for some reason when i try to add apps to the homescreen, i hit add item, shortcut, the scrren goes black for 1 second, then takes me back to homescreen and never gives me the optin to add an app. am i doing something wrong? i can add wallpapers and widgets just fine. thanks.
alphabets said:
for some reason when i try to add apps to the homescreen, i hit add item, shortcut, the scrren goes black for 1 second, then takes me back to homescreen and never gives me the optin to add an app. am i doing something wrong? i can add wallpapers and widgets just fine. thanks.
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Go to your Apps drawer and long press on the app you want to add to the home screen. Don't release until it ends up on the screen.
bdcrim said:
Go to your Apps drawer and long press on the app you want to add to the home screen. Don't release until it ends up on the screen.
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Yep, ur the man. Thanks alot!
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Hey guys if i install either Launcher pro or ADW home replacements everything seems fine works great.. However when I attemp to add a widget to the screen I can't seem to get that to work. For example if you long press on the desktop and the menu comes up for you to choose the widgets menu... once i click on the widgets menu nothing happens.. No list of widgets ever show up.... Has anyone figured out how to fix this? Therefore I get stuck using the stock Home screen....Help would be appreciated, thanks.
movadoevo8 said:
Hey guys if i install either Launcher pro or ADW home replacements everything seems fine works great.. However when I attemp to add a widget to the screen I can't seem to get that to work. For example if you long press on the desktop and the menu comes up for you to choose the widgets menu... once i click on the widgets menu nothing happens.. No list of widgets ever show up.... Has anyone figured out how to fix this? Therefore I get stuck using the stock Home screen....Help would be appreciated, thanks.
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The S7 only allows widgets in the default home launcher. No others will work. I've tried.
If you have the $2.99 paid version of Launcher Pro you can add additional widgets from LP, but not the standard Android widgets. I'm kinda hoping they change this at some point.
ScooterG said:
The S7 only allows widgets in the default home launcher. No others will work. I've tried.
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Deal killer.. sad.
Now you can add widgets http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...m-work-fine-over-here-my-s7-adw-launcher.html
movadoevo8 said:
Hey guys if i install either Launcher pro or ADW home replacements everything seems fine works great.. However when I attemp to add a widget to the screen I can't seem to get that to work. For example if you long press on the desktop and the menu comes up for you to choose the widgets menu... once i click on the widgets menu nothing happens.. No list of widgets ever show up.... Has anyone figured out how to fix this? Therefore I get stuck using the stock Home screen....Help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Put appwidgetpicker in /system/apps. You'll need root explorer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
I am able to use widgets on the launcher
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Hello,
I am new to this whole rooting Nook color thing. I recently rooted mine and have been enjoying the new abilities, but I cant seem to add shortcuts to the "desktop" or home screen and can't add widgets. I searched around for a little bit but didn't really see anything listed about this..
Thanks guys
Long-press (hold) on the home screen. A window to "Add" will pop up. Tap on Widgets and enjpy
Filiab said:
Long-press (hold) on the home screen. A window to "Add" will pop up. Tap on Widgets and enjpy
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Thats what I tried, because I am used to using Android for my phone. But the only options that come up are "Clean up this panel" and "Change Wallpaper".
Not sure why I would have different options than you?
What launcher are u using? Also long press should do it!
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Just the stock one. I rooted it but didn't know I had to change the launcher. I am not even sure how to do that >_> haha
Go to Market and download a launcher. Zeam, ADW and Launcher Pro seem to be the most popular. I think Market is under Extras.
edit: I use ADW but they are all similar.
Also if you want examples of how to spice up your homescreen, check out the screen shot thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860404
Most of them include which widgets they are using.
Thanks I downloaded Zeam and its working great!
im using adw ex 1.22 is there a way to change the square little home window
to dots like launcher pro
I played with mine and can't find a way to change the actual app drawer icon. You can change every single other icon to whatever you can possibly think of but not that one. Thats interesting.... hhhuuuummmmmm...... update? lol!
if you're talking about the app drawer icon, then yes, you can change it. Just long press the home screen> Launcher Actions> Open/Close App Drawer. Then there will be a laucner icon on your homescreen. Long press that, then release in place. Choose edit. Click the icon. Choose whatever icon you want. Then Place the new launcher shortcut on the dock.
On mine I can just long press the drawer icon, select edit and change the icon?
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the log press works but where can i get that dot icon does anyone have it
plz
fender1964 said:
the log press works but where can i get that dot icon does anyone have it
plz
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if you want to get the icon, you should download a theme first, just type"adw theme" in Market, choose one, and download,
long press the drawer icon, select edit and change the icon
thanks for replies got it working now as i want it now
Hello,
I bought the Galaxy recently,and changed his rom.
Rom comes with Launchrpro,and I am very satisfied with it.
But I want to stay with the original rom menu (TW). is this possible?
In addition, I want to get the applications menu in folders.is this possible?
Thanks
I don't know which rom you are using but if that rom gives you both option then go to
settings> application> manage application> choose TW> set default (you can clear defaults too)
Hope this works for you.
There are custom roms that offer touchwiz, and you can always install it afterwards too (e.g. From apk found off the forums, or via sgs tools app).
Doc rom kitchen is a great place to start.
The app menu is launcher specific, afaik there aren't any that allow you to arrange your apps into folders, and launcherpro is the only one that lets you hide icons.
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Tnx but I know that I can switch to TW.
I want to stay with Launchrpro and replace just the menu like TW.
azriel18 said:
Tnx but I know that I can switch to TW.
I want to stay with Launchrpro and replace just the menu like TW.
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What menu are you talking about? (screenies would be nice)
The first picture(left) is the menu I want to go back to.
This second picture menu I have now, in the launcherpro
I wish to keep launcherpro because of the comfortable home screens.
That menu is called app drawer a part of the launcher and what you want I believe not possible with launcherpro. If you want the horizontal scrolling + menu in app drawer I mean. You are better off with another launcher. Like ADW launcher or some modified TW.
As near as I can tell, what you are showing in the first pic is the TWLauncher homescreen, while in the second you are showing the App Drawer in LauncherPro.
It is easy to reproduce a similar homescreen in Launcher Pro. On your main screen, just press the button to open your App Drawer (the thing shown in your second picture). The press and hold the icon for an App you wish to put on your homescreen. Your view will switch to your homescreen, with a garbage can at the bottom. Position the icon where you with it, or drop it into the trash and start again. Once you have everything on the first homescreen that you want, go to the second screen, reopen the App Drawer, and add apps just as you did before.
You can control the number of homescreens you have, and which opens by default, from the Launcher Pro Preferences menu.
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As near as I can tell, what you are showing in the first pic is the TWLauncher homescreen, while in the second you are showing the App Drawer in LauncherPro
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As you can see if you look closely BOTH pics are app drawer . Look first pic, grey bar down (home screen has it black) and Home button which doesnt exist in the homescreen since there is the Applications button
To OP look what I wrote you up . Or you could kinda put all yours apps on your homescreen like rschenck said.
Try Go Launcher, free in market. It lets you have the "side swiping" app drawer/menu
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As you can see if you look closely BOTH pics are app drawer .
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Quite right, my bad...been a while since I used the TWLauncher.
OP, are you asking to be able to horizontally scroll through apps, or to have buttons for Phone and other key tasks on the same page as all your apps?
I am still thinking that you can either jury rig a solution using Pro, or as Pagot suggests, try other launchers, there are lots of good ones out there...ADW, Pro, GO, Zume, plenty of others.
Hello, My wife's phone is all of a sudden showing 3 small screens after the home button is pushed. They are the home screen and her other two screens. She is using ADW Launcher. They way she wants it to be is press home button and it goes to home screen. That's the way it used to do. Thanks for the help.
Change what the home button does in ADW Launcher settings
If that option is not there, because it has not been updated for years, install Nova Launcher instead, much better
*Detection* said:
Change what the home button does in ADW Launcher settings
If that option is not there, because it has not been updated for years, install Nova Launcher instead, much better
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ADW has been updated, but I can't see where to change what the home button does. Any help?
Thanks
chrismgan said:
ADW has been updated, but I can't see where to change what the home button does. Any help?
Thanks
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Last update for ADW was 2013
ADW aside, any other thoughts ? I've attached a picture. It now has 4 screens including the home screen.View attachment 3466090
chrismgan said:
ADW aside, any other thoughts ? I've attached a picture. It now has 4 screens including the home screen.View attachment 3466090
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I guess you are seeing the recent apps ...
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chrismgan said:
ADW aside, any other thoughts ? I've attached a picture. It now has 4 screens including the home screen.View attachment 3466090
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You can't say 'ADW Aside' when ADW is the problem
If there is no setting in ADW settings to change what the home button does, you are stuck with it unless you change the launcher
Those 4 little screens you are seeing, are all the homescreens set up in ADW, when you swipe left or right, each one of those screens is one of the swipe pages