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Hi All,
Ive been toying around with the launchers, and i think there real good, only thinng i cant get though, which i thought id ask on here to see if its me being dumb or just dont work.
When using a launcher, can you not use any of the HTC installed widgets? Like sense clock, or weather, i feel when i go to the launcher on my handset half of my widgets disappear, but when in stock home, they are all there...
Anyway i can work around this? I really want to use another launcher other than HTC stock, as i feel they are so much smarter, the only thing holding me back is these widgets issue.
The Launchers i have used are: Launcher Pro, Go Launcher, Zeam Launcher, and ADW Launcher. Any other launcher that might do the trick?
Thanks in Advanced.
dobknobby said:
Hi All,
Ive been toying around with the launchers, and i think there real good, only thinng i cant get though, which i thought id ask on here to see if its me being dumb or just dont work.
When using a launcher, can you not use any of the HTC installed widgets? Like sense clock, or weather, i feel when i go to the launcher on my handset half of my widgets disappear, but when in stock home, they are all there...
Anyway i can work around this? I really want to use another launcher other than HTC stock, as i feel they are so much smarter, the only thing holding me back is these widgets issue.
The Launchers i have used are: Launcher Pro, Go Launcher, Zeam Launcher, and ADW Launcher. Any other launcher that might do the trick?
Thanks in Advanced.
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Sense widgets only works on the sense launcher... try out launcher pro which has most of these covered..
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acejacksooted said:
Sense widgets only works on the sense launcher... try out launcher pro which has most of these covered..
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Yep, launcher pro plus and the srollable news widget as news widget replacement.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848454&page=27
i'm using Go Launcher, best one i've used.
dobknobby said:
Hi All,
Ive been toying around with the launchers, and i think there real good, only thinng i cant get though, which i thought id ask on here to see if its me being dumb or just dont work.
When using a launcher, can you not use any of the HTC installed widgets? Like sense clock, or weather, i feel when i go to the launcher on my handset half of my widgets disappear, but when in stock home, they are all there...
Anyway i can work around this? I really want to use another launcher other than HTC stock, as i feel they are so much smarter, the only thing holding me back is these widgets issue.
The Launchers i have used are: Launcher Pro, Go Launcher, Zeam Launcher, and ADW Launcher. Any other launcher that might do the trick?
Thanks in Advanced.
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I have kind of the same problem, when i`m using a launcher the mail box shortcut never refreshes the new mail indicator on any of the home screens that i`ve tried, and i`ve tried a lot. I would gladly pay for a home launcher that would make that part work !!!!
If anyone knows of one that actually does it please let me know !
Thanks.
Chris!
hi guys,
since we are on the topic of launchers. i have a question for the experts here. I am also using DHD. I running LauncherPro. When I first installed it, i set it to default and everything works fine. I press the HOME button it just do what the HOME button suppose to do. I restart or reboot my phone, it just goes into LauncherPro. But after awhile, out of the blue i started having this problem. Everytime I press on the HOME button, my phone will ask me to choose between HTC Sense or LauncherPro. I will tick default and select LauncherPro. The the HOME button will work fine. But after awhile it will ask me to select between the 2 launchers again when i press on the HOME button. Same whenever i restart or reboot the phone.
Tried to clear the default setting in HTC sense but nothing for me to clear. Can be annoying because I really prefer the LauncherPro. Does anyone encounter the same problem as me? Any way to overcome this problem? And also pardon my long winded post.
abangjohnyen said:
hi guys,
since we are on the topic of launchers. i have a question for the experts here. I am also using DHD. I running LauncherPro. When I first installed it, i set it to default and everything works fine. I press the HOME button it just do what the HOME button suppose to do. I restart or reboot my phone, it just goes into LauncherPro. But after awhile, out of the blue i started having this problem. Everytime I press on the HOME button, my phone will ask me to choose between HTC Sense or LauncherPro. I will tick default and select LauncherPro. The the HOME button will work fine. But after awhile it will ask me to select between the 2 launchers again when i press on the HOME button. Same whenever i restart or reboot the phone.
Tried to clear the default setting in HTC sense but nothing for me to clear. Can be annoying because I really prefer the LauncherPro. Does anyone encounter the same problem as me? Any way to overcome this problem? And also pardon my long winded post.
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Is it everytime you restart the phone? Or does it seemed to have had an update. Launcher Pro Plus is the 1 i actually use atm, and i make sure the remember choice thing is checked and never have the problem...
Did any of you notice that when LauncherPro (and possibly other alternate launchers) is active, Settings -> Personalize menu does not work? It just goes back to homescreen. I never noticed it until this morning.
I got a call right after booting my DHD and it rang with one of the default ringtones due to SD card not being mounted yet and my standard ringtone was on it. So I went to check if it was fine once the card was mounted and behold. Then I switched back to Sense and could access the screen.
Yes. It happens everytime I restart the phone. I not using launcher pro plus.
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Eddie1506 said:
Did any of you notice that when LauncherPro (and possibly other alternate launchers) is active, Settings -> Personalize menu does not work? It just goes back to homescreen. I never noticed it until this morning.
I got a call right after booting my DHD and it rang with one of the default ringtones due to SD card not being mounted yet and my standard ringtone was on it. So I went to check if it was fine once the card was mounted and behold. Then I switched back to Sense and could access the screen.
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I never noticed this until now! lol
Any launchers allow you to hide application?
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baste07 said:
i'm using Go Launcher, best one i've used.
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Me too.!
Also it shows running apps and also allows easier uninstallation of apps.
For the last two years I have been using ADW Launcher. When it came out at the end of 2010 I paid for ADW_EX. It has been great for me. I have tried to use the TouchWiz on the S3 but there have been two main things that kept me from using it regularly. One was fixed (by an answer in another forum).
The one that was fixed was the ability to have shortcuts to individual files on my home screen. In ADW I was able to create a shortcut with Astro File Manager. For some reason Astro does not have a way to do this with TouchWiz. Then someone pointed out that a long press on a file in ES File Manager would create a shortcut. I use a lot of individual files and that feature was great.
Now the last deal breaker for me is the lack of a 5x5 icon grid. Again, in ADW you can have a choice of icon numbers both horizontally and vertically. While 6 or 7 is too much, I like the choice. 4x4 with that gigantic screen indicator is useless. I use a couple of big widgets on my main screen and there is no room left for the important icons.
Now for the question. Is there any way to create a 5x5 icon grid on stock unrooted touchwiz?
From my point of view, Samsung is copying Apple by limiting the choices and configurability. If we could choose our icons and how they act, it would be a lot less like Apple. Personally, when I try an Apple device, I get frustrated because of the lack of control I have. I don't like someone else making my choices. One last part of my rant: I recently tried Windows 8 on a laptop. It looks like everyone is trying to copy Apple.
All this is because the motion scrolling features and eyeball sensor are TouchWiz only. I would like to move my phone to move icons around. I would like to keep the screen on time short to save battery but still be able to have it stay on when I am reading a long web page.
I'm pretty sure all the TW features stick around even if you use a different launcher. I know smart stay and tap to top work on Nova and those are the only ones I use.
Edit: all the motion features still work on other launchers. I just went through them all. Liberate yourself. I use Nova.
Alternatively, if you are rooted you can find a modded stock launcher. Or even flash a more heavily modded rom. This is where Android shines anyway. Not because of what the manufacturers allow, but what open source allows!
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dkmdlb said:
I'm pretty sure all the TW features stick around even if you use a different launcher. I know smart stay and tap to top work on Nova and those are the only ones I use.
Edit: all the motion features still work on other launchers. I just went through them all. Liberate yourself. I use Nova.
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I use nova also with the motion featres
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GMD gesture control, not many ppl use this/heard of it. therefore I figured i'd post it
I have my phone setup like this
swipe up from the bottom border (center) only of the screen with 1 finger gives me my multitasking menu
swipe the bottom border right turns off the screen/locks my phone
you can turn this feature off for certain apps (such as games) in the GMD settings menu
its faster and better, especially the multitasking, its only a couple bucks and worth it, I couldn't use my phone without it
Enjoy
It tried what you were saying with the swipe up from bottom center, but, it interferes with swiping my notification drawer back up. I naturally swipe up from the center there.
Either way coming from a Jailbroken iphone, I was trying to find an equivalent to activator. Now I have found it.
ps. can't wait for the try out the new ROM when I get home. don't have enough posts to post in the dev section yet.
You can do the same with almost every launcher.
Adw
Adw ex
Nova
Apex
Tsf
(Even has gesture to bring up a side menu like Ubuntu)
And even LMT which is free
No need to spend extra money, just look in options in your default launcher.
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jayRokk said:
You can do the same with almost every launcher.
Adw
Adw ex
Nova
Apex
Tsf
(Even has gesture to bring up a side menu like Ubuntu)
And even LMT which is free
No need to spend extra money, just look in options in your default launcher.
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all of these launchers support gestures, yes.
However, GMT offers gesture actions not available in LMT or in the launchers (to be fair, nova is the one i use, so thats the only one I can be sure of).
Dan suggested this to me to find a way to turn off my screen and lock my phone, which i could not figure out using nova nor LMT. with GMT it is very simple to do.
Think of GMT like Activator is for iPhone. very customizable, and it gives you options that LMT and the launchers do not.:good:
thegreatscott said:
all of these launchers support gestures, yes.
However, GMT offers gesture actions not available in LMT or in the launchers (to be fair, nova is the one i use, so thats the only one I can be sure of).
Dan suggested this to me to find a way to turn off my screen and lock my phone, which i could not figure out using nova nor LMT. with GMT it is very simple to do.
Think of GMT like Activator is for iPhone. very customizable, and it gives you options that LMT and the launchers do not.:good:
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I don't want to sound like a smarta$$ or
go against what you're saying or anything to start flamming each other,
But what's wrong with just hitting the power button? Or just let the screen time out kick in?
I mean by all means if you have the money, go and buy that bad boy lol but I wouldn't spend money when the power button is just right there
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jayRokk said:
I don't want to sound like a smarta$$ or
go against what you're saying or anything to start flamming each other,
But what's wrong with just hitting the power button? Or just let the screen time out kick in?
I mean by all means if you have the money, go and buy that bad boy lol but I wouldn't spend money when the power button is just right there
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preference
I found this app really useful for my needs as well. Ever since I had my volume down button fail on me on my old Motorola Atrix, I've been trying to avoid using hardware buttons as much as I can on my phones. I might just be too paranoid, but I'd rather be safe than sorry, cause selling a phone with a broken button was tough lol. And I'm not experienced enough to open phones and repair them myself.
I used to rely on either setting the screen timeout to 15 seconds, or a screen off toggle from the 23 toggle mod. I really like the GMD gestures more now.
The free version of GMD offers the main gestures, like the screen off, at the expense of a persistent notification icon.
The app is very useful, I can swipe to kill an app, swipe to return to home, that takes the wear and tear off the home button
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This is actually a really awesome app. Thanks TC
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I'm guessing this app doesn't change the way multitasking works in android, it just allows you to open the "recent apps" menu faster?
De1.
r00tin' yer b0x
It's kind of annoying actually that everytime I am typing a message, a part of my palm touches the menu button and the menu window pops up and while typing fast it gets in the way and I push all sorts of stuff. Sometimes the back button also does the same thing too. For the longest time I couldnt figure out what kept popping up. I have on numerous occasions been in the middle of an important long text or email and the whole message was accidentally deleted. Has anyone else experienced this annoying issue? Any fix?
Oh and is there any way to remove the little white dots that are on your home screen....you know the ones that tell you which one of your home screens you are in? They take up a lot of space and you can fit 4 more apps in its place.
Fix the button presses with a case.
Fix the homescreen indicators by getting a new launcher.
Aerowinder said:
Fix the button presses with a case.
Fix the homescreen indicators by getting a new launcher.
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How do I get a new launcher. Right now Im running Denomination 4.1.1.Can I add a new launcher to that or do I need a new Rom? I still like how it slides to a new screen going left and right, just want to get rid of the white dots.
Yep. Just get one from the play store. I'm partial to Nova.
Aerowinder said:
Yep. Just get one from the play store. I'm partial to Nova.
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Wow, yea Nova is cool. Any idea why my weather widget is missing when I use the Nova launcher?
Not sure what weather widget that is because I haven't used TouchWiz in months. I personally use WeatherBug.
Nova is great. So many options. Free, too.
Ill give that one a try. The one that comes stock with the big clock numbers.....idk whatever. Thanks a lot for the help.
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Aerowinder said:
Not sure what weather widget that is because I haven't used TouchWiz in months. I personally use WeatherBug.
Nova is great. So many options. Free, too.
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Accuweather
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Apex launcher is worth trying.
|When Emotion Goes Up, Logic Goes Down|
Apex and Nova are about the same, but I like Apex better because of the infinite app drawer scrolling.
I can't figure out how you're holding your phone to be able to touch those buttons while typing - do you have either very large or very small hands ? If there's no software solution (I would wonder how that would implement since you need to be able to use the "back" key at any time while typing if you need to get rid of the keyboard when you're done - and there's no way for it to know if you're "done" unless perhaps there was a special on-screen key, but that seems like it would have to be built into the keyboard software itself), a case or using portrait view when typing might be a good idea.
Lol, I have normal sized hands. Its more the menu button then anything else. While texting, I hold the phone in the landscape position with both hands with my index fingers curled around the top corners. Sometimes the skin on my palm right below the index finger creeps over and barely touches the menu button. Its really annoying actually after typing a long message and losing the whole thing.
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The same thing happened to me. Having a case on the phone acts as a buffer, you can't accidentally hit the buttons anymore. People still carry $600 phones around without a case?
No, I have a case, but its the one that slides into another case with the clip, I forgot what its called. Got it from tmobile when I bought this phone. I guess a different case woukd solve the problem, but I like my case, too bad.
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Damn, I still cant get Apex or Nova to use my stock weather widget. Everything else is there except my cool weather widget.
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As the title says, do any of you guys experiencing home launcher redraw/reload after pretty much each and every other task you do?
Happen on mine at least 30 times per day, or is this normal on LG devices? Happens every time I got into another app. On small app, chances are there , but on big apps, it certainly will.
Coming from few Sony devices, and my last xperia z was near flawless, and that damn old phone never redraw it's launcher, not even once! I wouldn't buy an LG if it's not for the camera. More and more regrets as every day passes by.
Anyway to fix this? Thanks for any advice on advance.
Nova ftw :good:
Pfeffernuss said:
Nova ftw :good:
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Will it break some functionality? Double tap to wake /sleep, smart notice... Etc
I'm okay with LG's look and all. But this launcher reload is so damn irritating. Used to love modding all parts of my phone existence, but I guess now that I have had enough, I don't even bother of changing its home screen. Let alone rooting. Thanks for your reply.
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Will it break some functionality? Double tap to wake /sleep, smart notice... Etc
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DT2W works for sure, that is completely launcher irrelevant :good:
DT2S works when assigning the double tap gesture in Nova to Lock Screen. This, I think, can only be done however in the paid (Nova Prime) version.
Smart Notice I do not know what it is