tried looking but no luck, i just want to put certain apps into one folder like spare parts, settings, etc. is there a way?
as it seems not at the moment, but i want this feature too. how is it possible to install an infinite number of applications but no way to organize the startmenu?
it would be nice....but in the meantime, there is an app in the market called aps organizer. you can assign different apps to different labels (and create your own labels), and then you can put shortcuts to those labels on your homescreen.
That way you get the folders (sort of) on your homescreen and don;t need to use the main menu. I think ive used the main menu about twice in the two weeks i've had it installed.
Given that the market is already split into categories I don't understand why this isn't implemented in the App menu. It IS quite annoying. Also, given that the market already has a categorization couldn't someone develop an app that Auto-sorts the menu. Gnome on Linux does a very good job of this, don't know about KDE...
This is one of my biggest gripes with my Hero. I'm a bit OCD when it comes to organization on my phone and computer. The sooner I can organize the programs more efficiently, the better! I'd really appreciate an app, update or custom ROM that could enable this.
I have folders on my home screen for different apps. but the main programs menu still bugs the hell out of me, especially when it displays things like font packs with the rest of my programs :S
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Hi:
I am trying to organize the apps in my app list. I have so many, it is becoming cluttered, and hard to find things (I currently have 7 pages of apps lol) .
I have searched and searched. Through searching, I found Folder Organizer (app), which seems to do exactly what I want, however it only seems to work on the Home screens, not within the app list. I also found SmartBar, but it was confusing, and didn't seem to do what I was looking for.
Is there any way to put apps in the applications drawer in to folders?
Thanks!
PS: I am using rooted stock rom, with stock launcher (touchwiz) etc...
I think Folder Organizer is your best bet here. If you set it up well you will not need to go to Apps list and be able to use it from home screens all the time.
Is it possilbe to clean up the start menu of the Sense UI? Like make folders for system tools, multimedia, games and so on. instead of having this endless list of apps. i always miss the app i am looking for, even that the are sorted a-z.
i am used to it from my old hd2 with win mob. you just make folders and move it where you want. but i dont know how about android handles this thing.
maybe somebody can help me.
Thanks
sorry i was doing some miss-spelling on the title, if some mod or admin would be so friendly and correct that please
Snake-Plissken said:
Is it possilbe to clean up the start menu of the Sense UI? Like make folders for system tools, multimedia, games and so on. instead of having this endless list of apps. i always miss the app i am looking for, even that the are sorted a-z.
i am used to it from my old hd2 with win mob. you just make folders and move it where you want. but i dont know how about android handles this thing.
maybe somebody can help me.
Thanks
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As of yet I dont think there is a way and your best bet is to just create folders on your desktop and organise it that way. To be honest I would prefer the windows menu because I love organisation....unfortunately...the rest of windows mobile sucked...
Hope that helps.
i agree, that was the only positive thing on windows mobile. i had everything organized and could find everything in a few clicks. now i have to scroll up and down the list especially some programms have wired names, so i dont always remember them...
do you know a good folder programm?
i am trying right now "folder organizer lite" is there anything better, except the paid version of it?
I was a bit put out when I saw that the items are in one big list. Mind you, I've just come from having years of Nokia phones and if you don't use something very often it's a pain to remember which menu tree it's in so there are pros and cons.
What I've done is clear out the HTC stuff from each screen and arrange different *groups* of widgets on each. So 'media' (camera, music, etc) on one for example. System-type stuff on another (settings, brightness, etc etc).
Works for me but each to his own.
Dave
Use Folder Organizer it does a good Job for me you can find a free version on Market.
i am using folder organizer already and bought the full version. but it would be nice if i could get rid of this messed up menu.
i have just one question to folder organizer. how can i get or make my own folder icons. do they have to be in .ico format and where do i have to put them?
Why cant we create folders and push them to a home screen and use it, this can be better if i am not wrong! I am still new to android but i found this useful and easy to access my apps!
You can try "smart shortcuts" its a free app from market
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You can create folders on your home screen and put shortcuts to any apps within them. Just drag and drop. You can also rename folders by long-presing on the title bar of an open folder.
Alternatively, if you don't mind using a different launcher to HTC Sense you can get ADW.Launcher free from Market. This allows you to create 'custom catalogues' in the app draw. You can set it to have pagination buttons within the app draw to easily switch between the catalogues. You can, if you like, have one for games, one for navigation etc. It's not ideal but it works and ADW.Launcher is a great (and very customisable) launcher too.
Hope this helps.
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So I got two D3's for my parents and they don't care for any of the social apps at all nor Blockbuster or anything else. How do I get rid of these?
Damn this phone has a lot of bloatware, even for a Verizon phone.
Well, you have a few options, but only one actually get's the bloatware out of your hair.
You can root the phone and freeze all of the apps they don't want to show up (see the list of safe-to-freeze apps in the Development section of this forum). That approach provides the benefit of keeping those unwanted apps from running in the background, using up resources. Under the circumstances, though, it might not be a good idea to root your parent's phone if they aren't tech savvy, 'cause they might break it (and, of course, there's that whole voided warranty thing).
You can use the App Groups feature in the stock D3 app drawer. Just create an App Group (call it "Favorites" or something) and add only the apps that your parent wants to see. This is a simple method of getting all the bloatware out of your face. The downside, though, is that, every time you install a new app, you will have to remember to add it to your "Favorites" App Group or you won't see it in the App Drawer by default (you'd have to switch over to "All Apps" or "Downloaded Apps"). Also, this doesn't do anything to keep the bloatware from doing stuff in the background. Option #1 is the only way to do that.
Use a third party Home Launcher. I don't know which ones do and don't have this feature, but Launcher Pro has the ability of adding apps to a "Hide" list for the App Drawer. This way, you can pick all of the bloatware that you don't want to see in the App Drawer. Compared to Option #2, this approach is better because, once you've built your "Hide" list, you don't have to do anything else. There is no need to add newly-installed apps to a group so that they can be seen or anything. The downside (or upside, depending on your perspective) is that you will have completely changed the look/feel of the Home Launcher from the Moto Stock Launcher. Personally, I prefer the look and functionality of Launcher Pro, but some may like the Launcher that Moto put on this phone from the factory.
-SR-
I rooted it and ran the remove bloatware script. Seemed to do the trick. Much faster. Now my old lady wants me to de-bloat hers. I manually rooted the d3 (the day it was posted), but they have the one click root now.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I though I heard somewhere a while back ago that Windows Phone 8 might get a folders opption.
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You can see various folders on the computer when the phone is connected with USB.
Also, some programs can see those folders, but the app has to be programmed for it.
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Fa310tx said:
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You can see various folders on the computer when the phone is connected with USB.
Also, some programs can see those folders, but the app has to be programmed for it.
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Actually that's not what I meant LOL. I should have been more specific. This is what I meant. (http://windowsphonehacker.com/folders)
Ahhh...
Just to get multiple apps in one tile.
JJ
Why would you want to get multiple apps in one tile?
mcosmin222 said:
Why would you want to get multiple apps in one tile?
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You can group apps into one folder so you can use less tiles.
mcosmin222 said:
Why would you want to get multiple apps in one tile?
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Plus, you could organize.
Don't you have grouping on you start menu?
Personally, I don't think I would use the feature.
I like my start screen clean and concise.
JJ
sinister1 said:
You can group apps into one folder so you can use less tiles.
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Judging by your recent posts, I do not think you understand what live tiles are supposed to be.
You are not supposed to pin every single app you have to start screen(that's why you have an app drawer)
You are supposed to launch an app with a single tap, not spend several other taps just to get to the app you need.
Windows Phone already has a simple but very effective way of sorting apps. If you don't use an app all too often, why do you need it on the start screen?
If you use an app very often, why do you need to spend extra taps to get it launching?
Folders are really not needed on Windows Phone, and for that matter, any other smartphone, they do not bring anything useful to the mix, but more clutter and less performance.
And if you really die for not having folders, get used with the concept of hubs, which is a much better implementation of folders, and you can pin them to start screen, and they also provide you with nice info.
There aren't hubs for everything: no news, social etc. Further, not all apps populate the hubs you'd.think they should. Jaxbot's folders app essentially allows creation of custom hubs and an uncluttered Start screen. So yeah, WP8 could use something similar.
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Judging by your recent posts, I do not think you understand what live tiles are supposed to be.
You are not supposed to pin every single app you have to start screen(that's why you have an app drawer)
You are supposed to launch an app with a single tap, not spend several other taps just to get to the app you need.
Windows Phone already has a simple but very effective way of sorting apps. If you don't use an app all too often, why do you need it on the start screen?
If you use an app very often, why do you need to spend extra taps to get it launching?
Folders are really not needed on Windows Phone, and for that matter, any other smartphone, they do not bring anything useful to the mix, but more clutter and less performance.
And if you really die for not having folders, get used with the concept of hubs, which is a much better implementation of folders, and you can pin them to start screen, and they also provide you with nice info.
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Dude, I completely understand what live tiles are no need to vent or get all fired up. It's just an option; some might like it while others might not.
piaqt said:
There aren't hubs for everything: no news, social etc. Further, not all apps populate the hubs you'd.think they should. Jaxbot's folders app essentially allows creation of custom hubs and an uncluttered Start screen. So yeah, WP8 could use something similar.
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Thanks piaqt for explaining this to those who just don't get the concept or need for this app. :good:
piaqt said:
There aren't hubs for everything: no news, social etc. Further, not all apps populate the hubs you'd.think they should. Jaxbot's folders app essentially allows creation of custom hubs and an uncluttered Start screen. So yeah, WP8 could use something similar.
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Social has two hubs, actually: Me and people.
Apps not populating the hubs is not the users nor microsoft's problem, it is developer problem.
And if you really want a news hub, go suggest it to Microsoft, they are already considering it anyway.
Well its actually technically possible to create folders now without homebrew apps. The folders will work fine for non live tile apps but otherwise u lose the live tile capabilities.
symwpapps said:
Well its actually technically possible to create folders now without homebrew apps. The folders will work fine for non live tile apps but otherwise u lose the live tile capabilities.
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I would be very happy if you could elaborate on how to "technically" do that
Regards
Izaac
So after some great help by gregbradley and others, I have a rooted T and now have an OTA 195 update.
However I have a couple of questions (apart from my continued quest to find a way to get the phone to save camera output in less compressed fashion.
1) Is it usual for mediaserver to be the 2nd great drain on battery after the screen and ahead of android system?
(there appear to be many web discussions on this, but I could not find a definitive answer. Mine has always been like this even before I tinkered with it, or before I put the sim in (I didn't put the sim in until after I had rooted and updated. I do not have an SD card in there yet (64Gb on order) and I have not added any new pics or movies to the stock provided ones.
2) Can you change where apps are installed? Can this be changed for Google Play apps (like xda) Is the default to install to "phone memory" rather than "internal storage". Given that "phone memory" is only ~ 2Gb, it would be good to install to "internal storage"
3) Are apps on the home screens (eg Walkman) always running, even when not in use (the walkman example is the app 4x1 icons wide and has basic controls on it)?
Many thanks as always!
icstm
some clarification I should have added yesterday...
1) quite simply I would be keen to know what type of apps call on the mediaserver process
2) I know that from the "apps" in settings" some apps can be moved, but that appears limited and no default can be set
3) when I say apps, I mean widgets and the like, not the simply shortcut icons
icstm said:
some clarification I should have added yesterday...
1) quite simply I would be keen to know what type of apps call on the mediaserver process
2) I know that from the "apps" in settings" some apps can be moved, but that appears limited and no default can be set
3) when I say apps, I mean widgets and the like, not the simply shortcut icons
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1) Anything that needs to scan the sdcards for contents will call on the media server. After a fresh flash many apps will be collating their cache so the mediaserver may have a high battery drain, you should never worry about battery drain untill you have run a ROm for at least 3-4 days to let it settle
2) Yes, use apps such as link2sd or app2sd, free in the market. However I have not yet felt the need to do this with a 16gb internal memory
3) Thos e widgets are just shortcuts, e.g. I have a weather app set to refresh every 2 hours...it will be woring in the background whether or not the homescreen widget is on the homescreen or not.
However, do not worry about task killers, since android 2.1 the best task killer is the one that comes with the OS. The only other exception is if you install init.d scripts and supercharge scripts etc, but you may want to leave that for a bit and get used to the phone first.
So I am on the xda app, much better way to view the site than mobile browser .
However, I cannot see what you wrote when I reply.
But it relates to your last point on making customisations. And not just keyboard which prefers US spellings over UK ones .
I am thinking of tinkering with the OS files as I am very upset with the compression of photos. So I am keen by what you say just below number 3.
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AW: [Q] Couple of days in - a couple of Qs...
Change your keyboard or even better your whole phone to UK in language and keyboard setting and it'll propose BE instead of USE.
Greg is correct, the media server goes nuts the first two to three days after (re)flashing or taking up a device. You can improve the situation by keeping your folder structure clean and neat and trash out left over files, old garbage and file system junk.
Thanks for your posts in both threads.
As for mediaserver, yes all is quiet now.
Not sure about which system files to delete at this stage, but I sure do keep a neat folder structure for my content.