but I'm sure I have seen it before. The dev must have removed it in an update
I was just about to post when I noticed it has gone! The text is now white. I flashed an AOKP ROM today (CM 10 based JellyBro) for another reason, so this must have fixed this glitch. Cool.
Have fun. Anil
Hi All
I am new here, recently rooted and installed the CM11 ROM
So far so good. Just wondering however.
The Icons and overall feel of the OS seems very large to me, and in some icons even pixalated (Instagram app)
Is this normal?
Also when I rotate the tab into landscape the text from the apps are cut off, its like it doesnt fit onto the page.
Do i need to install a launcher such as Apex?or GPE?
Thanks
ali_bobo said:
Hi All
I am new here, recently rooted and installed the CM11 ROM
So far so good. Just wondering however.
The Icons and overall feel of the OS seems very large to me, and in some icons even pixalated (Instagram app)
Is this normal?
Also when I rotate the tab into landscape the text from the apps are cut off, its like it doesnt fit onto the page.
Do i need to install a launcher such as Apex?or GPE?
Thanks
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hi, when you rotate into landscape the letters are indeed cut off, this is a bug of cyanogen and i believe that they ll fix it sometime. If you want smaller icons long press on desktop screen, select settings and change the number of rows and columns. If you select bigger number the icons will become smaller and i managed to see the whole text of icons with a particular number of rows and columns.
katsika said:
hi, when you rotate into landscape the letters are indeed cut off, this is a bug of cyanogen and i believe that they ll fix it sometime. If you want smaller icons long press on desktop screen, select settings and change the number of rows and columns. If you select bigger number the icons will become smaller and i managed to see the whole text of icons with a particular number of rows and columns.
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Thanks for your help
Do you mind me asking which row and columns you have?
I installed KK launcher just to see if there would be a difference.
And there is a massive difference. The icons are much more crisp and smooth and smaller.
Not sure if its just my ROM.
ali_bobo said:
Thanks for your help
Do you mind me asking which row and columns you have?
I installed KK launcher just to see if there would be a difference.
And there is a massive difference. The icons are much more crisp and smooth and smaller.
Not sure if its just my ROM.
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yeah I forgot to tell you to install a different launcher, cyanogen launcher is bugged, it's not just your rom. I use 7 rows and 6 columns and I use it mostly on portrait mode, if I put 8 rows then the icons look really messed up
katsika said:
yeah I forgot to tell you to install a different launcher, cyanogen launcher is bugged, it's not just your rom. I use 7 rows and 6 columns and I use it mostly on portrait mode, if I put 8 rows then the icons look really messed up
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Great thanks for this!
Any recommendations on a good Launcher?
Do I have to remove the current CM11 launcher or do they both run at the same time?
Cheers
ali_bobo said:
Great thanks for this!
Any recommendations on a good Launcher?
Do I have to remove the current CM11 launcher or do they both run at the same time?
Cheers
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if you install a custom launcher it will replace the stock, no need to uninstall cyanogens launcher. Unfortunately i havent found much time to experiment with the launchers, although i want sometime to change cyanogen's launcher. The most popular launchers by far are go launcher ex and nova launcher. I want to try someday next launcher 3d, it's created from the development team of go launcher ex and it has some really cool 3d effects.
if you are more technically inclined try changing ro.sf.lcd_density= in your build.prop to something lower like 270, I believe it's set at 320 or something like that ala nexus.
in setting you can choose between launcher3 and the Google Experince Launcher (It's simply called launcher). the Google Experience Launcher works great.
I installed nova launcher and the desktop looks way much better than in cyanogen's launcher. Nova launcher is a simple launcher though, with few options available for customise. But it works really great and it does the job.
Yesterday I installed Pixel Launcher on my OP3.
I'm running Freedom OS 3.5.5, Stock kernel, root & xposed.
Whenever I make a New tab next to my homescreen my homescreen turns blurry, restarting doesn't fix it Unfortunately.
See video below
Anthony1396 said:
Yesterday I installed Pixel Launcher on my OP3.
I'm running Freedom OS 3.5.5, Stock kernel, root & xposed.
Whenever I make a New tab next to my homescreen my homescreen turns blurry, restarting doesn't fix it Unfortunately.
See video below
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Change your wallpaper
The blurry wallpaper is due to the stock launcher, that blurs the left page to the assistant and the effects remain in the rest of launchers (I was about 1 month to realise of it lol), my solution was to apply the wallpaper from the wallpaper chooser of the app (in my case the nova launcher), hope it helps you to solve the problem!!
David095 said:
The blurry wallpaper is due to the stock launcher, that blurs the left page to the assistant and the effects remain in the rest of launchers (I was about 1 month to realise of it lol), my solution was to apply the wallpaper from the wallpaper chooser of the app (in my case the nova launcher), hope it helps you to solve the problem!!
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Changing the wallpaper with the pixel launcher doesn't work unfortunately, it redirects me to my gallery
Hmm... Try disabling the oneplus launcher throught titanium or something... Cant say much more
I have a T9 Android box and cant stand the default launcher and just layout of it.
I am wondering if anyone has or is using a launcher for their Android TV box and would recommend it. I tried a couple like Nova and ATV but found I couldnt use a wallpaper and have it resized properly as the launcher would zoom into it and distort the wallpaper. If I viewed the wallpaper through the Gallery app or even within the launcher, the picture was centered and looked amazing but once it was set to the home screen the image became zoomed in and completely distorted.
Anyhow, Id love to simply change the GUI of the Android TV box I have and would appreciate any recommendations and potentially a way to fix the wallpaper issue I was having.