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APP drawer orginizer?

My girl and i both have G1s. Her phone uses DXtop and is not rooted. Her DXtop has the ability to orginize APPs in her APP drawer. I have been looking everywhere and cant find anything that alows my rooted G1 to do the same. Is there anything out there that can manage APPs in the drawer on a rooted G1 running cyan 4.0.4?

mijalex said:
My girl and i both have G1s. Her phone uses DXtop and is not rooted. Her DXtop has the ability to orginize APPs in her APP drawer. I have been looking everywhere and cant find anything that alows my rooted G1 to do the same. Is there anything out there that can manage APPs in the drawer on a rooted G1 running cyan 4.0.4?
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modified launcher

Is Modified Launcher different (in functionality) than Advanced Launcher?

qwerty3656 said:
Is Modified Launcher different (in functionality) than Advanced Launcher?
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Actually I was thinking of advanced launcher but here are both of em. It's been a long day.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538871
modified launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540880
advanced launcher

Advanced launcher is a home replacement. I'm interested in a theme or application that is not running over my original home but allows the APP drawer to be customized. Besides, it also states that it is not usable with Cyan 4.0.4. Any other ideas?

mijalex said:
Advanced launcher is a home replacement. I'm interested in a theme or application that is not running over my original home but allows the APP drawer to be customized. Besides, it also states that it is not usable with Cyan 4.0.4. Any other ideas?
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its not a home replacement like dxtop....it actually replaces the one you have
did you even read the op properly?
I'm confused by myself. So here's the description: u17 ist still the old version for cupcake releases. There is a standalone and a replacement. Both are for cupcake based builds.
Then there ist v2.0.1. It's the new version. It's for donut based builds. And it's currently only the replacement version, standalone will come.
So don't use v2.0.1 on cupcake based builds (like cyanogen's 4.0.4 stable) and don't use u17 or u17_replacement on donut based builds (like the cyanogen experimental branch).
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i.e........ u17 is compatible with 4.0.4 but not donut
read the op and use the replacement version instructions to fix up your build
Launcher_update_17.zip
*can hardly contain anger*

I see now. Was misunderstanding the wording. I'm somewhat noob, but trying to learn what I can. Thank you for your help

mijalex said:
I see now. Was misunderstanding the wording. I'm somewhat noob, but trying to learn what I can. Thank you for your help
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lol dont worry. the stuff here is kinda hard to go through unless youve been here for a while. Can you add [SOLVED] to the title

B-man007 said:
its not a home replacement like dxtop....it actually replaces the one you have
did you even read the op properly?
i.e........ u17 is compatible with 4.0.4 but not donut
read the op and use the replacement version instructions to fix up your build
Launcher_update_17.zip
*can hardly contain anger*
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Thanks for breakin it down. The way I was feelin yesterday I woulda struggled to do it.

supremeteam256 said:
Thanks for breakin it down. The way I was feelin yesterday I woulda struggled to do it.
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hehe i know the feeling. When that happens I just go two weeks without posting

B-man007 said:
hehe i know the feeling. When that happens I just go two weeks without posting
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I would love to do that, but then what would I do to kill time at work?

supremeteam256 said:
I would love to do that, but then what would I do to kill time at work?
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hehe this summer, my productivity numbers fell by 133% at work thanks to xda
now ive found a way to look productive and artificially boost my numbers: interns
now they are up an extra 70% from where i was before xda XD
i had the same dilemma. i dont know how id kill time at work w/o xda

B-man007 said:
hehe this summer, my productivity numbers fell by 133% at work thanks to xda
now ive found a way to look productive and artificially boost my numbers: interns
now they are up an extra 70% from where i was before xda XD
i had the same dilemma. i dont know how id kill time at work w/o xda
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I would love to see my productivity numbers before and after. Between XDA, Hulu, CNN, and some other randum stuff I might look up I don't know how I get anything done. Good thing I do programming so I can just say "Hey this stuff got me stumped." Also I know how to really drag out a project. Good thing I work with a bunch of goof off's too.

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I would love to see my productivity numbers before and after. Between XDA, Hulu, CNN, and some other randum stuff I might look up I don't know how I get anything done. Good thing I do programming so I can just say "Hey this stuff got me stumped." Also I know how to really drag out a project. Good thing I work with a bunch of goof off's too.
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i know what you mean xD
yesterday i spent 3 hours debugging another teams program. they had 6000 SLIC and it crashed on run time. I figured what the hell, im up for a challenge. well the whole program crashed because of one letter
fliers instead of flier
both flier and fliers were valid so it compiled fine but crashed when it was run. the exception being thrown was nowhere near (in a completely unrelated class) where the error was and the debugger on eclipse missed it completely.
turns out, the guys made bets on how long it would take me to find it. (i beat all their wagers. i told them to give me the pot or id report their asses. see, im super productive XP )
because of that diversion, i didnt get my team to finish their project so i made them stay after xD

B-man007 said:
i know what you mean xD
yesterday i spent 3 hours debugging another teams program. they had 6000 SLIC and it crashed on run time. I figured what the hell, im up for a challenge. well the whole program crashed because of one letter
fliers instead of flier
both flier and fliers were valid so it compiled fine but crashed when it was run. the exception being thrown was nowhere near (in a completely unrelated class) where the error was and the debugger on eclipse missed it completely.
turns out, the guys made bets on how long it would take me to find it. (i beat all their wagers. i told them to give me the pot or id report their asses. see, im super productive XP )
because of that diversion, i didnt get my team to finish their project so i made them stay after xD
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LOL. Yea one lil letter, number, space, or character and that throws everything off. I've had to go thru line by line studyin everything to see whats been wrong and after awhile everything just blurs together. Luckly I'm workin on a couple different projects that use arbortext which makes everything alot easier. But there's those times arbortext messes up and its back to lookin at the code in text pad or word pad and wow you already know how that is.

Best Hero Rom?

Hey guys, just wondering what the best 2.1 hero rom is for my G1. I am looking forward to using the flash player.
P.S. a HTC-Sense rom is okay too.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543081 5th line of text.
Why are you looking forward to the flash player? You will be disappointed if you expect it to be a life changing event.

Vegamans Legend Port ROM. AMAZING! Looks great, fast, 2.1 All that's missing is LWP and that's something I'm sure we can all live with?

evilkorn said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543081 5th line of text.
Why are you looking forward to the flash player? You will be disappointed if you expect it to be a life changing event.
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To tell you the truth, I don't feel like reading every change log on all the roms to see what features there are. I just wanted to see what rom someone might recommend. Wasn't really trying to find the best rom. And on Flash Player, yeah I know its not the best, I just wanted to show off to my friends

also, could I ask if I will find more success with a Desire rom than a Hero rom?

No. The Desire is 2 times larger then the G1 it's impossible.

toby4059 said:
To tell you the truth, I don't feel like reading every change log on all the roms to see what features there are. I just wanted to see what rom someone might recommend. Wasn't really trying to find the best rom. And on Flash Player, yeah I know its not the best, I just wanted to show off to my friends
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You don't have to read the change log from every rom, only the few that say hero/desire/eris (of which there are less than a handful).
If they are impressed by 15fps web games...
I don't mean to drag your topic down, but this keeps getting asked over and over again, when all you need to do is look and try a few roms on your own.

evilkorn said:
You don't have to read the change log from every rom, only the few that say hero/desire/eris (of which there are less than a handful).
If they are impressed by 15fps web games...
I don't mean to drag your topic down, but this keeps getting asked over and over again, when all you need to do is look and try a few roms on your own.
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No offense at all, thanks for the response.

evilkorn said:
I don't mean to drag your topic down, but this keeps getting asked over and over again, when all you need to do is look and try a few roms on your own.
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I wish people would take this to heart.

Minimal Matte question

Has anyone tried this on the captivate? I'd like to install via Metamorph, but I'd like success stories first. Thanks

dressanderc said:
Has anyone tried this on the captivate? I'd like to install via Metamorph, but I'd like success stories first. Thanks
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You can be the first one to try it and report back.

wOoT_WoOt said:
You can be the first one to try it and report back.
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Ha ha .....no. But thanks for the offer

dressanderc said:
Ha ha .....no. But thanks for the offer
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You are the one who is interested in this. Make a Backup, install your theme, if it works great, if not, just restore to your back-up. There is no fear of bricking your device. Dont be expecting people to just install things to see if they work for you. This is a community everyone should contribute!

Thats awsome logic, however i have no knowledge of how to even make a backup, much less get a successful one. Ill be the first to admit, too, that im not very android savvy yet when it comes to the mod scene, and if something messes up, the forums would explode with me asking questions on how to fix my phone. Im also not going to loose my job because I have to explain to my boss that I bricked my phone because I wanted to make it look different. Im not a developer, im a user, and i cant afford to blindly walk in to something without knowing side effects.

dressanderc said:
Thats awsome logic, however i have no knowledge of how to even make a backup, much less get a successful one. Ill be the first to admit, too, that im not very android savvy yet when it comes to the mod scene, and if something messes up, the forums would explode with me asking questions on how to fix my phone. Im also not going to loose my job because I have to explain to my boss that I bricked my phone because I wanted to make it look different. Im not a developer, im a user, and i cant afford to blindly walk in to something without knowing side effects.
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You dont need to be a developer to do this. I recommend you check out the PMC (Pimp My Captivate) guide posted in the general sections for the captivate. Also, if your new to the mod world and xda in general, I will be the first to say welcome. We have a great community of moders, users, and developers here who are extremely helpful. Most questions probably have been asked, and answered already. Use the Forums search feature to see if it has been, or if you want to learn how to do something search it, there are a TON of guides on the forums about moding and developing!
For making a backup you can do this, by going to the Android Development Section, and Reading the ClockworkMod Custom Recovery
its simple and easy for making sure you never brick your phone!

got me curios ill do it. reply when i get home.....

ok it installs fine over TwLauncher but not launcherPro. now you just have to find some themes that are made for 2.1 eclair rom. most of what i found was for CyanogenMod. don't know anything about this mod but i hope this helps some one. i now think this is of intrust to me too. so if we could get a captivate tut for this thing (past instillation) like actual installing of themes that would be great thanks.

Yea metamorph works fine some times it bugged out with ADW when I first start up the phone but other than that metamorph works great. I'm using the evo blackbar mod.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Apple Pi said:
Yea metamorph works fine some times it bugged out with ADW when I first start up the phone but other than that metamorph works great. I'm using the evo blackbar mod.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Same I am using the Evo blackbar mod and LOVE IT!! I would LOVE to do more with the phone, especially something like having the HTC sense ui on my Captivate.

smeltn said:
Same I am using the Evo blackbar mod and LOVE IT!! I would LOVE to do more with the phone, especially something like having the HTC sense ui on my Captivate.
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you can get Launcher Pro Skinned to look exactly like Sense UI actually

Something like this?
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tommyb227 said:
ok it installs fine over TwLauncher but not launcherPro. now you just have to find some themes that are made for 2.1 eclair rom. most of what i found was for CyanogenMod. don't know anything about this mod but i hope this helps some one. i now think this is of intrust to me too. so if we could get a captivate tut for this thing (past instillation) like actual installing of themes that would be great thanks.
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I second that. I installed it over Touchwiz and LauncerPro and I didn't see one change that it made. The only metamorph change that has actually ever worked for me is the Evo black bar mod.

I did it

Thank You All
I took the plunge this morning and decided to jump in with both feet,and am now running the custom rom Cyanogen 6.0 RC-1 recommended here. This is a blast,and nowhere as difficult as what I thought it would be (believe me though..I was sweating bullets when I hit enter )
Without all the good information here I don't think I would have ever been able to do this myself.
I don't know what to do next,but it seems like everything,including my [email protected]& red haze on my camera is gone too...I am real happy camper now
OK guys..what to do next now. What should I download and install on here since it's a clean slate.
Mac

Mac11700 said:
I don't know what to do next,but it seems like everything,including my [email protected]& red haze on my camera is gone too...I am real happy camper now
OK guys..what to do next now. What should I download and install on here since it's a clean slate.
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Glad we could help -- that's why we're here
Well, don't feel like you NEED to do anything next. But I'll offer a couple general suggestions.
1) Browse around the Themes and Apps section. There are lots of cool themes, apps, mods, etc. that you could add that provide even further customization and additional functionality. Also consider browsing around the Development forum to see if you might like to try any of the other ROMs out for a bit.
2) Think of what else do YOU want your phone to be able to do? Think of some things you'd like to see out of your phone. Then start searching around here, or in the Market, and see if such an app/mod already exists or if someone here is working on it.
Basically, you don't NEED to do anything next, but just know that you can do plenty of exploring here for all kinds of stuff, and you now have the ability to customize further.

chromiumleaf said:
Glad we could help -- that's why we're here
Well, don't feel like you NEED to do anything next. But I'll offer a couple general suggestions.
1) Browse around the Themes and Apps section. There are lots of cool themes, apps, mods, etc. that you could add that provide even further customization and additional functionality. Also consider browsing around the Development forum to see if you might like to try any of the other ROMs out for a bit.
2) Think of what else do YOU want your phone to be able to do? Think of some things you'd like to see out of your phone. Then start searching around here, or in the Market, and see if such an app/mod already exists or if someone here is working on it.
Basically, you don't NEED to do anything next, but just know that you can do plenty of exploring here for all kinds of stuff, and you now have the ability to customize further.
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Thanks..appreciate the advise.
I did manage to download the gapps and flashed that (starting to feel pretty good ) and will check out what you suggested as well. I can't get over how much faster this phone is now and love the os typewriter over the stock one. I only made 20 mistakes with it first time typing on it instead of 200 I usually do with the stock one
I can't wait to show this puppy off tonight at work to the Evo boys...I'm going to have a nice laugh back at them when they see it now,since a bunch of them were putting my "putzy" little Hero down last night. That really was one hell of a motivating factor for me to do this BTW I would love to get that matrix type start up screen on this today...if I can keep me eyes open long enough..(graveyard shift) especially if it will work right,that aught to blow their little minds ehh..
Mac

Mac11700 said:
Thanks..appreciate the advise.
I did manage to download the gapps and flashed that (starting to feel pretty good ) and will check out what you suggested as well. I can't get over how much faster this phone is now and love the os typewriter over the stock one. I only made 20 mistakes with it first time typing on it instead of 200 I usually do with the stock one
I can't wait to show this puppy off tonight at work to the Evo boys...I'm going to have a nice laugh back at them when they see it now,since a bunch of them were putting my "putzy" little Hero down last night. That really was one hell of a motivating factor for me to do this BTW I would love to get that matrix type start up screen on this today...if I can keep me eyes open long enough..(graveyard shift) especially if it will work right,that aught to blow their little minds ehh..
Mac
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Couple easy things would be to download a new ADW Launcher theme (just type that into the market search box) and then you can look at other themes. BlackMod and Dark envy are my favorites.

smolck said:
Couple easy things would be to download a new ADW Launcher theme (just type that into the market search box) and then you can look at other themes. BlackMod and Dark envy are my favorites.
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Thanks...I'll check them out
Mac

Welcome to the Dark Side.....bwahahah.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

pinoy724 said:
Welcome to the Dark Side.....bwahahah.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Looks like I'll be doing 3 more hero's for my wife and 2 son's.They all want theirs done now OMG what have I done.....
Mac

which are you using?

tailsthecat3 said:
which are you using?
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Cyanogen 6.0 RC-1
Mac

How long did it take? Have you tried it with Bluetooth?

sbbamafan said:
How long did it take? Have you tried it with Bluetooth?
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Well..since it was my very first time doing any of this,about 1-1/2 -2 hours actually doing it...but about a week of reading and trying to understand it
I still don't have it down pat and am not 100% comfortable doing any of it,but if your wanting to try it sooner or later your going to have to jump in and get your feet wet too..
Yes..the Blue tooth works with my older Platronic's headset very well. That's as much as I have done with it. I don't have any of the external speakers or use it through any radio in the car..sorry.
Mac

There's nothing to really do next because everything is all user preference. I would suggest you download Titanium Backup from the market and backup all your apps+data so you don't lose anything if something goes wrong. Also, do nandroid backups prior to make modifications to your phone. What I did when I first started was just read, read, and read. There's so much to do and the members of XDA are very supportive. Welcome to our world. LOL

Step by step?
So for a newbie, can you post the step-by-step things you did to root and update your phone?
Like people say do nandroid, and I have not a clue where to get that.
Thanks,
Jim

jarome1 said:
So for a newbie, can you post the step-by-step things you did to root and update your phone?
Like people say do nandroid, and I have not a clue where to get that.
Thanks,
Jim
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The search feature and Google are really a good tools to use here and on the web.You will be pleasantly surprised at all of the information you can come up with.
Now..a step by step guide to rooting my phone..No..like I said..I am still not 100% comfortable doing this yet,and I just don't feel I am qualified enough to explain the process to you..sorry
I will give you some good advise though..RESEARCH RESEARCH..and then RESEARCH what you are wanting to do to your phone..before you do anything at all. I spent a whole bunch of hours reading everything from here and elsewhere just trying to get a good idea of what to do before doing anything..and you should too.
1) Figure out what exactly you want from your phone and decide then before you do anything.
2) Take a look at all of the different Rom's that are available and what each offer you, and while your looking at them and reading about them you should be looking at all of the issues each have and decide if you can live with them before you do anything.
3) Use the search feature here and Google. You'll have hundreds of hours of reading at your finger tips to digest. Sure..you'll have more questions then answers right off the bat,but keeping researching and you will most likely find enough stuff to help you understand the process enough to jump in eventually.
It really isn't difficult to root you phone anymore nor is it difficult to do a nandroid back up but you need to put forth some effort to have a basic understanding of what you are wanting to do and what all the terminology means.. Sorry if this sounds condescending to you, I'm not trying to be in any way, but this is just some friendly advise from one newbie to another.
4) Once you got a good idea of what you would like to try,and a basic idea of what the terminology means, then get comfortable hooking your phone up to the computer and see what happens on it.Look up here or elsewhere what it means to do a nandroid back up..and also backing up a sd card to your computer..Look at what it means to wipe the data and making a partition on your sd card. Once your familiar with all of this...then go look at the universal 1 click method to root your phone and then also look at the guide to rooting your phone via the a terminal that is posted on this forum and what has been said about both of them. See what your comfortable with. Now once you done all of this.. go look the instructions each of the chef's give with their Roms, and see if it starts making sense to you or not. You will need to follow these instructions word for word to make it work right the first time you try this....same for using the long way to root via a terminal too..
If you do your homework and still can't figure out what it all means..then in all reality you really shouldn't try it..at least not till you at least understand it..This is how I did it..and my suggestion to you is to do the same. I know the terminology is strange and it may seem overwhelming at first..but if you spend enough time researching it,it will help you in the long run.
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Well said, Mac.

Mac11700 said:
Cyanogen 6.0 RC-1
Mac
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You are now on the slippery slope of obsessive tweaking!
I was just like you...sweating over taking the plunge. But once I put my toes in the water, it was all in all the way!
I started with CM6 RC1...after a couple weeks, I flashed CM nightly 9/7 and saw improvement. Just yesterday I flashed Darc's #14 kernel. AWESOME... more speed....more zippiness. I LOVE my Hero
Don't load up a bunch of crap. You don't need task killers and such. I did pop #2 for SetCPU and run my Hero very nicely at 729mhz. Can you say "zing"?
Enjoy your phone, and say "Take that, Sprint!"

jarome1 said:
So for a newbie, can you post the step-by-step things you did to root and update your phone?
Like people say do nandroid, and I have not a clue where to get that.
Thanks,
Jim
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This is what I used to get started...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572

[Q] ROM working check

I have found this iOS ROM for Galaxy Mini. Can anybody report if it is working perfectly or not?
Here is the Youtube video review of the ROM.

howlog said:
I have found this iOS ROM for Galaxy Mini. Can anybody report if it is working perfectly or not?
Here is the Youtube video review of the ROM.
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One thing you MUST understand is that no ROM is perfect - the best ones have bugs too, so dont expect too much. However this ROM is quite good as an IOS ROM, though after a while you get bored with it. But whatever the case, it is quite a good ROM , few bugs only
So I would suggest it is a good ROM to use.
PS This is for your blog, isnt it? It is a handy guide
Press thanks if i helped you.

Thanks
DeathMetal King said:
One thing you MUST understand is that no ROM is perfect - the best ones have bugs too, so dont expect too much. However this ROM is quite good as an IOS ROM, though after a while you get bored with it. But whatever the case, it is quite a good ROM , few bugs only
So I would suggest it is a good ROM to use.
PS This is for your blog, isnt it? It is a handy guide
Press thanks if i helped you.
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Yes it is. Actually I am big iOS/Apple fan and tried every launcher on play store but not satisfied. So if this works cool I am going to write about it on my blog. There are plenty of iOS loverz lyk me.
Thanks.
PS I dnt earn from my blog yet. I am a free lance writer. Searching for people to hire me.

howlog said:
Yes it is. Actually I am big iOS/Apple fan and tried every launcher on play store but not satisfied. So if this works cool I am going to write about it on my blog. There are plenty of iOS loverz lyk me.
Thanks.
PS I dnt earn from my blog yet. I am a free lance writer. Searching for people to hire me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151816
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688221
Here are the xda links for Idroid v1.2.2 and v3 - You can try out both and see which is better.
And also reading the comments is very useful in finding out the pros and cons of a ROM
Enjoy

You should test what you find not put others to do it!:laugh:

Thanks
DeathMetal King said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151816
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688221
Here are the xda links for Idroid v1.2.2 and v3 - You can try out both and see which is better.
And also reading the comments is very useful in finding out the pros and cons of a ROM
Enjoy
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I tried but it's not working. The lock screen is getting out of the screen horizontally hence not able to unlock the phone. Thanks for your reply.

Yes you are right
MihaiA7X said:
You should test what you find not put others to do it!:laugh:
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Yes but I only have one phone and I thought if somebody have a spare phone, he/she can try on it. BTW I tried but it's not working. The lock screen is getting out of the screen horizontally hence not able to unlock the phone. Thanks for your reply.