Is there a way to backup the desktop settings with Titanium? On my HTC there was a [Desktop] app that contained all the placement settings etc that would make it easy to restore and apps and where they are placed on the various tiles/screens.
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f10a said:
Is there a way to backup the desktop settings with Titanium? On my HTC there was a [Desktop] app that contained all the placement settings etc that would make it easy to restore and apps and where they are placed on the various tiles/screens.
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What you need is a better Launcher app, one which has options to backup/restore
all the launcher settings, screens, widgets and other apps.
There are a lot of launchers capabile of doing just that,
I use the Next 3D launcher, it has that option in it but
there are a lot of other launchers which also have it too.
Go to the playstore and download 3/4 some of the more
popular ones, I am sure you will find more than one which
will have that feature.
Good luck!
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I loved advanced launcher when i had my vogue. It runs alongside any other launcher, only adds some features i can't seem to find anywhere now, especially the ability to group apps in the drawer into folders WITHIN the app drawer itself...thus, no long lists of apps to scroll through. I was also able to temporarily hide apps that weren't used, putting them into a hidden file. Available to reuse whenever i wanted. Is there any way to bring this to 2.1 or Froyo? Here is the link to the original post of irrenhaus... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540880 (of few of his screenshots below)
or just import utilities portion?
I guess it is possible to include the launcher utilities into another launcher...
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...irrenhaus launcher utilities ( like submenus in the launcher) in the adw launcher properties...:
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(post #879) ...but has anybody attempted this? or is anyone with knowledge willing to try to import it into one of the currently popular launchers that are incorporated into CM6?
really nobody can point me in any direction??
not sure if this is what your looking for, but i posted something that may be related to your request. I'm guessing that advanced launcher is different than ADW.Launcher. if yes, don't forget that adw allows for an extra set of menus by doing an upward swipe over the 'app drawer' icon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7312516#post7312516
i'm thinking that QuickDesk and/or SmartShortcuts may be of help.
quickdesk basically creates a desktop that is visible after a long press on the search button. you can can access this desktop at any time.
smartshortcuts allow you to 'group' applications, bookmarks and/or contacts.
the link above has some screenshots.
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Is it possible to configure homescreens and widgets, save them as a theme, and then be able to save the different themes/scene configurations so that you can switch from one to the other?
Yes, they are called Scenes, ironically enough. Press the menu key on the home screen and choose scenes.
under my scenes i have one called 1st homescreen; however it doesn't allow me to create or save another theme other than that one - that's my question, is there a way of doing it. i currently use launcher pro.
halftimefeel said:
under my scenes i have one called 1st homescreen; however it doesn't allow me to create or save another theme other than that one - that's my question, is there a way of doing it. i currently use launcher pro.
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BUMP I too use launcher pro and would like to be able to use scenes. I can create and save them while in sense but when I choose them in launcher, all it does is change the wallpaper. Is there an app that will change the icon settings as well as the wallpaper in a predefined way like scenes does with sense? If not, is there a way to get scenes to work correctly using launcher pro?
You cannot save widgets in Launcher pro, only the programme settings.
There are a number of apps including Titanium Backup for backing up and restoring apps and their data.
I don't know if desktop is the right word, but I use it here to mean the screens and placement of apps on those screens.
For example, if I have a folder with all the Google apps in it and it is sitting on my main screen and other folders for other things on other screens, is there is an app that can backs up all these folders and their placements so I don't have to redo them after TB does its job in restoring the apps and data to the system?
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I found that sprite backup does "home screens." Any other recommendations? Thanks.
dynamicpda said:
There are a number of apps including Titanium Backup for backing up and restoring apps and their data.
I don't know if desktop is the right word, but I use it here to mean the screens and placement of apps on those screens.
For example, if I have a folder with all the Google apps in it and it is sitting on my main screen and other folders for other things on other screens, is there is an app that can backs up all these folders and their placements so I don't have to redo them after TB does its job in restoring the apps and data to the system?
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I found that sprite backup does "home screens." Any other recommendations? Thanks.
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+1 I hate redoing my home screens every time I flash something new
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dynamicpda said:
There are a number of apps including Titanium Backup for backing up and restoring apps and their data.
I don't know if desktop is the right word, but I use it here to mean the screens and placement of apps on those screens.
For example, if I have a folder with all the Google apps in it and it is sitting on my main screen and other folders for other things on other screens, is there is an app that can backs up all these folders and their placements so I don't have to redo them after TB does its job in restoring the apps and data to the system?
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I found that sprite backup does "home screens." Any other recommendations? Thanks.
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I use TB and choose restore apps and data. After an immediate reboot my apps and widgets appear exactly where they were when I backed them up
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I use TB and choose restore apps and data. After an immediate reboot my apps and widgets appear exactly where they were when I backed them up
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You mean the last option, Restore all apps with data? I thought that's not recommended as it will flood you with force closes.
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Restore (user)apps with data is fine. Never restore systemdata though, that is what can cause problems.
Another option is to use a custom launcher like ADW EX, or another. You can backup and restore the settings of the custom launcher and then you'll get all your homescreens with the right placements of the apps.
The only thing you 'll have to do yourselve is replacing the widgets.
So sorry if this has already been covered. I did few quick searches and glances but was unable to find anything.
As many know, when you flash a custom rom. You have to go back through and set back up your launcher screen, notification sounds for text, work email, gmail, and the other default one. We are nice enough to have apps auto re-download from the market, at least it tends to work majority of the time.
So we have apps like Titanium backup for apps, to preserve our game saves like angry birds. When we had Launcher pro, it could set your screens back up. Never found anything for sounds.
So the big question, which this could be useful for many people. With ICS out, and all the different roms, I know the new launcher being developed currently does not have a home screen backup, hopefully feature will be added. But is there an App that backs up your Sound settings, maybe your alarm clocks, or anything else that is tedious that you have to go back in and setup? If this is not something out already, might be cool for a dev to make?
This can be done in Titanium Backup. If you filter System apps you can backup: Alarms, Settings, WiFi access points SMS and MMS messages + many more.
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This can be done in Titanium Backup. If you filter System apps you can backup: Alarms, Settings, WiFi access points SMS and MMS messages + many more.
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I have always been hesitant about copying those apps though. In case there was an update to them by either the dev, or when new version comes out of the source. Or are you talking about just restoring data and not that app?
Yea, titanium backup and system apps can be bad, but typically when loading data (ie for the alarm app) works fine and if it doesn't, you should be able to clear the data/cache from the settings/apps menu.
Also, nova launcher is an ics launcher that supports backup and restore...it's really nice.
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I can't seem to be able to remove all the extra homescreens so I have to remove all the shortcuts on them one by one. I also can't seem to be able to make folders in the app drawer as any kind of movement on the icon immediately tries to place it as a shortcut on the home screen.
Failing that, what suggestions do you have for alternate launchers or has that feature not been properly implemented yet?
Also why aren't my Google photos restored from online backup showing up in the gallery app?
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I can't seem to be able to remove all the extra homescreens so I have to remove all the shortcuts on them one by one. I also can't seem to be able to make folders in the app drawer as any kind of movement on the icon immediately tries to place it as a shortcut on the home screen.
Failing that, what suggestions do you have for alternate launchers or has that feature not been properly implemented yet?
Also why aren't my Google photos restored from online backup showing up in the gallery app?
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You can set alternate launchers as default without any issues (need to use navigation buttons instead of gestures by default but there's a workaround) on v3.16 / v4.13.
I use Poco Launcher and these features are supported in that.
The gallery app has a weird sorting order as well that you can modify in its settings, however, if you can see your restored photos in Google Photos, I would recommend changing the default gallery app as well. I use Gallery Go but I think Photos works as a default gallery as well.