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[Q] Installing icons...?

So, call me a retard, but after a ton of searching both these forums and google, I can't seem to figure out how to install icon packs such as mnml text and simp text by ultralinx. Any help would be appreciated.

You cant actually change icons in the app drawer (correct me if im wrong) you use the icons for launcher pro docks or desktop visualiser etc
If you want to change icons on the launcher pro dock, hold diwn on the dock shortcut, click on change icon and select custom icon and choose your icon.
Hope that helps!
Sent from my froyo hero

Yes that's exactly what I want to do, but my question was what, exactly, I do with the zip files I've downloaded.

Not sure if this is the right answer to your question but I use an app called Better Cut to replace icons on my phone.

HOW TO USE CUSTOM ICONS
First of all, you need Launcher Pro and Desktop Visualizer.
You can get both of these at the marked for free. You might want to unlock Launcher Pro Plus as it has some cool features and widgets.
WinRAR is pretty much mandatory.
1) Get a hold of some icons. They usually come in .zip format, so you'll have to unzip them. You can do this by right clicking and pressing "Extract here".
2) Now that you've got a folder, you can delete the .zip file. Connect your phone to the computer and copy the folder onto your SD card.
3) Find your icons in either gallery or a file explorer
If you've got LauncherPro and want to change the dock icons, you do it like this:
- Long press on the icon you wish to change
- Choose custom icon from the menu
- Find your icon in either Gallery or FileManager
- Done!
Long press your homescreen, choose widgets scroll to Desktop Visualizer, choose a size - Find your icon, choose your application, tweak the settings.
And you're done. You've now made a shortcut on your homescreen with a custom icon.
Hope this helped.

zHk3R said:
HOW TO USE CUSTOM ICONSLong press your homescreen, choose widgets scroll to Desktop Visualizer
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Or you could choose 'shortcut'.
I've found that this makes the icons look smoother,
but I'm not sure what's the difference =P

rekekjeks said:
Or you could choose 'shortcut'.
I've found that this makes the icons look smoother,
but I'm not sure what's the difference =P
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I don't see any difference. But whatever, haha.

Or, HOW TO DO I IN ADW.LAUNCHER:
1. Have the icon image you want to use on your sdcard.
2. Long-Press on empty space on the home screen
3. Choose Custom Shortcut.
3. Press "Pick your activity"
4. Choose what you want the shortcut to do.
5. Press the icon.
6. Choose "Select Picture"
7. Find and select icon
8. Rename if wanted
9. Done

Any free app for folder personalizing?

PSeeCO said:
Any free app for folder personalizing?
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I don't know if it's free or not.
ABC Organizer

Thank you very much!

zHk3R said:
I don't know if it's free or not.
ABC Organizer
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Can't find that in the market but i've found folderoganizer lite, if i like it i'll get the full version
edit: No way, i need a way to change folder icon into bigger icons than default...

[Q] All Home launchers crash when creating shortcuts

*crap wrong section, mod plz move, sry all*
Is anyone else seeing this? Its fully rooted, everything works perfect, but Ive tried 4 different launchers now, and all of them crash the home screen (screen goes black after hitting "create/addshortcut", then resets to the home screen) when I create a shortcut.
I can put everything on the desktop other than shortcuts.
I first noticed it with LauncherPro when I was trying to change shortcuts on the toolbar (to get rid of the phone, contacts, etc) and every time I would try to change it, it would crash, but I was able to change the icon.
GDE is so far the only one that allows me to change icons on the tool bar, but still crashes if I try to add anything to the desktop.
I hope its something stupid Im missing, although, I have found ways around it, its jsut something thats botherin me like a pebble in my shoe lol

Well there is something missing on the NOOK that prevents this from happening. No home app will bring it back. I think the missing component is called "picker" or something like that and just like the market and other Gapps, someone will have to figure out how to add it.

Ah ok, as long as its something thats not working as intended. I must of missed it reading along here somewhere. I did find a way around it with Zeam and App organizer
Zeam allows you to drag icons to your tool bar, then you can drag them from the tool bar to the desktop with no crashing.
And app organizer allows Widgets that act as folders to be created, and widgets have no problem being added

Or you can just hold onto the program icon for a few secs and that will alow you to drag it the desktop.

MrOtsKrad said:
Zeam allows you to drag icons to your tool bar, then you can drag them from the tool bar to the desktop with no crashing.
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I'm able to drag apps straight from the app drawer to the desktop with Zeam. Perhaps you're talking about something else though.

I found a work around for this. Since I've seen the question brought up every few days, I'll make a wiki article on this as well.
Requirements:
Desktop Visualizer: http://www.appbrain.com/app/desktop-visualizer/jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr
Icons for the shortcut you're making [not necessarily required, you can pick an existing app and use that apps icon for the shortcut as well]
Steps:
1. Long press desktop on launcher of choice
2. Add widget
3. Pick the desired widget size from the Desktop Visualizer options
4. Set your icon in Desktop Visualizer
5. Hit the Select Action button in Desktop Visualizer
6. Hit 'Other'
7. The menu you're now at should have the options that would normally be accessible from the shortcuts menu
8. Find the shortcut, finish up in DV, and voila, you're done.

Great tip, thanks ! Used it to toggle WiFi AdHoc/WiFi AP

Proxy Settings are not available
All shortcuts except the Proxy Settings shortcut are available.

Does that mean there is a way to access the WiFi settings directly ? Can only toggle so far.

[Launcher 7] Folder Shortcuts.

Have decided to do a small tutorial on adding folder shortcuts to the excellent Launcher 7 home screen replacement by Timo Kujala.
I have used Desktop VisualizeR to create the shortcut icons and Apps Organizer for the pop-ups but any suitable shortcut app will do.
First of all download and install your shortcut app then set up your folder shortcuts.
Next create the folder widget in Desktop VisualizeR on the home screen: menu > Add widget > Desktop VisualizeR > 1x1 Small (for square icons) then choose the tile properties and Create tile.
Finally click on the resulting widget, choose your icon and using Select Action > Other > 'shortcut app' select shortcut. Define other properties and OK.
Done.
Edit
Been having a look at it and it seems that between them Launcher 7 and Desktop VisualizeR don't really handle the use of 2x1 icons for widgets that well.
The trick is to do it as previously explained but when you get to choosing the widget layout in DV.. choose 4x4. In L7 then choose 2x1 tile size, whatever background but for the next option make sure you leave Full-tile widget unticked and then Create tile.
You then have to resize your 2x1 icon, size don't seem to be too important but for whatever your 2x1 size is you need to square it off. For example if you're using a 230x120 image you need to resize it to 230x230 (i would save it to .png format just to be on the safe side). If it doesn't come out right then just play around with the original icon size
For resizing on Windows platform i use BIMP Lite which works really well for me.
The other steps would be the same as before and this method is obviously only for an horizontal tile.
Launcher Shortcuts
To link to other launchers from Launcher 7 try this:
Install Desktop VisualizeR -> Go to L7 and Add Widget. Choose DV and add widget for icon as per the above.
Go to L7 desktop and click on the resulting widget, click on Select Icon and choose icon image.
To link to alternative launcher click on Select Action -> Other -> Activities and that will give you a list of all the apps on your phone.
Scroll to your chosen launcher and click on it, this will show you a drop-down list of all the activities for that app. the link you need is usually the first one and in the case of Launcher Pro is 'com.fede.launcher.Launcher' select that.
This will take you back to DV where you can choose whether you want an icon label or not and so on... ok this and you will go back to L7 home screen. If the widget image is not displayed then you just need to refresh the home screen.
Hope this helps.
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I cant get the images to fill out the whole tile...

Fekke said:
I cant get the images to fill out the whole tile...
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Are you using Desktop VisualizeR to create the widget's icon (1x1 Small)? What is the icon source you're using? and are you enabling the tick for 'Full-tile widget'. You also need to be creating a widget rather than long pressing the icon in the app drawer.
If you're doing all that and still not working then let me know exactly what you're doing and what apps you're using and i'll try to help further.
Thanks and hope that helps.

t3xtid said:
Are you using Desktop VisualizeR to create the widget's icon (1x1 Small)? What is the icon source you're using? and are you enabling the tick for 'Full-tile widget'. You also need to be creating a widget rather than long pressing the icon in the app drawer.
If you're doing all that and still not working then let me know exactly what you're doing and what apps you're using and i'll try to help further.
Thanks and hope that helps.
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So its just the 1x1 widget im going to use? Becouse i wanne make an 2x1 widget. But the images aint getting in the whole tile. I have checked so the resolution of them is correct

Fekke said:
So its just the 1x1 widget im going to use? Becouse i wanne make an 2x1 widget. But the images aint getting in the whole tile. I have checked so the resolution of them is correct
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Sorry didn't realize you were doing 2x1. Been having a look at it and it seems that between them Launcher 7 and Desktop VisualizeR dobn't really handle the use of 2x1 icons for widgets that well.
The trick is to do it as previously explained but when you get to choosing the widget layout in DV.. choose 4x4. In L7 then choose 2x1 tile size, whatever background but for the next option make sure you leave Full-tile widget unticked and then Create tile.
You then have to resize your 2x1 icon, size don't seem to be too important but for whatever your 2x1 size is you need to square it off. For example if you're using a 230x120 image you need to resize it to 230x230 (i would save it to .png format just to be on the safe side). If it doesn't come out right then just play around with the original icon size
For resizing on Windows platform i use BIMP Lite which works really well for me.
The other steps would be the same as before and this method is obviously only for an horizontal tile.
I'll add these extra steps (done on a HTC Desire HD) to the original post but good luck and hope it works for you.

Great idea .. thanks for sharing
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help
im having trouble with this. im using app organizer and desktop visualizer exactly as intruscted.....when i tap the tile the folder works n all. but the tile still has the desktop visualizer picture and wont change

marco082892 said:
im having trouble with this. im using app organizer and desktop visualizer exactly as intruscted.....when i tap the tile the folder works n all. but the tile still has the desktop visualizer picture and wont change
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The only thing i can think of is you just need to refresh the home screen.. that issue should be fixed in the new update of Launcher 7 (1.0.0.81). If it's not that that then i'm stumped cos you can't create the widget without defining the image and action.
Let me know if there's any change.

i'll wait for the update before i jump in...

Hi to all,
anyone knows how to edit existing folder with apps? I have created one folder with apps, and now i can only add this one folder to the tile (main screen). I cant seem to edit which apps are inside the folder neither i can delete this folder. When i choose "Add special tile-> Folder tile" i can just choose this one folder i have created. Help!

What you need is Menu -> Launcher7 settings and swipe across to the Folders tab. From there you can add a new folder or edit an existing folder by clicking on it. Hope that's what you're looking for

What you need is Menu -> Launcher7 settings and swipe across to the Folders tab. From there you can add a new folder or edit an existing folder by clicking on it (long press to remove). Hope that's what you're looking for

What you need is Menu -> Launcher7 settings and swipe across to the Folders tab. From there you can add a new folder or edit an existing folder by clicking on it (long press to remove). Hope that's what you're looking for
Sorry for messing up the thread.. my bad.

Dude, you saved my life... it was making me CRAZY having the picture 1mm too small ha ha you know how these little things get under your skin.
Anyway, works a treat!

MIUI and Desktop Visualizer

Ok, so I wanted a better email app than the stock MIUI one, and everyone keeps recommending K9 mail. Thing is, I hate the app icon for it. I worked out that I should be able to use Desktop Visualizer to create a shortcut on the desktop which points to K9, but uses another icon.
Thing is I can create a widget using DV (Long press on screen, select DVwidget etc), however I can't place widgets in the launcher bar. I tried opening the DV app and trying to create a shortcut that way, but when I hit 'Ok' to complete the operation, nothing happens. It just returns to the homescreen and no shortcut is created.
To further complicate things I have had this work once. It just randomly appeared on the desktop a few minutes after creating it, and I was able to move that into the launcher. Now I want to change the icon (again) but as you can see, I'm not having much luck.
Am I missing something here? I know MIUI doesn't have shortcuts on it's desktop, but if that was the case I don't see how I could have got it to work at all?
Any thoughts?

CyanideJack said:
Any thoughts?
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Yeah, i'm thinking how an app icon can invoke such a strong emotion as hate for it. Could we get a screenshot? Share the hate

I do agree that the icon is kinda ugly .

That is a terrible icon ...
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Lol...

Yeah, it's pretty....special...

U can't put Widgets in dock for miui roms... Just Apps... Hope it helps...
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What i would suggest (this is what i used to do while using MIUI), is to use an application called "App Drawer" meant specially for MIUI.
Link t=1154299http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299
it is only as it states, an app drawer like all regular android phones.
This way you will have a dedicated app drawer & this will help in not cluttering up your home screens.
All icons on your home screen can be inserted into a single folder as these are the actual apps & not shortcuts.
Deleting would mean uninstalling.
so use the app drawer, send the shortcuts to your home screen & use any app for changing the icon like the ones inbuilt in ADW, Nova launchers.

...or you could just swap out the k9 icon for one you like. Use a theme (or make a blank one if you're fond of default) and theme the app name icon with a mail icon (or any icon) you think is nice
theme mtz - icons folder - use a .png and name it com.fsck.k9.apk
(if that doesn't work, the real app name is com.fsck.k9-1.apk)

melissapugs said:
...or you could just swap out the k9 icon for one you like. Use a theme (or make a blank one if you're fond of default) and theme the app name icon with a mail icon (or any icon) you think is nice
theme mtz - icons folder - use a .png and name it com.fsck.k9.apk
(if that doesn't work, the real app name is com.fsck.k9-1.apk)
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Awesome siggy

[GUIDE][STEP-BY-STEP][EASY] Theme your Android like iOS

Android is very OPEN SOURCE, MODIFIABLE and its got MATERIAL DESIGN........BUT
Lets face it, sometimes iOS just wins our hearts......not that its very open or modifiable, but it has a distinctive look like no other, its smooth UI, elegant look, and gorgeous icons..............They just WOW us sometimes
But like I said Android is highly customizable
We Androidians have the advantage of doing countless things to our phone...
So those of U who want a little Apple-y look are at the right place
In this guide i'm gonna guide U to Apple-ify your Android device............
NOTE: I'll be guiding in this thread using Nova Launcher and all download links are given below in DOWNLOAD ZONE
BUT IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR AN iOS LAUNCHER, I HAVE JUST THE APP,AND ITS PAID VERSION, LINK BELOW IN DOWNLOAD ZONE { iLauncher} newer
SO LETS BEGIN
We gotta start from some point so lets Apple-ify our Home Screen first
1. Home Screen
Speaking of home screens, most (me included) still prefer the ''App Drawer" of Android instead of dumping all apps on home screens, so i'll go on with that, because it looks neat that way too....:good:
But if someone is still interested in Apple's home-screen, I prefer them to try Hola OR iLauncher, however they lack some of the things that Nova has......haha
1.1 Making an iHome Screen in Nova
Steps for Desktop customization:
1. Install Nova Launcher from the Google Play Store. It's free, though I highly recommend Nova Launcher Prime as it has all the features, including the gesture shortcuts which will be supportive for Quick Settings.
2. Open Nova Settings, then Desktop.
3. Open Desktop grid and expand the grid from 5 rows to 6 by dragging the current row number (5) up until the 6 takes its place and the preview grid shows six rows.
4. Press Done
Steps for Dock customization:
1. Open Dock.
2. Open Dock icons and drag the 5 to the right until 4 takes its place and you see four squares in the preview dock instead of 5.
Steps for Folder BG customization:
1. Download iOS BG.png, save it
2. Open Nova Settings, then Folders
3. In Folder preview, select Grid.
4. In Folder background, select Custom.
5. Browse the iOS BG.png you downloaded and select it.
Now the grids will be Apple-ified but, icons are yet to come......
1.2 Applying Apple icon packs(Apple-esque)
Applying Apple like icons is quite simple......All u need is an Icon Pack, i suggest Adastra Icon Pack, its free as well....
Steps for applying Icon Packs:
1. Install the pack from Google Play.
2. Open Nova Settings, then Look & feel.
3. Open Icon theme and select your icon pack from the list of icon packs.
4. Go back and enjoy your icons.
NOTE: (Optional) If the icons look too small in the launcher, you can turn off Normalize icon size in Look & feel to try and boost the size of the icons. If you're a Nova Launcher Prime user, you can enlarge your icons on the Desktop, Dock, and App & widget drawer using the Icon layout option in each of those menus.
1.3 Manually using Apple icons
Well this can take some of your precious time.....but naa its totally worth it....Lets geooo
Steps for manually using Apple Icons:
1. Download the provided Stock Icon.zip
2. Now, you'll need to extract the icons using a file manager app like ES File Explorer.
4. Long-press on one of the app shortcuts on your home screen you'd like to replace.
5. Edit the shortcut.
6. Tap the icon to edit the icon.
7. Choose Gallery apps
8. Select Documents to bring up a document browser.
9. Find the folder you saved your stock icons to and select your intended iOS icon.
10. Tap Done to confirm your custom icon.
11. Tap Done in the shortcut edit window to confirm your edits.
1.4 Wallpapers for your Andro-iOS Device( thats what i call it:laugh
Well u can get them from Google or anywhere, but anyways i'll give a download link for some cool Apple-y wallpapers....
If you want your wallpaper to move, you can turn on Wallpaper scrolling in Nova Settings > Desktop > Scroll > Wallpaper Scrolling.
2. Quick Settings Panel
Thanks to Nova Launcher Prime's Gestures, you can even set Swipe Up to Expand Quick Settings. But if you want a quick settings panel that looks more familiar, well, there's an app for that. Smart Control is just the app for it, just install, enable and swipe baby....
3. iOS style Messenger
Lets just say we have an alternate for iMessage for Android. Textra is just the app, its got all the customization that makes your Andro-iOS Device even more WOWING, u can change the message bubbles to the iOS shaped ones and the theme and color. And ur done.....
4. iOS style Lock Screen
Yes, of course, everything is available on Play Store these days, just like this cool iOS Lock Screen app called Passcode Lock Screen, its very popular too and looks like an exact copy of the iOS LS.
U just have to install it and download ur favorite theme and ur good to go.
5. iOS style Assisstive Touch button
Just install and enable, and this button will just float around all day, waiting for u to tap it, it's got boost option and much more, and gives an Apple-y feel too.
6. iOS style Calender
Well, this is for those "DIE HARD" Apple lovers who want Apple in everything, so a good calender app that will give u the Apple look is Cal. Just install and see for yourselves.
7. iOS style Notification Bar new
Lets add a more Apple-y look to our Andro-iOS Device, just install the given ''iNoty'' Apple themed notification, set it up, configure it and enjoy. It will give a good transparent look and the real Apple like notification access.I'll give links to iOS 10 and iOS 9 style notification bars, download any of them, of your own choice.
8. iOS Boot Animations new
Now you'll feel Apple even more when you turn on your phone,the boot anims i have given are simple boot logo of white apple and black apple, follow the simple steps to get them on your device,( 320x480 will fit perfectly) others are expected to work...
See the attached images of Black logo and White logo........
.....ROOT NEEDED....
Steps for applying Apple boot animations:
1. Download "Boot Animations" app from the link
2. Download any of the boot animations
3. Open "Boot Animations" app and grant root access
4. Tap the "Install from local storage" button
5. Navigate the boot animation and select Install
6. Reboot and Enjoy the Apple-y feeling
9. iOS style Keyboard new
Well, to keep it simple and cool, im talking about our very own "Google Keyboard", which is very customizable, from themes to colors and much more,its got the full white theme which is totally Apple, so how do u get it,....just follow my steps
Steps for getting iOS style Keyboard:
1. Download "Google Keyboard" from the link given
2. Install it
3. Go to Settings>Language and Input and set as "Default" keyboard
4. To get the full white theme, Go to your apps drawer and open Google Keyboard
5. You will see another interface, tap "Theme" and choose the white theme
Now type like your'e typing on an iPhone.....:good:
10. iOS style Keyboard #2 newer
Its a better keyboard and copies that of Apple keyoboard, download below and enjoy. {Apple Keyboard }
11. iOS style Camera newer
Its a great camera app, that has the same UI of iOS camera, its called GEAK CAMERA, download below and enjoy.
12. iOS Quick Settings #2 newer
Smart Control is good BUT for some users, it says "Your device does not support flashlight", so to get that out of the way, there is Control Center, its better, smoother and flashlight works.Download below and enjoy.
DOWNLOAD ZONE
iOS BG.png
Adastra-Icon Pack
iOS Stock Icons
iOS Stock Wallpapers
Smart Control- Quick Settings
Textra SMS
Passcode Lock Screen
Assisstive Touch for Android
Cal (Calender)
NEW
ES File Explorer
iNoty OS 9 new
iNoty OS 10 new
Boot Animations App new
iOS Boot Animation-White new
iOS Boot Animation-Black new
Google Keyboard new
NEWER
Apple Keyboard newer
GEAK Camera newer
Control Center newer
All Credits go the rightful owners of the apps I mentioned above, i just share and spread their work.....
Thank U DEVS....:good::good::good::good:
I'll keep adding more to this thread and keep u guys up to date
SORRY I Have'nt added screenshots, maybe in Post#2...... check em out
Added more COOL Wallpapers in Post#3......check em out as well
Smash that LIKE button if u liked my guide......

CHECK OUT THE ATTACHED SCREEN SHOTS, Sorry could'nt upload them in full size, idk y, but u can tap and enlarge......cheeers

Hey guys attached is a compilation of Cool Wallpapers by me, hope u like them......

LAAAST one

Guyz plz share some of your sceenshots
I'll upload some soon MAYBE...

Update the links plss