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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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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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I inverted the colors on fancy widget to make it more friendly for black bar themes (chromatic, superbad, speedteam, etc)
available MOD EDIT** LINK REMOVED, fancy widget cannot be linked on xda because of the issue with HTC
Screens below
Good job it looks nice...
Too bad I already downloaded Beautiful widgets.
So I installed this on my evo and it was just the stock fancy widget any reason why ?
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So I installed this on my evo and it was just the stock fancy widget any reason why ?
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Because not all Android phones have the Sense interface and therefore the Sense widgets.
TeeJay3800 said:
Because not all Android phones have the Sense interface and therefore the Sense widgets.
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i know that? i was an early adopter of the g1 and the evo so i am very familiar with how android and its skinned variances work. however i like the look of his inverted fancy widget and wanted to use that but when i install his apk it installs as the regular fancy widget and not the inverted
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i know that? i was an early adopter of the g1 and the evo so i am very familiar with how android and its skinned variances work. however i like the look of his inverted fancy widget and wanted to use that but when i install his apk it installs as the regular fancy widget and not the inverted
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I see. I misinterpreted your question.
This widget is not inverted....plain and simple. Nice try though.
On my Dream, CM5.0.8 this file gives me a widget with white text on a black background. I haven't used 'Fancy widget' before.
Wait no mames! What happened with HTC broseph?
I'm considering switching from Sense ROM to CM7, but if I will do that, I don't what black GUI again. I really like TimeScape, GO Launcher's built in blue background and GO Contacts blue GUI, but I couldn't find suitable blue theme for CM7. If someone knows blue themes or is willing to make one for me, I'll be very thankful.
Thanks.
There's honeycomeb, rcblue, cyanbread, bionic blue (I think), and I'm sure there is more. It just depends on what kind of blue you're looking for.
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Well as I said something similiar to TimScape. Anyway, I can't find rcblue theme. Can you give me link?
if you search for 'Blue' on the market it should be there :S
If it is there, it must be way down.
Elegant Blues for Sense ROMs, wont work on boLTEd. Tesla Coil version added.
Credits:
jabbawalkee for the original theme and images, his original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848
he_stheone64 for a lot of images in htc.resources, his original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951768
Sbrissen for the no AM/PM mod
signal23 for the remove recent apps in pull down mod
bgill55 for the location icon removal mod
SoCalMiles for the transparency pull down mod
Retrokid223 I used his settings, PCSCII.apk and for the transparent contacts.
jcase for the add RadioInfo to Wireless Settings mod
sk806 for the power widget mod
JsChiSurf for the removal of the clock
Flash this at your own risk, I am not responsible to anything that happens to your phone. I have not been able to get this to boot on boLTEd so you have been warned
The theme is so big in size because I changed the icons in a lot of apps. I also tried to get rid as much green as possible. To get the full effect of the theme make sure you dont have any other skin selected besides stock.
The beautiful widgets Super Clock skin can be found in the app under Matted Blues. The icons in my dock are an adw theme called Minimalist_Black and can be found in the Market.
BAMF 1.6.3 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9264026/BAMF_Matted.zip
(no apps, only tested on stripped version, and might work on other ROMs)
Remove AM/PM From Status Bar http://www.mediafire.com/?hoz2klxm38b7bl4
Remove Clock From Status Bar http://www.mediafire.com/?hd7289mcz77j21b
Font Pack http://www.mediafire.com/?jubbz669f3g6dij
Wallpaper Pack http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11901383/MattedBluesV2-Wallpapers.zip
Outdated Downloads Below
Tesla Coil http://www.mediafire.com/?723pkek9ns2oo1v
AOSP Contacts For Tesla http://www.mediafire.com/?cptsmyew3bdkyts
(Removes HTC Dialer)
All Other Sense ROMs http://www.mediafire.com/?a5dokwi4e2w4y9o
I attached the gmail icon so you can use it with ADW, LP, etc, until I can figure out wtf Im doing wrong. I cant get it to install no matter what I do.
Reserved......
sweet just loaded it on bamf
~:{dope}:~
Does your font pack work on boLTEd?
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The name of the theme is confusing because there is a matted blues skin for desire hd, z, thunderbolt roms. I'm running that right now. It happens to be the most elegant sense skin as well.
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allareconnected said:
Does your font pack work on boLTEd?
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More than likely, I dont see why it shouldnt.
khanam said:
The name of the theme is confusing because there is a matted blues skin for desire hd, z, thunderbolt roms. I'm running that right now. It happens to be the most elegant sense skin as well.
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I dont mention anything about a skin and its the name of the actual theme it was ported from. I see no confusion in that at all.
Sorry. Noob question, how do you install this?
Can u theme the gmail to match?
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Sorry. Noob question, how do you install this?
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Down load it to your sd card, reboot into recovery, install zip from sd card.
Any chance of getting the Rosie launcher from this skin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483326&d=1294435368
somehow incorporated into the theme? I like keeping sense (instead of using ADW), so the launcher doesn't really match incredibly well. I feel like if I applied the skin after flashing this theme it would break some stuff.
I have gmail themed but cannot for the life of me get it to install.
You should also be pretty safe installing that skin, I looked inside and a lot of the stuff was the same. If I can figure out how to get a skin to decompile/compile correctly I will see about adding one.
So you don't think the notification bar will get overwritten?
Okay, update. It worked! Theme got applied without making anything wonky. Though I would have liked to keep the background present on the Sense clock. Idk why, but I can never replace the Sense clock with the Beautiful Widgets clock, even though BW has more customizations. Something about the Sense clock just draws me in.
Okay, for kicks I installed BW and applied the Matted Blues skin...doesn't look anything like your screenshot. *Scratches head*
Im using the 4x2 Super Home with Matted Blues-Dark skin and simplesolid weather skin.
Ah, silly me. I had the regular one, not the dark variant. Thanks a lot, all up and running now. Looks perfect
OP udated......
Thanks looks great.
This theme is very clean! I love the smooth transitions, hate that fancy crap everyone always uses and the look is excellent. Keep up the good work. My only suggestion would be making the Market semi transparent with the black look. ;-)
Who says your phone needs to be boring to be fast??
look at the screenies below and ill guide you to get your desired look
without sacrificing speed.
first you should pick the best vanilla gb rom you can find.
id recommend roms by elelinux and the OMFGB rom you can find it in the android dev forums for the Hero g2.
Im using OMFGB after using elelinux also, but i like some of the cool options and mods omfgb has although elelinux rom is a bit more speedy.
now ill tell you the apps i got on my phone tht cause the look
1. Agile lock ---- For the Salsa sense lock screen.....really responsive, even better than stock sense rom for hero.
2. LP Slate Sense is the sense clock without the animation for less memory consumption there are apps tht include the animation but i dont recommend them.
3. ADW Launcher EX and gingerbread theme for system icons and adw elegant theme for the dock icons. to change dock i cons drag and drop the app and just tap and hold and tap on edit and then on the icon then on adw elgant and choose icon u wish to use
4. for speed turn off animations, use rom toolbox to zipaling apps and setcpu to change ur cpu frequencies to max the closest to 710 the app ur using allows not in the 700 better something like 680 and min to 310-360 and scaling to smartass
5. now get the theme chooser theme finder app from market and look for theme naked simplicity
6. now if you have any issues just post it here and ill help you
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Are you trying to tell us that vanilla is boring? You can do literally anything with vanilla, you can be boring (most people like to call it 'minimalist') if you want, and you can be super complicated.
I prefer to go with the minimalist theme, and for me, sense is ugly, the only advantage is widgets, and I get them with LP+ anyway. This is my last screenshot.
Boring enough?
Whatever... Thanks for the guide, but that sort of stuff is pretty well known.
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Man, please tell me how you got that theme working! I've been looking for something this minimalistic for ages, with slidescreen dead and such.
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Malitai said:
Man, please tell me how you got that theme working! I've been looking for something this minimalistic for ages, with slidescreen dead and such.
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+1, that looks sweet here is mine:
Andyt95 - could you write a few words about the setup? Looks like a killer to me. I recognize uber music widget, and I guess.. minimalistic text with variables for sms and missed calls.. the lockscreen is widget locker, right?
citizen_x said:
Andyt95 - could you write a few words about the setup? Looks like a killer to me. I recognize uber music widget, and I guess.. minimalistic text with variables for sms and missed calls.. the lockscreen is widget locker, right?
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You're in luck that I write step-by-step instructions for most of my themes...
On the lockscreen is:
- widgetlocker
- missedit
- ubermusic 4x2 with Metro skin
- Cowon D3 slider
Homescreen
- Skinned mClock
- Missedit
- Ubermusic 4x1 with Metro skin
- some old dock which I found somewhere and I've had sitting on my phone for years.
Ok, follow these links for a bit, and you'll find out what's going on
lockscreen overlay and missedit.
wltheme // I've completely lost the D3 slider, so go fetch.
UberMusic and the Metro skin are on the market.
Wallpaper
mClock skin The xml is called 'miui178' owtte
The CM7 theme is an edited version of Z25's MIUI theme.
Andyt95 said:
Are you trying to tell us that vanilla is boring? You can do literally anything with vanilla, you can be boring (most people like to call it 'minimalist') if you want, and you can be super complicated.
I prefer to go with the minimalist theme, and for me, sense is ugly, the only advantage is widgets, and I get them with LP+ anyway. This is my last screenshot.
Boring enough?
Whatever... Thanks for the guide, but that sort of stuff is pretty well known.
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Thing is most ppl with a hero are always waiting for a sense ui release for the lates firmware just for the look, because they think vanilla is boring. truth is vanilla is very custumizable and speedy..tht is what i was trying to show.....i would thank all you guys who post ur themes and looks for the hero here...to show tht vanilla is the bomb for looks and speed.
thanks ;D
Truth is, on older phones newer sense versions feel like bloatware. I've been waiting for months for froyo sense (with camera, how can one live without it?), ditched waiting, went vanilla.
Never felt regret about that, even for a moment. There are better things in life than sense
Anyways, I wanted to keep it under wraps for a while longer, but whatever, why not mention, since we're talking here vanilla-power, how about this:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/xdasshot2.jpg/
(can't post image directly, cause.. well, for a while I have an xda-noob status. ekhm..)
It's my own homebrew theme, so I could use some constructive criticism. Cause after what I've seen in post#2, it makes me wanna change the decor completely..
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+1, that looks sweet here is mine:
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arrgg!!! seems IOS
jseb14 said:
Who says your phone needs to be boring to be fast??
look at the screenies below and ill guide you to get your desired look
without sacrificing speed.
first you should pick the best vanilla gb rom you can find.
id recommend roms by elelinux and the OMFGB rom you can find it in the android dev forums for the Hero g2.
Im using OMFGB after using elelinux also, but i like some of the cool options and mods omfgb has although elelinux rom is a bit more speedy.
now ill tell you the apps i got on my phone tht cause the look
1. Agile lock ---- For the Salsa sense lock screen.....really responsive, even better than stock sense rom for hero.
2. LP Slate Sense is the sense clock without the animation for less memory consumption there are apps tht include the animation but i dont recommend them.
3. ADW Launcher EX and gingerbread theme for system icons and adw elegant theme for the dock icons. to change dock i cons drag and drop the app and just tap and hold and tap on edit and then on the icon then on adw elgant and choose icon u wish to use
4. for speed turn off animations, use rom toolbox to zipaling apps and setcpu to change ur cpu frequencies to max the closest to 710 the app ur using allows not in the 700 better something like 680 and min to 310-360 and scaling to smartass
5. now get the theme chooser theme finder app from market and look for theme naked simplicity
6. now if you have any issues just post it here and ill help you
dont forget to thank if you found this post helpful
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thx pal, this is voluntary and a no remunerated hobby, the intention is what counts, sometimes people do not value it ...
Andyt95 said:
You're in luck that I write step-by-step instructions for most of my themes...
On the lockscreen is:
- widgetlocker
- missedit
- ubermusic 4x2 with Metro skin
- Cowon D3 slider
Homescreen
- Skinned mClock
- Missedit
- Ubermusic 4x1 with Metro skin
- some old dock which I found somewhere and I've had sitting on my phone for years.
Ok, follow these links for a bit, and you'll find out what's going on
lockscreen overlay and missedit.
wltheme // I've completely lost the D3 slider, so go fetch.
UberMusic and the Metro skin are on the market.
Wallpaper
mClock skin The xml is called 'miui178' owtte
The CM7 theme is an edited version of Z25's MIUI theme.
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Hey
i love the clock on your homescreen! I downloaded the xml... but the background of the clock is not there. Is that just photoshopped onto your wallpaper? or am i doing something wrong?
sl slate clock is a pay version there is a skin for fancy widgets for free in the market,,
Calico5 said:
Hey
i love the clock on your homescreen! I downloaded the xml... but the background of the clock is not there. Is that just photoshopped onto your wallpaper? or am i doing something wrong?
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there is no clock background, it's the overlay for the wallpaper. Read the attatchments properly, there is an overlay thing in there... I get the feeling that the only overlay there is the iPhone-y one straight from Chris, but I cba checking... I edited a few of the images Chris made, you can do it yourself, but if you really really want it and don't want to do anything yourself, I suppose I could do some digging...