Hey, I was wondering what are the most commonly used apps/must buys? and maybe some important ones that you may list out please, I'm really new to android phones :/ and thank you!
launcher pro (adw), titanium backup * root. must have paid apps
Depends on what you want
+1 launcher pro
Games: angry birds, or a system emulator like gameboid (rom buddy. To find games )
Vlingo for voice dial
Twicca for twitter
If you are going to root your phone
Titanium backup
Rom manager
Captivate
Cog 2.2
launcher pro
beautiful widgets
gameboid
flikie wallpapers hd
hmm I know beautiful widgets and launcher pro+ cost money, but are the others free? and is launcher pro+ really that much better? and do these developers upgrade the apps too?
GTFO! said:
hmm I know beautiful widgets and launcher pro+ cost money, but are the others free? and is launcher pro+ really that much better? and do these developers upgrade the apps too?
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If you don't need the widgets on launcherpro +, then it should be fine with the normal launcherpro. There are other widget alternatives you can find elsewhere as well.
+1 for LauncherPro but also you may want to try ADWLauncher. Used it on MT3G before and it is just as good as launcherpro (diff features here and there).
+1 for angry birds, also try handcent sms. I find touiteur to be a good twitter app, but you have tons of options for that.
quickdesk
itching thumb
superpower* root
handcent
pandora
darkamikaze said:
quickdesk
itching thumb
superpower* root
handcent
pandora
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+1on pandora its a must on any smart phone.
Launcher pro has a free version last I checked. Only launcher pro+ is pay. But it does come with widgets that replace the samsung ones that don't work without touchwiz.
Beautiful widgets is nice bt there are free alternatives that are close but not as good.
Angry birds
Any game loft game.
Google goggles is cool but kinda useless
Barcode scanner.
Widget locker (pay)
For rooted phones.
root explorer
Rom manager
Titanium backup
Terminal emulator
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You guys are all forgetting the most important app!! Xda forums. Also I can't live without smart keyboard pro (paid).
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Do you have to root before you can back up your phone?
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Do you have to root before you can back up your phone?
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I believe titanium backup requires root and you could use clockwork mod without root if you get the update.zip on the sd card and reboot to recovery.
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ayone know where i can find a good Nexus One theme?
Haven't seen a theme change notification bar color yet.can mess with my mode themes to customize your own and download helix launcher from market to make it a little like nexus one,till we have root I doubt you'll see an exact replica of n1 on this phone.
Don't forget adw launcher. Real nice. Or wait till the froyo update
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I just hate these bubbles around the icons and I figured a good theme would get rid of them
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themes
HELIX IS GREAT... AND RUNS FASTER (YOU CANT USE THE HTC SENSE WIDGET... BUT THEY SLOW THE PHONE DOWN ANYWAY)
ZEAM IS GOOD TOO
These and a couple of others are free in the market place, there is even a home switcher app to jump back and forth.
Enjoy!
motorjonny said:
HELIX IS GREAT... AND RUNS FASTER (YOU CANT USE THE HTC SENSE WIDGET... BUT THEY SLOW THE PHONE DOWN ANYWAY)
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Can you back this up? I have the HTC Mail, Calendar, Messages, Flip Clock, Twitter, Music, and News. Each one is a 4x4 on its own homescreen, and I'm using the 7 homescreens. On the one with the flip clock, I also have 8 shortcuts.
I have yet to see this slow down the phone in the slightest, so I'm not sure what you are referring to with the slowdown.
launcherpro is actually the fastest stock android launcher app.
And motorjonny is right, the HTC widgets WILL NOT work on any other home/launcher app. they only work with sense.
cant believe no ones said GDE with the nexus theme! gde costs from market, but nexus theme is free...
neok44 said:
launcherpro is actually the fastest stock android launcher app.
And motorjonny is right, the HTC widgets WILL NOT work on any other home/launcher app. they only work with sense.
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^^ I agree with them
Has anyone ported this to a droid 1 I've seen some to other HTC devices but not much else
it is in jamezelles sense rom
Frendstream requires sense, You need to flash a sense based Rom
Zuesdroid or the new 2.2 based one above my post
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The paid version of LauncherPro has something very similar. Widget and all included.
Just google LauncherPro Widgets.
Tweetdeck
Or just download Tweetdeck. Although the widget isn't as nice the app is way better. It aggregates Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Buzz. It just went into the market yesterday
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Or just download Tweetdeck. Although the widget isn't as nice the app is way better. It aggregates Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Buzz. It just went into the market yesterday
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i am really enjoying tweetdeck right now.
sportsterBK8 said:
The paid version of LauncherPro has something very similar. Widget and all included.
Just google LauncherPro Widgets.
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you said it,, 'similar' but still limited,,, when you want to view a picture it just takes you to the mobile facebook site.... I bought the Launcher Pro just for that feature and I'm very disappointed..
http://www.launcherpro.com/
Looks like Fede is about to go neck and neck with ADW Ex in the eye-candy department. Installed and now I have BOTH smoothness/performance AND nifty screen transitions.
been a big fan of LPP
I agree. I'm addicted to lpp Widgets. They are a leaner, more well designed version of what sense should have been if HTC placed function over gaudiness.
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Loving the cube transition. If you keep high quality imaging it looks very cool. On a side note, running cm7 with LPP I don't notice any performance decrease turning on all animations and what not. Still super smooth and fast.
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mosamjc said:
I agree. I'm addicted to lpp Widgets. They are a leaner, more well designed version of what sense should have been if HTC placed function over gaudiness.
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really? I cant get the LPP Widget for People working, there is no LPP Widget for Weather
and no LPP Widget for Exchange Email ! DOH!
Launcher Pro slow for me
Maybe it's just my Aria, but LP seems much slower than ADW built into ROM.
Any ideas why?
Lpp refers to launcher pro plus. The awesomeness is only available in the paid or otherwise pirated full version. But due to just how great it is, I would pay for it so the dev can continue his hard work.
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mosamjc said:
Lpp refers to launcher pro plus. The awesomeness is only available in the paid or otherwise pirated full version. But due to just how great it is, I would pay for it so the dev can continue his hard work.
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Definitely worth paying for. It was the first app I bought. Its far ahead of the standard adw. I also purchased adw ex, which is also worth the money. But if you had to choose just one to pay for I would def say Launcherpro plus.
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Looks pretty good even in the free version, but just 3 home screens is not enough. If there is one thing to like about the Sense it is the 5 home screens. Is there any way get LP (or most other Android launchers for that matter) to go to 5 home screens?
The paid version allows up to 7 homescreens and 3 docks.
Press menu on homescreen click prefetences
Signatures are fancy.
Does the installation of Launcher Pro Plus remove ADW or can they coexist?
I saw a thread somewhere about using a switcher app to go between multiple launchers but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks
cHarley04 said:
Does the installation of Launcher Pro Plus remove ADW or can they coexist?
I saw a thread somewhere about using a switcher app to go between multiple launchers but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks
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You can have both. Only one is active at a time though. There is an app on the market called home switcher that allows you choose a default launcher and still be able to change launchers on the fly without resetting defaults.
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After using LPP, I realized I had no want to even use ADW anymore. I set LPP as my default and removed ADW from my phone with adb commands. I think it has improved the speed of LPP even more. Couldn't be happier.
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is there a way to replace the launcher in CM7 before flashing? I decompress the zip and see ADWlauncher.apk...I assume I can rename the ADWlauncher EX apk and just swap it out and it will install ADW EX instead of the normal ADW, but how about LPP? Can I rename it to ADWlauncher.apk and re-compress the zip and it will install LPP as the default and only launcher?
thanks,
Mike
Yeah you can.
I'm not sure if the rename is required though, although I do it myself just to be on the safe side (too lazy to correct the file, transfer to phone again, flash again in case it doesn't work Lol)
jeebuz said:
Yeah you can.
I'm not sure if the rename is required though, although I do it myself just to be on the safe side (too lazy to correct the file, transfer to phone again, flash again in case it doesn't work Lol)
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thank you. I'm still debating between adw ex and LPP. the main think keeping me from launcher pro is the app drawer. two things I don't like about it are:
the background is black as opposed to the clear background of ADW, and the fact that in ADW I can have a horizontal drawer, and in LP, all you can have are vertical drawers
I think I read another post on this recently and someone tried to replace before flashing and had trouble. My best advice would be to flash CM7 as usual then install the launcher of your choice, set it as default, then use adb commands to uninstall the original launcher. This way works for sure.
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When drag and dropping to replace the file in the .zip, just make sure you choose to "Store" instead of "Compress" in the Compression Mode chooser. I've never had problems by replacing files.
I always remove adw and replace it with launcher pro before flashing a rom. I do this with several apps. There is no need to rename anything unless you don't remove adw from your phone beforehand either manually with adb or with a full data wipe. If your just flashing over the top of your existing rom then the reason you want to rename the .apk is so it will replace the currently installed apk, otherwise you'll end up with both installed.
The reason I do this us because I use DT a2sd and I don't want my launcher on the sd card so I put it in /system/app before flashing.
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When you go into apps, I have seen a screen where the apps curve up and down the screen. I have a screen shot of what I talking about. How do you get the apps to scroll?
i3one21 said:
When you go into apps, I have seen a screen where the apps curve up and down the screen. I have a screen shot of what I talking about. How do you get the apps to scroll?
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you need a launcher that supports it
froyo launcher
gingerbread launcher
launcher pro
adw ex (dont know if the free one offers it)
Browse through the last few pages of Cezar's Yin ROM thread, he posted the .apk for it, no specific launcher is needed.
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TheriaultAJ said:
Browse through the last few pages of Cezar's Yin ROM thread, he posted the .apk for it, no specific launcher is needed.
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Thanks for the reply
thanks for the link
Pirateghost said:
you need a launcher that supports it
froyo launcher
gingerbread launcher
launcher pro
adw ex (dont know if the free one offers it)
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The free ADW Launcher does indeed support scrolling widgets. I have a contacts widget that scrolls and it works fine on ADW Launcher.
As the topic stats, what's your favorite home screen replacement for android?
And do you use gtalk?
If you do, add me [email protected]
My personal favorite homscreen is Arc Launcher from the xperia!
LauncherPro
Adw ex...and I do not use gtalk, never really tried it honestly
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
Launcher pro FTW! (F*ck the what?!)
Nah I have texting, there's no reason for g-talk
ADW EX. Although I sometimes use LPP when I'm bored. I also have Slidescreen Pro installed to play around with.
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Dude, its YOUR in that sense. -sigh- I'm a grammar Nazi, shhh.
I personally use good old HTC Sense 2.0 though. Couldn't really care about the speed or anything, its just for looks until I actually get off my ass back on to my ass to root my phone so I can put CM7/GB on it, and then use LauncherPro.
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depending what rom i have flashed... either Sense 2.0 or ADW ex... no gtalk for me..
ADW EX for me. It was spb mobile shell 5 for a while. No gtalk for me.
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The one that came with the ROM I just flashed. And yes, I gtalk all the time on my phone.
adw ex love all the themes
ADW EX whenever I'm not using the stock launcher in MIUI....mostly all my homeboys have android smartphones and we do use gtalk...
fleurdelisxliv said:
adw ex love all the themes
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precisely.
as for gtalk, i do not has. no need for it.
Shell 3d is amazing
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Sense 1.0 :/. I want 2.0... no gtalk, i have unlimited texting
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I used LauncherPro until I switched over to Fission, now I just use the Android stock. I never really used LP features too much, the one I wanted to use would just freeze my phone.
I use Gtalk with my cousin and 2 other people, don't have too many friends with android phones and most of them don't like to use Gtalk. I love it. I know some Blackberry users and most of them are obsessed with BBM, I wish it was the same with Android and Gtalk. D:
Go launcher EX, and im using Gtalk
I use my xperia x8 default launcher.
And I prefer to use whatsapp instead of gtalk.