Is there a way to change the name and icon of an app that has already been installed on a nonrooted G1?
Get BetterCut.
I knew bettercut worked for creating icons on the desktop but does it also work in the menu?
I would like to know about the name changing also. There's been some apps that just have long ass names! I don't need to see "Chee Wee's Screen Timeout App" when "Screen Timeout" or even "Timeout" would be much better to me
I am looking for this as well. Is there a way? Some of the apps I have installed just have their names cut in the menu and end with "...".
Is this possible without the source? I would like to change my security apps, the ones that I text and it gives me the location? I think a theif would see these apps and delete them after he steals the phone.
IIRC...
you need to unpack the .apk of the file and edit the part to change (icon or name [ i have no idea what they are called] and then rezip and resign and then install again.
Here's a link on how to do it for the ICONs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503007
As we all know, the CoolIris gallery on the Nexus One makes compressed versions of the pictures it has for faster loading times and smoother 3D effects. However, I was not expecting to see the same hideous compression on the wallpapers I download and then apply from the Gallery. They look simply rubbish in the display and that's disappointing. I've attached a screenshot of how this actually looks. The actual wallpaper is actually quite crisp and sharp.
Is there any other way to apply a wallpaper without using the gallery and consequently having it compressed?
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Try wallpaper set an save from the market. I only saved a bg, but see if it does the trick
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Try wallpaper set an save from the market. I only saved a bg, but see if it does the trick
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Nope, still looks compressed. Any other options?
Bump. Anyone?
link me the full size picture (upload somewhere) and i'll try a few things here.
The only solution i have found, was to add the wallpaper i didnt want compressed to a launchers default wallpapers. I use ADW, so I replaced the default adw wallpaper with the htc sence wallpaper (the static one). Had to make sure it has the same file name as the one its replacing. I originally did this using metamorph, but that stopped working, so I use "App Manager 4.5" (google it). I copy the AWD Launcher's apk file and use app manager to unzip it, I then replace the wallpapers I want and use app manager to recompile the apk making it usable on the N1 again, and it works like a charm.
The sense wallpaper no longer has the hideous compression it has when applied through the gallery, I was hoping this would be solved with froyo's release, if only to be applied to wallpapers only, but I guess not, till then, this is the method I have to use for the wallpapers which are affected.
I use "My Gallery" to avoid the wallpaper banding issue. It by-passes the 3D Gallery when choosing an image to be set as a wallpaper. The troubles with "My Gallery" are 1) it cant crop the image to fit the phone resolution. So large images must be pre-cropped. 2) The image organization is horrible. It doesnt have any function to go to specific directory. It'll just dump every image it could find on the SD or internal mem. If you have loads of images, there'll be a lot of scrolling involve.
Original post is here (competition post).
I have also posted this in the Vega section, but as the G-Tab has the exact same screen size and in some cases people are running very similar ROMs, this should work fine on your devices too (not tested though!). I have drawn heavily in the past from the G-Tab forums for things to use on my Vega, for which I thank you all! So this is hopefully my way of giving a little back
I'm going to keep this as short as possible otherwise it's going to swiftly turn into a wall of text, but here is a brief outline of that I was going for
I wanted a completely "unique" look for my Vega. I've tried basically every launcher/home screen available, and none of them felt right. Honeycomb is in the wild, but until that makes it's way to the Vega in a fast and stable form I wanted something that I enjoyed using day-to-day. So, here is VintageVega:
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This is an original pack created by me, containing 28 "Objects" and 3 Wallpapers (with a shelf to place some of the objects on) for now. I'm sure that I will add more later. Further down this post you will also find ALL of the PSD files I used to create all of the objects and wallpapers. So if you have Photoshop or GIMP you can edit these yourself to your own liking. You will be able to achieve this entire set up using entirely free applications available on the Android Market, and you will need NO knowledge of advanced tools (such as ADB from the Android SDK). this can all be done directly from your Vega.
To set up VintageVega, you will need the following apps:
ADW.Launcher (I am using ADWLauncher EX but normal ADW should be fine.
Set up your launcher Auto-Stretch icons, and set the grid to 6 Columns and 6 Rows (columns is flexible, but you will probably have to keep the rows at 6 for the shelf). Also I would fix the launcher orientation ot Landscape (VintageVega ONLY works in landscape mode!).
A nice clock widget! I use (and paid for) ShotClocks but you could easily use the free Big Ben Clock or many alternatives on the Market.
SiMi Folder Widget for creating lovely categorized folders on the desktop.
Desktop VisualizeR to place all of the objects in onto your screen
Here are some images of how I have set up my Vega using the VintageVega pack:
This is an EXAMPLE, you can set up VintageVega in any way you like!
Home screen:
Lightswitch on the right opens the app drawer (accross all screens).
clock is a ShotClocks widget.
Portrait on the left (of me and my daughter ) opens the Gallery app.
Cash Register under the portrait opens the Android Market.
Globe opens the browser (Miren Browser for me).
Calendar under the clock opens the Calendar App.
Scrapbook (with stamps) opens the Social Networking SiMi Folder widget (more on that later).
Toolbox opens the Settings menu.
Stack of letters on the shelf opens the Email app.
Office Screen:
The World Map opens Google Maps Application.
Books along the shelf opens Aldiko (but could easily open Kindle App or a SiMi Folder widget with multiple choices).
Newspaper rack opens news reader app (Pulse in my case).
Phone opens Skype.
Entertainment Screen:
Film Projector screen opens SiMi Folder containing BBC iPlayer and YouTube apps.
The 3 portraits along the top open: Angry Birds - Seasons | Angry Birds | Dungeon Defenders (The PST to create your own framed image is linked in the PST pack at the bottom of this post).
The Radio on the bottom right opens the Music App (but again, this could open another SiMi Folder).
The Games along the bottom left open a SiMi folder containing a list of my games, here is an example of how a SiMi Folder set up in this way looks:
Please note, ALL screen shots above have been lowered in quality to make them smaller files, the images are actually MUCH higher resolution than this.
To set up a SiMi Folder Widget:
Open the app Drawer and select SiMi Folder.
Select "Add Folder".
Choose a folder name, and set the folder type to "Apps", then click Save.
Select your newly created folder, and tap on "Applications" on the right.
Add all of your desired applications to the folder.
Click Save, and then exit.
All done!
To add an object to your home screen:
Copy all of the objects images in a folder to your memory card.
Long-press on a blank area of the screen and choose "Widgets" to add a widget.
Select one of the "Desktop VisualizeR" (from now on I will refer to this as DTV) sized widgets (selecting 4x4 gives the best image quality, then you can re-size the widget to the correct size afterwards.
Tap on the newly created DTV widget to open the DTV menu and start configuring your object.
For Icon, select one of the VintageVega Object images from the gallery (or whatever app you chose).
For Action, you can either select "Launch Application" to select a single application, or "Other" to choose a SiMi Folder that you have already set up.
Once you have selected an action, clear the Label field so it is blank.
Change the "Touch Effect" from Orange to "None".
Click OK!
That's it! It seems like a long process, but once you are used to it, you will be adding and moving objects to your hearts desire
And so, without ANY further waffling... Here are the files
Download the VintageVega Object Pack.
Download the VintageVega Wallpaper Pack.
PST files for those that wish to create their own framed images (or those who are just curious).
Wallpaper PST (Caution, 30mb File!) - High resolution PST file (with shelf) for you to create your own VintageVega wallpapers.
Objects PST - Source files for ALL of the objects included in VintageVega (incase you want to modify any of them yourself). NOTE: The social Icons pack included here was not created by me, it was created by Dawghouse and are free to use.
PLEASE do not repost these as your own work, but feel free to modify and enjoy this as you wish. Please let me know of any problems! And soon I will hopefully post some YouTube vids of this in action and some easy to follow tutorials on YouTube (for those of you who can't follow the written instructions ).
Enjoy!
newbe5 (Zebwen)
This looks incredible. Most original idea i have seen for a home screen. Good work.
Thanks If anyone tries this on the G-Tab, be sure to get back to me and let me know how it goes!
Wow. Nice work. Very inventive.
SO this is nothing like a rom, but maybe more like a skin for ADW? I actually use this launcher and may have to give your idea a go around.......if i do i will post what happens!
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SO this is nothing like a rom, but maybe more like a skin for ADW? I actually use this launcher and may have to give your idea a go around.......if i do i will post what happens!
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Yea, this isn't a ROM, it's a kind of "Manual Skin" that doesn't require any knowledge of ADB (or any of the SDK tools) and doesn't require ClockworkMod flashing etc. You can use these packs to set your screen up however you like. This should also work in most launchers BTW, not just ADW.
I gotta admit,
This is pretty friggin tight!
Goog Job Zeb!
Thought I'd try this but got stuck because I couldn't find Desktop Visualizer in the app market. I tried downloading the apk but it crashes whenever I try to find a custom icon. Is there a fix for this or does anyone know of an alternative to Desktop Visualizer?
Thanks
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AMAZING work... Bravo! Truly impressive and detailed.
Very cool. Thanks for the work.
This is b e a utifil! Nice work.
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Thanks for the kind words all! I'd love to see some screenshots if anyone has tried getting this set up on the G-Tab!
This look sick but very time consuming even for one that is tech savvy. Once again this is bad ass is there a way to put it all together in and zip format we could download and apply thru clockwork. Now that would be extremely bad ass.
Zebwen said:
Thanks for the kind words all! I'd love to see some screenshots if anyone has tried getting this set up on the G-Tab!
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I started playing with this today, unfortunately DTV wouldn't recognize the PSD objects as images. So I did a batch conversion from PSD to PNG using Adobe Fireworks and that worked for DTV to see them as icon images but the icons wouldn't line up (Sit) properly on the shelf of the wallpaper properly, even with setting the icons to Autostretch in ADW_EX settings.
I had to experiment with the cropping of the wallpaper to get the icons to sit nicely. However if I tried to resize the icons it wouldn't sit properly afterwards so I would be stuck with the original size of the object, leaving little room on the shelf to place other objects.
Also, DTV did not have the option for me to set the lightswitch object as the drawer launcher. So I had to create the lightswitch launcher under Settings > Add > Launcher Actions > Open/Close App Drawer. And from there Long Press the Icon > Edit > Click on Launcher Icon > Choose Lightswitch from Gallery (Or file Explorer). But that left the Lightswitch object on whatever page I created it on.
I was hoping I can set the lightswitch icon as the main dockbar button so it would show up on all the homescreens via ADW_EX settings but it only gave me the option to set the image as the background with the original icon still over it.
Thanks again Zeb, but as sweet as this theme looks, it seems its a very tedious task to achieve the proper "Vintage" look and feel with all the Haberdasheries on the GTAB.
I tried,
=o(
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I started playing with this today, unfortunately DTV wouldn't recognize the PSD objects as images. So I did a batch conversion from PSD to PNG using Adobe Fireworks and that worked for DTV to see them as icon images but the icons wouldn't line up (Sit) properly on the shelf of the wallpaper properly, even with setting the icons to Autostretch in ADW_EX settings.
I had to experiment with the cropping of the wallpaper to get the icons to sit nicely. However if I tried to resize the icons it wouldn't sit properly afterwards so I would be stuck with the original size of the object, leaving little room on the shelf to place other objects.
Also, DTV did not have the option for me to set the lightswitch object as the drawer launcher. So I had to create the lightswitch launcher under Settings > Add > Launcher Actions > Open/Close App Drawer. And from there Long Press the Icon > Edit > Click on Launcher Icon > Choose Lightswitch from Gallery (Or file Explorer). But that left the Lightswitch object on whatever page I created it on.
I was hoping I can set the lightswitch icon as the main dockbar button so it would show up on all the homescreens via ADW_EX settings but it only gave me the option to set the image as the background with the original icon still over it.
Thanks again Zeb, but as sweet as this theme looks, it seems its a very tedious task to achieve the proper "Vintage" look and feel with all the Haberdasheries on the GTAB.
I tried,
=o(
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Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to try this out, I'll try my best to answer a couple of points:
1) You don't need to use the PSD files at all unless you want to change the original files. If you simply download the Object Pack (just above the bottom of the original post), all of the objects are already in PNG format and scaled correctly. There is also a PNG Wallpaper pack there too! So no need whatsoever to convert them from PSD unless you want to change them a bit first.
2) I'm not 100% sure ont he wallpaper sizing for the G-Tab (do you guys use the Big-Bar or Small-Bar?). This was tested on a Vega with the Small-Bar.
3) For the lightswitch, don't use a DTV icon. Just create a regular ADW-EX icon that opens the app drawer, and give it the lightswitch image for it's icon, then move it into the correct position on the sidebar (you can change the sidebar settings in ADW-EX to only have one icon slot, which is what I did for the switch.
If you try those things, you should be good to go It really shouldn't take long to set up, but I realise it might not be perfect no the G-Tab. I can always change some things to help if you need though!
Zeb
Zebwen said:
Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to try this out, I'll try my best to answer a couple of points:
1) You don't need to use the PSD files at all unless you want to change the original files. If you simply download the Object Pack (just above the bottom of the original post), all of the objects are already in PNG format and scaled correctly. There is also a PNG Wallpaper pack there too! So no need whatsoever to convert them from PSD unless you want to change them a bit first.
2) I'm not 100% sure ont he wallpaper sizing for the G-Tab (do you guys use the Big-Bar or Small-Bar?). This was tested on a Vega with the Small-Bar.
3) For the lightswitch, don't use a DTV icon. Just create a regular ADW-EX icon that opens the app drawer, and give it the lightswitch image for it's icon, then move it into the correct position on the sidebar (you can change the sidebar settings in ADW-EX to only have one icon slot, which is what I did for the switch.
If you try those things, you should be good to go It really shouldn't take long to set up, but I realise it might not be perfect no the G-Tab. I can always change some things to help if you need though!
Zeb
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Hiya!
The Objects.. (The Till, Globe, Books, Mail, Etcc..) within the Above Zip file are in PSD format only, The Wallpaper and the Vintage Stamps are in PNG format.
Thanks for the tips on the set up, I'll give it another go when I get some free time.
Edit: I see where I went wrong, I DL'd the files at the very bottom and not the files below the Image Groups.
This might help!
Zeb
Dang!
An instant classic Thank you
I have several apps in my menu as well as shortcuts in which I'd like to shorten & change the labels.
Example I have MX Video Player Pro as a shortcut & as the name is so long it does not display the full name.
I'd like to rename it as MX Player. This is just an example as I'd like to change many others.
I've tried Folder Organizer as well as Anycut & Bettercut all of which have failed to change my label names...
Is there ANY working app/program in which I can use to edit & change file names in both the menu & shortcut?
Please don't mention using other launcher such as GoLauncher & AW Launcher as I'm aware these allow changes.
I would rather an app that allows me to do the above.
Thanks for any help or advice other fellow XDA users can give.
Perhaps 'Bettercut' ...
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Perhaps 'Bettercut' ...
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Tried it, did not work. Anything else?
Bump, anyone?
Hey folks,
You would think doing this would be almost a no brainer (and it may very will be, as I think it is a bit of a stretch to call what I use a brain..), but I cannot seem to find a way to add a directory / import a location containing wallpaper collection into the wallpaper switching app included with One UI 4.
I do realize I can use gallery, or photos to apply individual wallpapers but I was more interested in actually importing my wallpapers into the one ui launcher, makes it easier to browse through, choose and then apply a color palate.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.