I just got my G tab and have installed vegan. I am liking it a lot, but I cannot find widgets that look good on the homescreen. I am using launcher pro and want to know what you guys are using to make the homescreens look awesome.
THANKS!
MixZing has a nice 4x4 music widget. Also, another user here recommended Jorte as a replacement for the stock calendar--it works very well and I'm now using that. Finally, I also loaded up Android Photo Widget (Free); it displays and cycles through my photos--the free version limits you to 10 photos; paid version more. Nice widget.
Oh, I'm also using Typoclock which can be found here on XDA, along with a companion widget called TxWthr which is very basic; I link that widget to the WeatherBug app, which is awesome.
thanks for the reply. just got the typo clock.
anyone else have suggestions?
Where did you snag the photo widget? I have been looking for one that will allow me to select a specific gallery.
Another trick to make it look much nicer is to install ADW Launcher then go into the ADW settings and set it to the Max number of columns and rows.
This can also be accomplished with LauncherPro, so it is whichever launcher that you prefer.
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I like the launcher pro plus friends widget that combines Facebook and twitter. The calendar widget in lp+ is cool too.
Audio Manager Pro has a good widget for quickly switching sound profiles that you create. Widgetsoid (free) can be used to roll your own toggle bar for pretty much anything on the device.
I am still working on my pages, but here is what seems to work best for me at this time. I also have the post-it notes widget, not yet on my screens. I try to keep my screens separated by media, utility, and gaming, once I load more games for the kids, they will get their own screen.
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nice screenshots. I cant belive your are running the stock TNT.
I will check out button savior asap
dougmod said:
nice screenshots. I cant belive your are running the stock TNT.
I will check out button savior asap
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Yeah that Button Savior looks awesome! Stock TNT works okay with ADW launcher replacing the home screens. I'm just using that setup until Cyanogen is a little more stable for the tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884609&highlight=resource
A bunch of minimalists widgets.
Related
Is there anything similar to this out there as far as widgets go? Im currently using the retro clock but its black and a bit small. I was wondering if anyone knew of one out there.
Go to the market place and type in 'beautiful widgets' it costs €0.99 but you'll get the exact same hero flip clock with the weather icon.
Wow that is exactly what im looking for. Thank you very much
This is well worth the money! great app!
No worries kids, glad to help.
When I search "beautiful widgets" in the Market, nothing found. why is that?
I have bought it and I m a bit disappointed... It doesn't look exactly the same as TouchFlo widget. Different colour (sun is a bit drab), different font size which makes a difference.
So it really looks close to the original widget but not 100% as I've read on different forums...
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When I search "beautiful widgets" in the Market, nothing found. why is that?
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You need access to paid apps. If your carrier does not allow paid apps than you must root and use market enabler.
Clinton
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Weather widget - Donate.
Looks really like the hero widget
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.androidapps.widget.weather2
i'm triying to get one without wheater info, just only the htc flip clock
Carlosrh said:
Weather widget - Donate.
Looks really like the hero widget
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.androidapps.widget.weather2
i'm triying to get one without wheater info, just only the htc flip clock
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very good app - and skinnable too!
Just snagged the donate version and the forcast addon and all I can say is wow, fantastic app and well worth the $1.49. My iPhone never did that!
I got weather widget by donate
- PRO: Looks amazing, I love the look
- CON: my time does not always update. i have to refresh manually sometimes for it to update. any of you find out the reason for this?
mine always updates by itself.. only trouble i had was when i accidentally killed it using taskiller, then it wouldn't update and i had to take the widget off and put it back on.. so make sure that if you have any task killer application that it isn't closing it or preventing it from running?
only thing i can think of.. hope this helps
i thought i might have been that. i do close weather widget via task killer because i don't want anything running but open home, but sometimes it updates even if i close it which is a good thing. if i leave weather widgets on though it always updates but it is open and taking up resources. i like having as few apps open as possible. thanks for the response.
also at my phone: clock doesnt update frequently.... it's 5:12 but clock shows 5:01 ...
im rooted with the 1.1.0 rom loaded. ive installed launcher pro and it works good. my only issue is the icons located in the dock. because in have a nook, i know that the phone, messaging, and contacts will not work. is there a way to remove them permanently so that the app drawer icon is only thing there at the bottom? thanks.
hold the one you want gone and go to change shortcut and make it blank.
Is this what you want?
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xBryan said:
hold the one you want gone and go to change shortcut and make it blank.
Is this what you want?
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You can't modify shortcuts (any shortcut at all, not just LauncherPro) on Eclair.
As far as I know, this is impossible.
Paul22000 said:
You can't modify shortcuts (any shortcut at all, not just LauncherPro) on Eclair.
As far as I know, this is impossible.
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but the dock that LP comes with has phone, contacts, etc. You can remove those, unless I am miss understanding the op.
Yes you can...
On Eclair, you cannot alter the Launcher Pro icons from your Nook device. However, you can set up your Launcher Pro homescreen (icons, widgets, or whatever) on another android device and copy it over to your Nook. Refer to this thread for the exact procedure.
I have done this myself, and it works perfectly.
Note: If you only want the app drawer icon you can do that with the above method. But if you want you can set up other icons that actually work in addition to the app drawer icon. As long as you have the same apps on your Nook, the icons from your other android device will open the same apps on your Nook when you copy over the homescreen.
Just switch to zeam launcher. Seems to work much better than launcher pro and adw, imho.
czarjohn said:
Just switch to zeam launcher. Seems to work much better than launcher pro and adw, imho.
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i agree. i tried lpp and the removing of shortcuts in the dock is too much of a hassle. adw was ok. i forgot reason why i didn't like it. i tried all 3 n sticking w zeam
czarjohn said:
Just switch to zeam launcher. Seems to work much better than launcher pro and adw, imho.
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Zeam pales in comparison to Launcher Pro when you take into account the widgets.
There are absolutely no Facebook, Twitter, and Calendar widgets on the Android Market that work as well and look as good as the Launcher Pro widgets do.
Also, they scroll, which no other FB/Twitter/Calendar widget can do.
If you know of apps/widgets that do, please let me know. But I have yet to find a single replacement for all three of these that even come close in terms of functionality/look.
For another datapoint... you can set dock shortcuts and swipe gesture shortcuts with Go Launcher.
I couldn't get any other launcher to switch shortcuts on the dock (I haven't re-tried Zeam though).
First off I am in no way involved in development or releasing any of these items, only finding it, testing on our devices and posting it for everyone else.
There's a thread in Android Development for Sense 6 apps from the One M8, link here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696399 I recommend subscribing to it as I have so that when everything works you will know about it. For now, BlinkFeed works just fine and requires a 4.4.x ROM but that's about it. I love the way this launcher feels, its smooth and responsive and for some reason just feels right on the Vivid. Here's a couple of screenshots:
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I am using WildfireDev's AOKP 4.4.2 ROM, Fancy Widgets with the H7C skin of your choosing, and either Holo Sense 6 or Sense 5.5 for theming. I also installed the BlinkFeed v10 package, then extracted Prismblack.apk from the v9 color mods, pushed to system/priv-app and renamed to Prism.apk. Choose any color you desire and follow the same steps until later versions are released in different colors.
To get weather working- Install HTC Weather like any normal app, then go to System Settings>Accounts and Add Account, then select HTC Weather. After that, set the first page of the launcher (aka BlinkFeed) as the default home page.
If this helps you change your experience with your phone (or even improve it) feel free to hit the thanks button
Good Post....:good:
If anyone has issue with weather, make sure High Accuracy is set in Location settings.
Update! New thread with new features for BlinkFeed, and it works better. You can now select your theme from Personalize in the settings menu and add custom RSS feeds, as well as add more apps and services than before. Here's a link to the new one- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735764
I had some text issues with the 5x4 grid download, I suggest the 4x4 grid for our Vivids.
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I have been able to get the 4x5 grid to display more properly using xposed modules and App Settings to change the dpi of the BlinkFeed app. Here's setting that display best for me, though widgets aren't 100% centered-
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Hi,
The weather widget and some other widget does not work or even disappeared with nova launcher. Any solution for that?
ketman5001 said:
Hi,
The weather widget and some other widget does not work or even disappeared with nova launcher. Any solution for that?
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no solutions, that's very annoying
All you need to do is this:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
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Stock weather widget still not appearing
On my Mate 10 pro, using the stock Huawei weather widget with Nova caused a crash....seems to be an EMUI thing.
Unfortunately... there is no solution to let you use the Huawei widget, but you can use a different weather app. ...Any one from the play store works fine...I recommend HD Widgets
Hope this helps
if you have it, use KWGT for weather widgets, if need app then weather underground
yeah - some widgets dont update correctly - seems like a battery saver issue - i cant find a fix
Have the same problem about bookmark widget for chrome, just freezes after the phone is locked for the 1 time after enabling it..
I'm using yahoo weather.. i'ts working fine with nova.
Al stock widgets have a problem with third party launchers. We have to wait for an update.
But you can use third party widgets from playstore. Kgwt or Zooper
Not optimal solution but better than nothing if you're like me and really want a widget (my tasks in Wunderlist):
"In Nova, there is a set of experimental features called “Labs”.
Within NOVA LAUNCHER, hold volume-down for a full second to activate the Labs set of options (initially they are all off).
Then turn on the one called “Restart Widgets on Resume”.
Then, instead of restarting phone early every day… Just click on Nova Settings, then hit home button to exit Nova Settings.
DONE.
Widget now shows and refresh."
this should work
I have used Beautiful Widgets for my home screen widget for quite some time but now the clock does give the correct time and its geolocation does not update. Looking at the app store there are multiple reports of similar problems and the dev does not seem to be updating the app now. Screenshot attached.
Are there any similar easy to use widgets to give a similar HTC sense clock appearance and weather? In particular I need added functionality such as being able to customise multiple areas to click and open certain apps. I've looked on the app store and the closest I found was the 3D flip clock but like some others I tried the widget does not fill the whole area and leaves a space on the sides and below on my Note 9 screen which looks awkward.
Cheers for any suggestions.
You can give HD Widgets a try. It is customizable and you can probably get close to what you need. It has time and weather (temp current weather and forecast)
It has clickable areas for the clock, weather forecast
You can also set up specific apps for each clickable location.
Kash said:
I have used Beautiful Widgets for my home screen widget for quite some time but now the clock does give the correct time and its geolocation does not update. Looking at the app store there are multiple reports of similar problems and the dev does not seem to be updating the app now. Screenshot attached.
Are there any similar easy to use widgets to give a similar HTC sense clock appearance and weather? In particular I need added functionality such as being able to customise multiple areas to click and open certain apps. I've looked on the app store and the closest I found was the 3D flip clock but like some others I tried the widget does not fill the whole area and leaves a space on the sides and below on my Note 9 screen which looks awkward.
Cheers for any suggestions.
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HD widgets on mine
I agree. I use HD Widgets for clock/weather & then stock Samsung calendar/appointment widget. Hope this leads you to finding something that works for you.
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Beautiful Widgets
I use BW as well and this was happening to me until I went in to Settings>General >Weather data provider and switched it to AccuWeather instead of using Weather Underground. Weather Underground doesn't work for me at all, but AccuWeather works just fine. I hope this helps.
Thanks for the replies! I managed to get beautiful widgets working by going to "Optomise battery usage" in phone settings and switch this OFF for the widget, now all working again! If it stops then HD widget looks similar and slick!