HI there,
i would like to have an app that saves the settings for widgets, shortcuts etc on the homescreens. I tried mybackuproot and titanium, but maybe i am too stupid or these programs are not doing what i want.
help please
sgs tools saves your pages but widgets have to be redone when restoring.
LauncherPro has a backup function
thanks, but i just use the stock launcher
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Is there an app or some trick that will save your widget layout?
I have 7 screens on LauncherPro, full of icons and widgets, and I want to have a complete cleanse and rebuild but would love a way to kind of 'save' the layout in case I don't like the changes.
I have taken screen shots of each page but it's still a pain to manually re-do them.
I suppose it's sort of like Scenes in Sense, only I don't have Sense (in either meaning ).
Any ideas?
Don´t know about LauncherPro...
But in ADWLauncher you can save:
- Backup ADW setting
- Backup desktop configuration
i tried to restore my adw settings once, but all my widgets said "problem loading data"
Might be because i switched from system version to standalone version and did a rom upgrade too
Im pretty sure each time ive flashed a rom and restored everything the widgets never load on titanium and mybackup pro. Only nandroid restore can restore your desktop with widgets. It probably has to do with system data which isnt saved on the backup programs.
This evening, for some reason, my phone made a startup noise and, when I looked, I saw that the screen read "Safe Mode".
I rebooted fully, but most app icons are now outside of the folders I spent some time creating for them. And non-OEM homescreen widgets have disappeared.
Disappointed :-(
I have TitaniumBackup and, every Sunday at 2am, I have it set to do "Redo backups for modified data".
My question (my hope) - could I restore my folder contents and homescreen widgets by restoring a backup?
Is there a single file or a small number of files I should be looking to restore from within the backup, as opposed to the whole thing?
Fingers crossed. Thanks.
Depends on the type of launcher on your phone .
Both ADW as well as GO launchers have the ability to backup [manually] , the widget and icon positions on the homescreen as well as your custom app drawer configuration settings.
So if you had made a manual backup , coming from one of these launchers , then things could have been easier .
If you were on touchwiz , just stop looking and start configuring from scratch
Hi,
Is there an app which allows you to migrate screen icons from one launcher to another ?
E.g. Currently I have go launcher where I have places icons and widgets in 7 screens, if I want to try apex , adw or any other launcher then I have to re create everything from scratch which is quite painful. Specially if you want to try ICS roms, go launcher is quite boring. I would love to try other launchers but it required a lot of manual effort to migrate.
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Screen shots may be your only answer - but I would suggest that go launcher is a very good launcher and you may just be wasting you own time looking at others, just to revert back to what you have already,
Back up go launcher settings if you do go looking
anil76 said:
Hi,
Is there an app which allows you to migrate screen icons from one launcher to another ?
E.g. Currently I have go launcher where I have places icons and widgets in 7 screens, if I want to try apex , adw or any other launcher then I have to re create everything from scratch which is quite painful. Specially if you want to try ICS roms, go launcher is quite boring. I would love to try other launchers but it required a lot of manual effort to migrate.
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migrating of screens from other launcher is the feature of the launcher itself.. i don't think there is any specific app for this.. I could be wrong though but apex launcher certainly doesn't support migration.. go launcher supports I think but that you are already using..
just install a new one without deleting the existing one and keep the one you like best
Hi, is it possible to save a modified apex launcher theme or the positions and the mapping of the icons?
looking for one as well
or can i save it with an app?
Titanium Backup backups the app and it's data. Just make sure you have your modified icons in the same folder when you restore.
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laehtis said:
Titanium Backup backups the app and it's data. Just make sure you have your modified icons in the same folder when you restore.
Sent from my NexusHD2 using xda app-developers app
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THX for the information but i have purchased the full version and there are some more funktions.
But yesterday i have changed to another rom and now the apex launcher crashed.
yvessun said:
Hi, is it possible to save a modified apex launcher theme or the positions and the mapping of the icons?
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I have same problem to you. Can't save apex theme after adjust manually. Any one can help?
I am too in search of something like that,
I just made my homescreen my way. Downloaded a set of icons, some widgets here, there, disable status bars, all types of cuztomizations.
I just want to know if there is a way of saving all my work, so i can try to make antother homescreen cuztomization, and whenever i want, switch between my cuztomizations i have made., including widgets, icons... wallpapers
Save apex widgets and screens
cjcm said:
I am too in search of something like that,
I just made my homescreen my way. Downloaded a set of icons, some widgets here, there, disable status bars, all types of cuztomizations.
I just want to know if there is a way of saving all my work, so i can try to make antother homescreen cuztomization, and whenever i want, switch between my cuztomizations i have made., including widgets, icons... wallpapers
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I'd like to think its possible either through TBU or the apex backup that i could save my layout. So far, whenever I change or update my rom, when I restore either the TBU or restore apex from backup, it doesn't place my icons and widgets. It only restores my settings (# of screens, transition effects, etc) but not my icons or widgets. Am I missing something or is that just the way it is?
fritzboyle said:
I'd like to think its possible either through TBU or the apex backup that i could save my layout. So far, whenever I change or update my rom, when I restore either the TBU or restore apex from backup, it doesn't place my icons and widgets. It only restores my settings (# of screens, transition effects, etc) but not my icons or widgets. Am I missing something or is that just the way it is?
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have you tried nova
i have nova prime and when i save my layout thru novas backup and then when i restore it everything is where its supposed to be
Hi All, this might be a dumb question but: If I install Nova, do I have to delete everything that came stock on the Sony launcher, like Movies, PlanyStation etc...all of the icons, widgets, etc... or do I leave them and just start new with Nova? Does that make sense? I just dont want to switch to Nova and all these widgets, icons etc from Sony still 'running' somewhere in the background. Thanks!
mario24601 said:
Hi All, this might be a dumb question but: If I install Nova, do I have to delete everything that came stock on the Sony launcher, like Movies, PlanyStation etc...all of the icons, widgets, etc... or do I leave them and just start new with Nova? Does that make sense? I just dont want to switch to Nova and all these widgets, icons etc from Sony still 'running' somewhere in the background. Thanks!
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hahaaha a second me!
I was wondering the same thing, just for the sake of it I always remove all the icons that are on the stock launcher. Because if you think of it, it's not as if you turn the other launcher off, you're just using another one. And the difference probably won't be amazing, but it could count towards a better battery life lol. Or maybe we're just paranoid :silly::silly::good:
Thanks, ill do the same and remove them off Sony...no reason to have them out there
You don't have to remove anything from stock launcher. It won't run in the background. You can setup how many different launchers you want and switch between without that effecting battery.
Launchers like Nova don't mess with apps at all. They simply create a new skin -- a new way of seeing and accessing what's already on the phone. All the same Sony apps will still be there in the app drawer and they'll behave in exactly the same way as they would if you were using the Xperia Launcher or any other launcher (although Nova might change some of the icons for system apps like dialer, messaging, settings etc.). And if you uninstall apps through Nova they're uninstalled from the phone, period. So they will not be there even if you revert back to the Xperia Launcher.
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Launchers like Nova don't mess with apps at all. They simply create a new skin -- a new way of seeing and accessing what's already on the phone. All the same Sony apps will still be there in the app drawer and they'll behave in exactly the same way as they would if you were using the Xperia Launcher or any other launcher (although Nova might change some of the icons for system apps like dialer, messaging, settings etc.). And if you uninstall apps through Nova they're uninstalled from the phone, period. So they will not be there even if you revert back to the Xperia Launcher.
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Great info, ty!