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Wallpaper solution

If you've installed a new launcher, you may find the same thing I did: it's pretty much impossible to get an image to not distort when used for wallpaper. I messed with this for hours.
Then I discovered the app Wallpaper Set and Save. It runs on the NC, and it does one thing: set wallpaper so it's not distorted. Perfect.

Can you post the apk?
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Sure. Here 'tis.

Dolphin 4 set the wallpaper for me from an internet picture just fine, FYI.

This is only a work around though. I want undone whatever it was the launcher pro did or im going to flash my nook and start over.

I'd guess that Launcher Pro just undid whatever hackery B&N did to their rom to correct the natively terrible way android handles desktop images. This app just rehacks it.

Same issue
I had the same problem but what I did was just set launcher pro to show 1 col by 1 row then after the resize went back to 10 col by 10 rows. First pop-up the settings menu with the tiny little menu button between the battery and "U" buttons in the soft menu. Rows and columns are set in preferences>Homescreen settings.
Note this just got my icons back on screen but the wallpaper is still oversized.

Would a subforum for people who want to be LendMe friends be a good idea?
Or would it be better off here?
I think it would work out very well to separate the conversation so people can find people they want to lend books between. It didn't occur to me before for XDA because most of the forums have to do with phones that dont have this sort of social feature
just a thought

cabbieBot said:
Or would it be better off here?
I think it would work out very well to separate the conversation so people can find people they want to lend books between. It didn't occur to me before for XDA because most of the forums have to do with phones that dont have this sort of social feature
just a thought
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A very good thought. We just have to find Nookers who share similar interests. Its own thread would be a good idea.

devis said:
A very good thought. We just have to find Nookers who share similar interests. Its own thread would be a good idea.
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I'm certain a whole new website/forum will crop up with people willing to lend books to one another. The great thing about lending through the Nook is that you know you'll get your book back! (That is until someone figures out how to hack it to keep the book )

quietglow said:
Sure. Here 'tis.
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When I use the app, the wallpapers end up super-pixellated.
Any other hackery to get the wallpaper issues fixed?

Ev3rM0r3 said:
This is only a work around though. I want undone whatever it was the launcher pro did or im going to flash my nook and start over.
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*bump*
I agree... Any fixes?

Launcher Pro Dock config

Hey all,
Recently saw the thread about peoples home screens and saw some really nice ones.
I have a question though about launcher pro and I can't find any tutorials or solutions for it online.
In short when using launcher pro it gives you a default of 5 shortcuts on the dock for each screen (maximum of 7 screens I think)
I've seen some setups where people have replaced the shortcut image with a word (ie messages, phone, internet)
I want to do this but everytime I try to change the image for a word it shrinks it down to a set size to fit in with the 4 other shortcuts on the dock, I'd like to do it so the word takes up the space of two shortcuts.
Basically I want it to look like the dock at the bottom of this one:
img40.imageshack.us/img40/3710/snap20100911025522.png
(sorry couldn't make it a link and post)
Or at least similar, does anyone know how to do this? I'm using Launcher pro, would I need Launcher pro plus?
Thanks!

Cod Ball said:
Hey all,
Recently saw the thread about peoples home screens and saw some really nice ones.
I have a question though about launcher pro and I can't find any tutorials or solutions for it online.
In short when using launcher pro it gives you a default of 5 shortcuts on the dock for each screen (maximum of 7 screens I think)
I've seen some setups where people have replaced the shortcut image with a word (ie messages, phone, internet)
I want to do this but everytime I try to change the image for a word it shrinks it down to a set size to fit in with the 4 other shortcuts on the dock, I'd like to do it so the word takes up the space of two shortcuts.
Basically I want it to look like the dock at the bottom of this one:
img40.imageshack.us/img40/3710/snap20100911025522.png
(sorry couldn't make it a link and post)
Or at least similar, does anyone know how to do this? I'm using Launcher pro, would I need Launcher pro plus?
Thanks!
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You don't need launcherpro plus but what you do need is that exact launch bar or you need to make one yourself. The way that look was achieved is that there are no actual visible icons on that bar, instead they made a .png of a bar with the text where they wanted the icons to be and then used transparent icons to actually place the shortcuts. I believe SonnySekhon has a bunch of docks like that in his theme thread and you can pick and choose one. If you can't find a transparent icon, I'll post one later but I'm getting ready to leave in a few minutes so I can't do it now.

Cod Ball said:
Hey all,
Recently saw the thread about peoples home screens and saw some really nice ones.
I have a question though about launcher pro and I can't find any tutorials or solutions for it online.
In short when using launcher pro it gives you a default of 5 shortcuts on the dock for each screen (maximum of 7 screens I think)
I've seen some setups where people have replaced the shortcut image with a word (ie messages, phone, internet)
I want to do this but everytime I try to change the image for a word it shrinks it down to a set size to fit in with the 4 other shortcuts on the dock, I'd like to do it so the word takes up the space of two shortcuts.
Basically I want it to look like the dock at the bottom of this one:
img40.imageshack.us/img40/3710/snap20100911025522.png
(sorry couldn't make it a link and post)
Or at least similar, does anyone know how to do this? I'm using Launcher pro, would I need Launcher pro plus?
Thanks!
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Here is a little something special from me, i think it will help you in re-creating that home screen, its an invisible icon. Just run your mouse over it to see exactly where the pic is. Its hard to see cause its invisible . Plus a drawer icon incase you want it.
I really like it, nice look.

ruben8448 said:
Here is a little something special from me, i think it will help you in re-creating that home screen. I really like it, nice look.
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ooo Thats a nice app drawer icon. I like it a lot!

I searched around some more cause i really liked that theme and i found this. Should help you out, the only thing you need now is the transparent icons
http://motorola.getblogs.info/2011/01/13/a-few-launcherpro-docks-to-brighten-your-day/

ruben8448 said:
I searched around some more cause i really liked that theme and i found this. Should help you out, the only thing you need now is the transparent icons
http://motorola.getblogs.info/2011/01/13/a-few-launcherpro-docks-to-brighten-your-day/
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Here is the transparent icon I promised.
Edit, so...its there I promise its just transparent. Right click around the far left until you see "Save image as" and do that lol

kenvan19 said:
Here is the transparent icon I promised.
Edit, so...its there I promise its just transparent. Right click around the far left until you see "Save image as" and do that lol
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Haha i found it too and edited my first post to put it in there. I like this look, i'm gonna try it on adw launcher where i can increase the size of the dock. I think it might go well

I want a dock that matches the honeybread theme, I can't find one though

SubyWill said:
I want a dock that matches the honeybread theme, I can't find one though
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What is honeybread?

+1 for dock icons that would match the honeybread theme.

kenvan19 said:
What is honeybread?
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its a theme for cm7

kid1da said:
its a theme for cm7
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Nice. Love literal answers. Ill be more specific: what does it look like? Where is it from? Is it an adw theme or a real theme? Etc...
Sent from my SubCyan CM7 Google Nexus S!

kenvan19 said:
Nice. Love literal answers. Ill be more specific: what does it look like? Where is it from? Is it an adw theme or a real theme? Etc...
Sent from my SubCyan CM7 Google Nexus S!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423

SubyWill said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423
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Thanks. Hmm looks nice but no battery percents is a no go for me.
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kid1da said:
its a theme for cm7
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Is this the one your talking about?
http://compixels.com/5120/honeybrea...anogen-7-cm7-theme-for-hdpi-phones/honeybread
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ruben8448 said:
Is this the one your talking about?
http://compixels.com/5120/honeybrea...anogen-7-cm7-theme-for-hdpi-phones/honeybread
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Ya that one, sorry for the lack of detail for anyone I didn't have the link on my phone.

Could anyone tell me how to get the stock LP dock icons? Zeam is my new toy but I miss the LP icons.

irishrally said:
Could anyone tell me how to get the stock LP dock icons? Zeam is my new toy but I miss the LP icons.
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Have you tried launcherpro.droidicons.com?
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kenvan19 said:
Have you tried launcherpro.droidicons.com?
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!
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Yeah I found the browser icon there but couldn't find the phone icon.

[APP] Regina Launcher

http://www.androidcentral.com/andro...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)
I found this on AndroidCentral. Its a really nice launcher and its free!
Share your thoughts here
Sent from my Samsung Epic

It does have a lot of animations and stuff, but it's not for me.
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Very interesting. Runs smooth on the Epic. One thing I really like about this one is that the pages/workspaces aren't compartmentalized. In other words you can put a button or a widget literally anywhere on the page rather than within the confines of the 4 x 5 grid (or whatever yours is set up as). There are hidden workspaces that are brought up by tapping out a code in the corners of the screens. The hidden workspace is a secondary collection of three additional workspaces...all ready for you to customize and hide.
Every time I try to change the wallpaper to something from my gallery the Media Scanner starts...that's annoying, but may not be a "Regina" thing as my phone is heavily modded. Once I finally did get to my gallery to change the wallpaper...guess what! Each workspace can have it OWN wallpaper! No kidding! Nice little surprise there.
Transitions are sweet, widgets are ok. I think the weather widget may be useless to many as the cities available appear limited, and you have to install add-ons to get it to work properly.
If you are intrigued by the SPB 3D launcher, you'll really like this one. It's a pretty giant step above SPB, and free. I can't wait to see how far they take this one.

Nice, i like it. its kindof like spb shell but its free! hah it has some good widgets and some good features. kind of slow but i think i might try it out for a day or two

gpeterson said:
Every time I try to change the wallpaper to something from my gallery the Media Scanner starts...that's annoying, but may not be a "Regina" thing as my phone is heavily modded. Once I finally did get to my gallery to change the wallpaper...guess what! Each workspace can have it OWN wallpaper! No kidding! Nice little surprise there.
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hah my gallery was doing the same thing. i didnt know what was going on.

ksmullins88 said:
Nice, i like it. its kindof like spb shell but its free! hah it has some good widgets and some good features. kind of slow but i think i might try it out for a day or two
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That's what I was thinking
I like it, but they need to fix the transition speeds, and have a feature to turn that off.
Sent from my Samsung Epic

acer1096xxx said:
That's what I was thinking
I like it, but they need to fix the transition speeds, and have a feature to turn that off.
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Agreed its OK
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For those talking about transition speed, have you all tried Spare Parts?

running_the_dream said:
For those talking about transition speed, have you all tried Spare Parts?
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I thought about that. But I'm not rooted as of now. Good suggestion to keep in mind though
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I tried it and didn't like it. It's better then SPB (imo) but ultimately it doesn't do anything better, smoother or easier to use then what I already have on ADW EX. Sometimes it would be difficult to swipe between screens quickly which was annoying, the weather widget is pretty much useless, no widget resizing (I use desktop visualizer a lot for pics), and I didn't care for the style of app drawer. YMMV though.

Toast95135 said:
I tried it and didn't like it. It's better then SPB (imo) but ultimately it doesn't do anything better, smoother or easier to use then what I already have on ADW EX. Sometimes it would be difficult to swipe between screens quickly which was annoying, the weather widget is pretty much useless, no widget resizing (I use desktop visualizer a lot for pics), and I didn't care for the style of app drawer. YMMV though.
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Actually, widget size can be resized on some by clicking the little "i" button. I agree the app drawer is lame; the weather widget needs work (doesn't even have Chicago!). But give it some time. It doesn't even have a v1.0 yet.

acer1096xxx said:
Actually, widget size can be resized on some by clicking the little "i" button. I agree the app drawer is lame; the weather widget needs work (doesn't even have Chicago!). But give it some time. It doesn't even have a v1.0 yet.
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I had to play around with the weather, but I finally got Charleston WV in there. If I can find that, then Chicago should be there. Im really liking it so far. Used Spare Parts to change animations to fast and its awesome. Love how you can have a different wallpaper for each screen, and also four private workspaces. It takes a little bit to figure out, but I am really impressed. You can also remove the weather and clock and use your beautiful widgets or whatever clock/weather that you normally use. Now if I can figure out a way to edit the icons or they fix that, I will be really impressed.
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Guys. If you need to find your city and it's not in the list, simply go to Settings for the Clock & Weather Widget, click "Add Custom City", and type in your ZIP Code. The clock becomes a bit funky but after a bit of messing around, you should be able to get it to run nicely.
acer1096xxx said:
Actually, widget size can be resized on some by clicking the little "i" button. I agree the app drawer is lame; the weather widget needs work (doesn't even have Chicago!). But give it some time. It doesn't even have a v1.0 yet.
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I was thinking the same thing as I was setting up my home screens in Spanish Class. Chi-Town represent!

No one has put yet that you can scroll through "workspaces" with the dock by dragging it left or right. Press home or pinch-to-zoom out to look at the sense style overview, then hold on a screen to go into add/delete screen mode. And there was something else that I can't remember right now lol.
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I just downloaded this, and I like it so far. I like the clean look and feel to it. I have LP+ and will try this out for a couple of days to see it I like it.
I did find Green Bay in the weather, but after I set the weather to GB, the clock time is way off.

[QUOTE=Original Android
Thanks! Got it to work!
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When you set location you need to set your time zone.
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whats YMMV?

ksmullins88 said:
whats YMMV?
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Your mileage may very

Its regina not your phone
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Show off your tablet

hey, opening this thread to see how your desktop looks.
its less about style, but more about functionality. phones don't count
I am not at home, so will add my shot later.
if you got something special, explain right ahead, since someone will ask anyway, so we keep the talk low and the info high.
Morsed by hitting a plastic pipe with my Desire HD. Excuse typos.

I think most people use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860404
to show their screens. I do wish everyone would list the launcher/apps/widgets that they are using.
Maybe you had something different in mind?
Cheers,
kev

VLT Launcher (Tablet optimised)
Fancy Widgets Pro
Phiremod 6

fedefedefede said:
VLT Launcher (Tablet optimised)
Fancy Widgets Pro
Phiremod 6
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I noticed you say Phiremod 6 but isnt that CM7 based yet you show honeycomb icons at the bottom how so?

I think it's Nookie Comb

Here you go. The honeycomb icons are nice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030491

Just use the screenshot thread...

i dont see vlt launcher in the market anywhere

insaneturbo13 said:
i dont see vlt launcher in the market anywhere
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find it here!
forum. xda-developers. com/showthread. php?t=1017451

thanks guys, this thread has helped me so far. thanks.

Best launcher and its setting for tablet

Hi,
Im using Nexus 7 right now. Its a pretty device (although Ill probably sell it, its too little, Im looking for something bigger). In case of 10" tablet, I would probably stick to the landscape position for all the time, maybe except when reading. But here, Im tempted to use both vertical and horizontal positions. Trouble is when it comes to launcher. I hoped at least the stock launcher would be "rotation ready" but it is not - when I put some widget in when vertical, it gets crushed in horizontal.
My question - is there a launcher capable of keeping different icon/widget positions according to the position of the tablet? Apex for example has many options to set, but that is not this case ...

I don't have any problem with Nova rotating widgets.

davisac said:
I don't have any problem with Nova rotating widgets.
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Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.

michalurban said:
Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.
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Huh, not doing that here. I'm running PA2.99 in tablet mode. Might have something to do with the display difference.

davisac said:
Huh, not doing that here. I'm running PA2.99 in tablet mode. Might have something to do with the display difference.
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Not sure what PA2.99 is but its clearly caused by the display properties. If only there was some launcher with more settings for different positions ...

michalurban said:
Just checked that out. Same behavior like Apex.
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You can resize the widgets dude. Or play with home screen grid size. You have to play with it to make it look and feel the way ya want. I find the process rather fun actually. Oh yea I'm talking about nova launcher btw

Personally, I'm gonna vote for apex. Smooth & stable, with plenty of customization.
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