[Q] Remove text under icons? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to remove the text under the home screen icons? Any apps or anything? And I know Bettercut lets you remove the text, but I also want to remove the space (Which Bettercut doesn't let you do) so I can just have the icons.
Using Serendipity 5.12.
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Ehaw said:
Is there a way to remove the text under the home screen icons? Any apps or anything? And I know Bettercut lets you remove the text, but I also want to remove the space (Which Bettercut doesn't let you do) so I can just have the icons.
Using Serendipity 5.12.
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desktop visualizer

Thank you! That's exactly what I wanted.
Edit: It leaves a little space under the icon >.< Darn it.

Ehaw said:
Thank you! That's exactly what I wanted.
Edit: It leaves a little space under the icon >.< Darn it.
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use the 1x1 small and not the 1x1 small ss
also, you have the option to run adw launcher or launcherpro. i know on one of them you can disable icon text...pretty sure its adw

Pirateghost said:
launcher or launcherpro. i know on one of them you can disable icon text...pretty sure its adw
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launcherpro lets you. Never tried adw.

bigsmitty64 said:
launcherpro lets you. Never tried adw.
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ADW lets you as well.

Thank you! This is just what I've been looking for. The tip to use the 1x1 widget instead of 1x1ss, or creating it via homescreen is the right one. When you use LP or ADW, as has been suggest in this thread and everywhere else I've looked on the web, it leaves a space below the icon where the text would have been, so it looks clunky when put next to a 1x1 widget. But DesktopVisualiseR AND using the 1x1 widget option that it has, resizes the icon so it's the same size as a widget without any text. Perfect!
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Pirateghost said:
use the 1x1 small and not the 1x1 small ss
also, you have the option to run adw launcher or launcherpro. i know on one of them you can disable icon text...pretty sure its adw
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Thank you! This is just what I've been looking for. The tip to use the 1x1 widget instead of 1x1ss, or creating it via homescreen is the right one. When you use LP or ADW, as has been suggest in this thread and everywhere else I've looked on the web, it leaves a space below the icon where the text would have been, so it looks clunky when put next to a 1x1 widget. But DesktopVisualiseR AND using the 1x1 widget option that it has, resizes the icon so it's the same size as a widget without any text. Perfect!

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[Q] Extend Simi clock

I see phones like this:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/flipn0tic/snap20101206_204034.png
https://photos-3.dropbox.com/i/xl/k...JQuEWnOA6oA3BQUdU/15394707/1296554400/09f1e54
http://i.imgur.com/WS5ZF.jpg
With those extended white lines, but I cannot find a setting in the Simi Clock settings for this, anyone know how to do this?
I dont know what app that Is but it isn't simi clock.
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silverslotcar said:
I dont know what app that Is but it isn't simi clock.
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Looks like SiMi Clock.
1st link looks like a combination of different widgets.
Don't know about the horizontal line, but for the vertical line (link 3) long hold and stretch widget. Need Launcher Pro Plus or other 3rd party home screen that allows resizing widgets.
88EVGAFTW said:
I see phones like this:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/flipn0tic/snap20101206_204034.png
https://photos-3.dropbox.com/i/xl/k...JQuEWnOA6oA3BQUdU/15394707/1296554400/09f1e54
http://i.imgur.com/WS5ZF.jpg
With those extended white lines, but I cannot find a setting in the Simi Clock settings for this, anyone know how to do this?
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I think some of those lines, dates, weater are made with minimalistic text, and the clock with simi clock
That IS SiMi clock. I have the exact same thing, BUT you need to have something that will allow you to resize widgets. I use LauncherPro +
Ah, after taking a second look I see. It is gTab SiMi Clock. My mistake. I thought the lines where from something completely different but now I see it is streched.
silverslotcar said:
Ah, after taking a second look I see. It is gTab SiMi Clock. My mistake. I thought the lines where from something completely different but now I see it is streched.
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With some trial and error you could make a white line on your background image to produce the same effect without using up all your screen space with a giant widget.
Its a combination of streched Simi clock using launcher pro, and possibly a background to match.
How do you make the date read "thuDECsecond"? I see the 'user defined' option but i can only get it to read "ThuDec2". Any help would be great.
I figured it out. You have to click and drag the widget and drop it back down. Once you do that it becomes highlighted in transparent orange and you can drag it to stretch it down your screen.
EDIT: Have to use launcher pro. Im new to all this stuff but its a pretty swift learning process.

ZEAM launcher question

How do I add custom icons to the seam launcher? I ha e downloaded tgjz huge pack of icons and I used them with launcher pro, but it keeps foreclosing. Thanks. sorry if its in the wrong area, but q and a wont let me start a new topic cause the app closes
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Zeam does not allow custom icons use go launcher instead its really nice
davwman said:
Zeam does not allow custom icons use go launcher instead its really nice
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hmm i should try go launcher a lot people saying its great i havnt tried it yet but tried others like lp adw and zeam and so far ive been stuck in the middle of lp and adw
zeam doesn't let you customize the icons in the dock. For that, you have to use launcherpro, and I think GO launcher could also work (someone mentioned adw could work, but i haven't tried)
BUT if you want to change the icons on your homescreen and don't want to switch to launcherpro, then get Desktop Visualizer. Pretty easy to use, and you can choose the icon you want for any action! You can also try Any Cut, but I highly recommend desktop visualizer
Couldn't you use a program to change an app's icon (like BetterCut or Folder Organizer), then drop the new icon onto the dock bar?
I haven't tried this yet, but I'll give it a go and post the results...of course, is anyone out there has already tried/done this, please feel free to share.

[Q] LauncherPro Homescreen

hi,
i don't know how to set a different wallpaper for each homescreen in launcherpro
thanks
P.S. im not allowed to post a direct link so i cant give you an example
Press the Menu button on your device
Now press Wallpaper
Choose one
Win.
EDIT: Just realized it was multiple wallpapers.
Wallpaper Plus also does the job.
Search for multipicture wallpaper in the market,is free and is awesome.
I recommend Wallpaper Plus, it's better
Dose any one know how to customize home screen icons in the launcherpro.
Means rename or change icons
Cheers
Shiwantha said:
Dose any one know how to customize home screen icons in the launcherpro.
Means rename or change icons
Cheers
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Depends on what icons you are talking about. In terms of the dock, just long press on a dock item, and click the change icon option when the menu opens.
As for icons on the homescreen itself, you can change an applications shortcut icon whenever you create it. Just long press on the homescreen, Select Shortcuts, then Applications, Pick an App, then click its icon to change it.
You can also use Desktop Visualizer - http://www.appbrain.com/app/desktop-visualizer/jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr
This will let you set make custom widgets in many sizes and set the image for them to what you want. This will allow you to use oversized icons, or even custom designs such as the WP7 designs you might see around here.
Hope that answers your question
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Depends on what icons you are talking about. In terms of the dock, just long press on a dock item, and click the change icon option when the menu opens.
As for icons on the homescreen itself, you can change an applications shortcut icon whenever you create it. Just long press on the homescreen, Select Shortcuts, then Applications, Pick an App, then click its icon to change it.
You can also use Desktop Visualizer - http://www.appbrain.com/app/desktop-visualizer/jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr
This will let you set make custom widgets in many sizes and set the image for them to what you want. This will allow you to use oversized icons, or even custom designs such as the WP7 designs you might see around here.
Hope that answers your question
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Thanks 4 da answer, but I was referring to the home screen icons, not docks.
kind of the way ADW offers, I was looking for an alternative like bettercut. cause It dosnet work.
Cheers
Shiwantha said:
Thanks 4 da answer, but I was referring to the home screen icons, not docks.
kind of the way ADW offers, I was looking for an alternative like bettercut. cause It dosnet work.
Cheers
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Like he said; Desktop VisualizeR.
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Like he said; Desktop VisualizeR.
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well thats in widget state, Just have to live with it for now........
Thanks all for the comments........
PS, I couldn't click thanks4 papertreeprophet. cause its limited for each day..
when creating the shortcut, at the screen where you can rename the shortcut, click the icon, and it will allow you to choose whatever you'd like.
Instead of placing icons on your homescreen from the app drawer, long-press on the homescreen and go to shortcut, that will let you choose the icon and name. This only works for apps, not folders.

[THEME] Honeycomb Theme

I looked around and basically just couldn't find a good honeycomb theme anywhere from what I saw so I decided to take matters into my own hands...I do like honeybread for CM7...but it was just not exactly what I was looking for. So I'm running on the ADW Launcher EX so anyone can have the exact same setup with no problems at all. The Apps+ icon in the top right I made with the SiMi Folder widget with a custom pic icon...the clock in the bottom right is the One More Clock widget from the market. My messenger/calendar/gmail widgets are all from the Pure Messenger and Pure Calendar widgets from the market. The bottom left icon I made with desktop visualizer and just have it linked to my current browser. The analog clock is obviously the Honeycomb clock FREE from the market. If you go into the ADW settings you just change the screen transition effect to Effect 1 to get the nice honeycomb like scrolling effect. I have gestures setup so when you swipe up on the home screen it pulls up the app drawer and if you swipe down it pulls down the notification bar...this way I can still use them w/o it ruining the honeycomb look. I also added the circle batter widget into the mix in the bottom left. My home screen is setup for constant landscape orientation and 10 wide by 7 high icon space...this was made this way just to make the icons and stuff where I wanted them too. You can't really use all of this space because the widgets overlap and it just makes it a pain so I don't recommend it. The other thing you have to do is download the free honeycomb theme on the market for adw...this is just to get the google widget that I am using. Also you'll want to download the honeycomb wallpapers app from the market...this is where I got my wallpaper from cuz it just looks the best in landscape...the one that comes with the theme just isn't that good if you ask me...both apps are made by the same developer. Anyways...here are some pics...I'm running this on my OG Droid with the MIUI ROM on it...hope you all enjoy. Just click on the pictures to look at them bigger and get a better idea of how it looks...I added them to this originally with them already full but the preview was cutting off the right side of the pictures and I just didn't want to chance it...please tell me what you think.
Here is a list of all the Apps/Widgets that were used:
ADWLauncher EX by AnderWeb - $3.18
Honeycomb ADW Theme by GFX Android - FREE
Honeycomb Wallpapers by GFX Android - FREE
Circle Battery Widget by Cedric Depoortere - FREE
One More Clock Collection Free by Xaffron Software - FREE
Honeycomb Clock FREE by juliojs - FREE
SiMi Folder Widget by hateman - FREE
Pure Calendar widget (agenda) by Francois DESLANDES - $2.06
Pure messenger widget by Francois DESLANDES - $2.06
Desktop VisualizeR by Bii, Inc. - FREE
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Do you not know how to use paragraphs? D:
kevin2516 said:
Do you not know how to use paragraphs? D:
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hahaha...sorry man...i figured everyone would just look at the pics and if they liked then in order to get it all the same they will have to read it all anyways...wasn't really worried about what format all the information was in...the only thing that doesn't have anything to do with the setup is the first sentence of why i made this
so how did you get the honeycomb status bar?
i like it
but i hate how its landscape
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ill make it more "portate friendly" if you can share the icons/theme elements
Valdrien said:
hahaha...sorry man...i figured everyone would just look at the pics and if they liked then in order to get it all the same they will have to read it all anyways...wasn't really worried about what format all the information was in...the only thing that doesn't have anything to do with the setup is the first sentence of why i made this
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You were right, I skipped right to the pictures
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squidbutt said:
i like it
but i hate how its landscape
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ill make it more "portate friendly" if you can share the icons/theme elements
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yeah the landscape makes it a little bit of a pain to use at times so i can understand not liking it that way...luckily you can make it portrait...just might take some tweaking...i've added a list of the apps/widgets that i used so that you can easily find them on the market...i would add links to app brain or something but i can't add links on here cuz i dont' have enough posts yet.
I'll also add the 2 custom icons i made for this...they aren't the greatest and i'm sure you could find better but it's what i'm using...there are only 2 custom icons...the apps+ in the top right and the icon in the lower left. I'll add them right away.
plumppp said:
so how did you get the honeycomb status bar?
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there really is no status bar...the bottom right is the One More Clock widget and the bottom left is just a desktop visualizer widget and the circle battery widget...the original status bar i have still in tact...just have to swipe down and it pulls it up.
Also for everyone else i've added 2 more pictures that are the custom icons that you need to make it just like this or even to make it in portrait view...just click to blow it up and then right click/save as in order to keep the icon see through and not white in areas
Valdrien said:
yeah the landscape makes it a little bit of a pain to use at times so i can understand not liking it that way...luckily you can make it portrait...just might take some tweaking...i've added a list of the apps/widgets that i used so that you can easily find them on the market...i would add links to app brain or something but i can't add links on here cuz i dont' have enough posts yet.
I'll also add the 2 custom icons i made for this...they aren't the greatest and i'm sure you could find better but it's what i'm using...there are only 2 custom icons...the apps+ in the top right and the icon in the lower left. I'll add them right away.
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thanks bro
ima get to work soon as my phone charges and i re flash cyan
squidbutt said:
thanks bro
ima get to work soon as my phone charges and i re flash cyan
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no problem...make sure to get the honeybread theme if you are flashing cyan...that really makes it that much better
cant really get the dock the way i want it on ADW ima try launcher pro and just extract the icons from the honeycomb theme
what app should i use for screenshots?
squidbutt said:
cant really get the dock the way i want it on ADW ima try launcher pro and just extract the icons from the honeycomb theme
what app should i use for screenshots?
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ShootMe is my fave i think...just run it and shake when you want to take a screen
well i really dont like the way adw doesnt let you have blank icon docks so ill stick with launcher pro that and the people widget i like i got shootme and im just doing some finishing up then ill post the pics
and maybe even make my own post about how i did it
all credition to ya though
squidbutt said:
well i really dont like the way adw doesnt let you have blank icon docks so ill stick with launcher pro that and the people widget i like i got shootme and im just doing some finishing up then ill post the pics
and maybe even make my own post about how i did it
all credition to ya though
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i went into the ui settings in adw and then went to main dock...from there you can set the dock background to none...on mine i made the dock style just none so i actually have no dock...but there is a setting there that lets you make it so there is no dock background
and please post the pics as soon as you can...i'm curious to see how it looks ^^
Valdrien said:
i went into the ui settings in adw and then went to main dock...from there you can set the dock background to none...on mine i made the dock style just none so i actually have no dock...but there is a setting there that lets you make it so there is no dock background
and please post the pics as soon as you can...i'm curious to see how it looks ^^
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its done on launcher pro for the most part
i just cant get the shoot me pics to be non like corrupted
squidbutt said:
its done on launcher pro for the most part
i just cant get the shoot me pics to be non like corrupted
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If you're using the xda app, I usually have to use jpg files. Make sure shootme is set to take jpg pictures instead of PNG. Just open up the app and press menu -> preferrences.
squid try what blu3poptart said with the jpeg thing and see if that works...only thing is the 2 icon files i attached to this are both png files...so idk...i don't use the xda app to post anything...so maybe that is your problem like he says
ok sorry for the delay effing finally got a screenshot app that worked
ok heres my setup on LAUNCHER PRO PLUS themed by signal
3 home screens
10x10 colums and rows
honeycomb cm7 theme
and i used the apps widget you provided in addition to the extracted honeycomb adw honeycomb theme 1.4 which is free off the market
(i just used root explorer to extract it and used "custom icons" from the gallery)(provided)
anyway the dock has the following
1.dialer
2.apps
3.handcentsms
next i used your apps icon with simi folder on page 1 and 2
page 1 and 2 have different apps in the folder.
i used the dock in the honeycomb theme also(provided)
page one has the launcher pro facebook widget
page 2 has omc,the aosp music widget themed by the honeycomb theme and the apps icon with desktop vis(2x1)
its missing some things idk what though help me out please haha
but give me feedback
squidbutt said:
ok sorry for the delay effing finally got a screenshot app that worked
ok heres my setup on LAUNCHER PRO PLUS themed by signal
3 home screens
10x10 colums and rows
honeycomb cm7 theme
and i used the apps widget you provided in addition to the extracted honeycomb adw honeycomb theme 1.4 which is free off the market
(i just used root explorer to extract it and used "custom icons" from the gallery)(provided)
anyway the dock has the following
1.dialer
2.apps
3.handcentsms
next i used your apps icon with simi folder on page 1 and 2
page 1 and 2 have different apps in the folder.
i used the dock in the honeycomb theme also(provided)
page one has the launcher pro facebook widget
page 2 has omc,the aosp music widget themed by the honeycomb theme and the apps icon with desktop vis(2x1)
its missing some things idk what though help me out please haha
but give me feedback
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looks good dude...this is a good alternative for people that like portrait...not too sure what exactly i would change with it...i think it does need the google search widget somewhere to make it look more honeycombish...other than that i really have no idea what to add/change...haha
Valdrien said:
looks good dude...this is a good alternative for people that like portrait...not too sure what exactly i would change with it...i think it does need the google search widget somewhere to make it look more honeycombish...other than that i really have no idea what to add/change...haha
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ya the only problem i had was launcher pro dont have the search widget themed
i would have to to one of 2 things
theme it myself(no knolage)
or re do the theme in adw which i changed to lpp cause i couldnt get the dock to the side

Love GoLauncher, but need things changed

I run MIUI and am sick of the launcher (app drawer, etc.) I like GoLauncher with its widgets and such. There are a few things I want changed though, and I would like to know if it has been done.
First, I like how the icons in MIUI are really large, in GO, they are very small. Can they be changed in GO?
Secondly, I like how the text under the icons in MIUI do not have the black background. Is this possible in GO?
RyanTX said:
I run MIUI and am sick of the launcher (app drawer, etc.) I like GoLauncher with its widgets and such. There are a few things I want changed though, and I would like to know if it has been done.
First, I like how the icons in MIUI are really large, in GO, they are very small. Can they be changed in GO?
Secondly, I like how the text under the icons in MIUI do not have the black background. Is this possible in GO?
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not possible at present i guess
There r lots of users out there including me who want the above changes.
why dont u head over to their thread in xda and request for the feature?
nessqn said:
not possible at present i guess
There r lots of users out there including me who want the above changes.
why dont u head over to their thread in xda and request for the feature?
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I didn't know they had one. I will take a look.
Launcher Pro is the only launcher I think that can remove the icon label backgrounds.
One of the reasons I love it. I do wish it had bigger icons and maybe a 4 icon dock.
GetPatriotized said:
I do wish it had bigger icons and ...a 4 icon dock.
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Agree 100%.
sawari said:
Agree 100%.
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Agree 1000000%.
I like GoLauncher better because of home swipe actions,the ease of changing icons on both homescreen n dock and overall smoothness...
This is why I use ADW EX.. you can customize everything to do with the icons.. Size, background of icon, text color, size, fully customize the dock, instantaneous drawer (I find go launcher drawer to always have SOME lag), tons of themes, same swipe gesture options and screen animations.. The only thing you lose is the widgets and there are other market Apps that take care of that.
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civicvx94 said:
This is why I use ADW EX.. you can customize everything to do with the icons.. Size, background of icon, text color, size, fully customize the dock, instantaneous drawer (I find go launcher drawer to always have SOME lag), tons of themes, same swipe gesture options and screen animations.. The only thing you lose is the widgets and there are other market Apps that take care of that.
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Same here.. LPP and GO are great, but ADW customization go further (no dock is a sweet feature too)... but ADW is not as smooth as the two others, I mean that when you want to edit stuff (widget size, placing shortcut elsewhere, etc) it feels weird, not as responsive, I don't like it but it's the only negative point so I live fine with it.. pros and cons..
In go launcher i use desktop visualizer to get some real big icons, miui style. It gives me even the option to open shortucs to folder organizer.
Cheers,
PC
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P C said:
In go launcher i use desktop visualizer to get some real big icons, miui style. It gives me even the option to open shortucs to folder organizer.
Cheers,
PC
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I just downloaded Desktop Visualizer and I did not find the option in there for icon size. How are you doing it?
Long press the icon from dvisualizer that you just added to your home screen and choose resize.
Dvisualizer is a widget, you can resize it just like any other widget.
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RyanTX said:
I just downloaded Desktop Visualizer and I did not find the option in there for icon size. How are you doing it?
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A nice guide here
agreee 1000000%

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