[Q] just got my evo, quick theme question - Android Themes

Hi everyone, I just got my evo a few hours ago. are there any themes or way to change the layout if Im not rooted yet? Thanks!

You can "theme" your homecreen by trying free apps like LauncherPro or ADW.launcher. You can find free themes for both of these launchers in the market! Using either one of these apps, you can achieve a pretty unique look.

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LauncherPro Beta

This post is targeted towards all the leakers out there. If you're still looking for a Nexus One-style home replacement app, look no further than LauncherPro Beta. It has an app launcher drawer with a *very* smooth 3D fly-in effect, a la the Nexus One. Home screen scrolling stutter is also eliminated, and overall the app just flies performance-wise.
I'm sure many of you have heard of it; this thread is for the people who haven't. Please no flaming.
EDIT: You can also "pinch-zoom" the home screen to get a helicopter view - just like the Sense UI.
ericFuels999 said:
This post is targeted towards all the leakers out there. If you're still looking for a Nexus One-style home replacement app, look no further than LauncherPro Beta. It has an app launcher drawer with a *very* smooth 3D fly-in effect, a la the Nexus One. Home screen scrolling stutter is also eliminated, and overall the app just flies performance-wise.
I'm sure many of you have heard of it; this thread is for the people who haven't. Please no flaming.
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Yeah its a decent little application, However you should probably post this in themes and apps as it doesn't relate to development. Not flaming just saying you posted in the wrong forum.
I agree with you that it doesn't really belong here, but I was hoping to ward off a lot of the people complaining about not having root and how they can't make their phone look like a Nexus One. Maybe my efforts are futile...
I use LauncherPro on my Eris. I have one tip to throw out there for root users who want to use this... the app doesn't (yet) have a feature to customize what the dock icons do. And on a Sense-based ROM, you will probably be getting the HTC Messaging app by default with no way to switch it (at least that's what happened to me). That's fine if you use that, but I only use Handcent SMS, for example.
So I had to use ADB to rename /system/app/Mms.apk to Mms.bak... no adverse affects seen from that yet. Handcent took over automatically. Downside being you can't use the HTC app anymore unless you reverse the change.
xatch said:
I use LauncherPro on my Eris. I have one tip to throw out there for root users who want to use this... the app doesn't (yet) have a feature to customize what the dock icons do. And on a Sense-based ROM, you will probably be getting the HTC Messaging app by default with no way to switch it (at least that's what happened to me). That's fine if you use that, but I only use Handcent SMS, for example.
So I had to use ADB to rename /system/app/Mms.apk to Mms.bak... no adverse affects seen from that yet. Handcent took over automatically. Downside being you can't use the HTC app anymore unless you reverse the change.
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Yeah all you have to do is remove Mms.apk and Browser.apk and you get handscent and xscope as defaults (if u have them installed of course). Not technically custom, but still what I wanted
Try updating to his newest release. 0.2.0. I have mine themed and since his newest release on 5.19, my sms opens to chomp. should work with handscent as well, I have not deleted my default sms.
hope that helps.
I like...has anyone confirmed sense widgets working with it yet?
Sense Widgets do not appear as an option in adding onto the launcher pages.
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sense widgets will not work with launcherpro. it is a stock home replacement. only android widgets work. however, flip clock and weather widget is an app that mimics the htc flipclock. you have to install the ht7 theme for the flipclock and weather icons. looks identical. either that or beautiful widgets. there are no other apps created that mimic the rest of the widgets tho... yet. however there are a few android widgets that will suffice tho. use them to your own liking. I wish htc would create Senseui replacement app. Meaning, open source skinning for sense ui. its one of the main reasons why i rooted my phone. We all like the functionality of those widgets, but they wont make them open source. that would discourage many from rooting and voiding thier warranties. id pay for that app and themes as well!
yea, doesnt belong here, but launcherpro IS SWEET!!!!!!!
I really liked LauncherPro Beta... but i also fell in love with HelixLauncher mostly because you can customize the bottom bar for any apps that you want and its also free on the market
The developer of that app is actually working on updating it to be able to customize the bottom dock. I did a lil reading here on the boards & found a way to re route the messaging shortcut to handcent. Works like a charm. Til then ill still rock with sense until that update comes along. If your rooted and using ported hero rom, try adw launcher. Its the best so far. Now it has the customizable bottom dock. Its A flashable file so use at your own risk. And do not forget to do nandroid backup.
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I love this so much preforms really well on my eris.
What is that click they use in ask the screen shots? Looks just like the sense clock which is exactly what I'm looking for.
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Lemcott said:
What is that click they use in ask the screen shots? Looks just like the sense clock which is exactly what I'm looking for.
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Its called Weather Widgets and its made by the "Android Apps" people. It looks JUST LIKE the sense Clock/Weather widget and functions the same way too. Its what I use with the Launcher Pro Beta. Looks just like sense. I believe its a paid app though.
Also, Weather Widgets (yr.no) by Thomware is very close to sense also.
Just installed LauncherPro Beta, and I LOVE it. Now that you can change what the shortcuts on the bottom go to, I believe I'm going to completely abandon HelixLauncher. This one is WAY better.
I use LauncherPro Beta. I love it. Customize the dock, change screens
Pretty fast too. MFLOPS 3.34 @ 1.62 sec, 3.358 @ 1.61 sec, 3.323 @ 1.63.
Not too bad. OC to 768.
Is there a way to replace the stock launcher home (not rosie) with this launcher been trying all day....i really want to be a pro and put the new launcher in system/apps as opposed to data/app
is this possible ?
Edit: nevermind I got it
ADW
Guys, ADW launcher is in the market now. just search adw
I find this blows even launcherpro away
edit: and it's free too, just like launcher.
I just installed adw a few days ago, switching from launcherpro, so trust me, I don't have anything against launcherpro
ADW is pretty cool. Was using Launcher Pro. Think I'll use ADW for a while.
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[Q] how do i put custom themes on my captivate?

Sorry if this has already been posted...im a noob and im trying my hardest to research this stuff....my phone is rooted and i have the froyo rom on my captivate...but im wondering how i put a custom dockbar(like the HTC format) and custom icons/wallpapers on my phone...any advice would be great, thanks!
Your first step should be to download launcherpro from the market...it is much more customizable than the stock launcher...
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yea, i have launcher pro right now...ive just seen people with the evo icon dock bar and a slide to unlock lock screen and i have no idea how to get thoes onto my phone
Boobie Watcher said:
yea, i have launcher pro right now...ive just seen people with the evo icon dock bar and a slide to unlock lock screen and i have no idea how to get thoes onto my phone
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all those are in the development section or the themes and apps section. it is not as simple as just installing an app and making a change. the evo icon dock bar (i assume you mean HTC sense) is typically done through launcher pro through the use of custom icons and dock background.
for the slide to unlock, you need to read the instructions on how to do that. there are entire threads dedicated to it, so i suggest you read
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Sorry if this has already been posted...im a noob and im trying my hardest to research this stuff....my phone is rooted and i have the froyo rom on my captivate...but im wondering how i put a custom dockbar(like the HTC format) and custom icons/wallpapers on my phone...any advice would be great, thanks!
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Well, the best place to look for icons and such would be in the main forums, Android, Android Themes. Just find the icons/dock backgrounds you like and make a folder on your SDcard and copy them to that. Then launcher pro lets you change icons and dock backgrounds pretty easily.
As for full themes, look in the Captivate / Captivate Themes and Apps section. There are a couple Metamorph themes right now, which will require you to download metamorph from the market. Also, in the captivate section check the post your homescreens thread and ask questions if you see a screen you like.
Good luck.

[Q] [REQ]8-Bit theme for Android

hi,everyone
well the topic name says it all!
anyone heard of 8-bit theme?it means a lot of pixelation it would be great and it will bring nostaligia!!!!!!!!!!
ive uploaded picture of a social icon set to make you fell it better
and here is the icon set!i didnt make the icons!!!
please feel free to say your opinion about this!!!
This would be insane!
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very cool! I hope we can get some more icons...
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hi everyone!
i apologies for refreshing old topic but i'm looking for 8-bit (pixel) theme. maybe somebody will do something like that?
i found "aHome Theme: Pixel" in the market but for that have to use aHome/aHome lite and those are old apps
will be grateful for help
cheers
Hey guys, I know this has been dead a while, but i have been creating some Launcher Pro Icon sets and am in the process of making an ADW theme with this 8-bit concept.
Attached is the icon set as it was a few days ago, it is currently growing and will be expanding when I get more user requests.
eight bit icon pack
I know it's £0.79 but i made all of these icons and put the legwork into getting the activities. What you see there is not all you get, there are some popular app icons hiding in there as well including IMDB Amazon Kindle etc
very cool!
very cool!

Gingerbread Theme or ROM (But Froyo)?

Is there a Gingerbread theme or even a froyo ROM with just Gingerbread theme on it? I just want the plain Sesneless look of Gingerbread right now? If not someone should definitely make one. I was going to make a theme port but I wasn't sure it the lack of sense stuff would mess with the phone.
ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro with a Gingerbread theme. That'd be the easiest way and it's all available from the market.
Do any launchers support widgets yet? I've used ADW and 2.3 launcher and neither do.
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Pretty much all launchers support widgets... did you mean to say the HTC widgets? If so, only stock launcher will work with those... but there are plenty of widgets that are similar or better than the HTC ones.
(Launcher Pro Plus includes many of them that look almost exactly like the HTC ones.)
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Do any launchers support widgets yet? I've used ADW and 2.3 launcher and neither do.
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believe me, if you're looking for support for HTC widgets in any launcher than the stock sense launcher (rosie.apk), you're not going to find anything. People have been trying since sense's debut (i spent a pretty good chunk of three months trying) and it's just too tightly wound into Rosie. I think most have given up on it at this point. I would go with ADW launcher (free in the market) and beautiful widgets or fancy widget (beautiful widgets is better imo, but fancy widget is free). I know beautiful widgets even has unlock animations now that work pretty well and aren't very intrusive. I'd give that a shot if you want a stock look with an app dock, with a small amount of sense.

What's your favorite launcher?

Please, vote for the launcher and share the name of your favorite theme!
I have another post about the same thing but couldn't add poll to it, so I'm starting this one with poll. Moderator would be kind enough to delete the other thread. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49754302
The stock sense is the best!
Best performance
I voted Nova and I probably believe that, but I have been using Google Experience Launcher for a few days and am really enjoying it.
I have really loved Next Launcher and before that Go Launcher. I've used Nova and ADW and just didn't find them any better than various stock or trebechet (sp?). Unfortunately, Next is expensive (although it is on sale right now). I also have observed that EVERYTHING is getting more and more expensive.
The themes I've used and liked are a combination of free and paid. Love the memscape themes but to theme every app I could with say, New York - expensive! My faves are probably the cobalt themes for cm roms and go sms but they do not have launcher themes. The Go folks, e.g. zt.art, have decent free themes.
On my One I am currently using the Next 3D scene mode with Steel 3D (faisca art - They also have a beautiful Christmas theme both classic and 3D). I simply can't afford to try more.
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Apex here
Apex all the way for me, purely for two reasons: I can set grid size (I like 7x5/5x7 for the Homescreen/drawer) and change icon size (I set them to 80% for Homescreen, drawer and dock)
I'd go back to GEL or stock if I could do the same with those (I actually quite like Blinkfeed)
Aviate wins hands down
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