So I flashed the 4.2 factory image, haven't rooted yet.
I like,
The smaller icons in the dock bar
Slicker graphics / icons
The clock is cool
The notification system, left-side = notifications: right-side = quick settings.
Gmail is much improved.
Multiple user accounts is a good idea.
I dislike,
Chrome is slightly newer than the current version in the Play Store, 18.0.1025465 vs 18.0.1025464, but they made it perform worse Sunspider before 1500ms ~ now 1641 ms. It is also no smoother than before, and still is laggy on sites like The Verge.
I only got to play with mine for a few minutes during lunch but I love it minus the bounce back on the notification/quick settings pull downs. It's just odd and kind of irritating. I kept thinking it was going to close itself.
I really like the new lockscreen. The hour being bold with the minutes regular text is really nice IMO. The placement of the owner info and charging % is also nice. I think widgets are kind of meh but not complaining about anything new lol.
My battery is very bad since the update. Anyone else thinks like me?
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Yeah I'm not liking the notification bounce back either.
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Overall performance on the home screen and lock screen has been worse for me. I manually updated and wiped dalvik and normal cache before booting...
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The new lockscreen should be awesome but it's terrible. Only 4 widgets, what gives? Should be able to use any widget I want! And no more quick access to Google now?
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Cor-master said:
The new lockscreen should be awesome but it's terrible. Only 4 widgets, what gives? Should be able to use any widget I want! And no more quick access to Google now?
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That's up to the app developers to makers widgets that are compatible.
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Miracast
What the story with Miracast, guys? Is there a button for it in the notification settings like there is on the Optimus G?
Can't wait to get home and update my N7...
Cor-master said:
The new lockscreen should be awesome but it's terrible. Only 4 widgets, what gives? Should be able to use any widget I want! And no more quick access to Google now?
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There's a circle at the bottom of the screen.
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i like it a lot actually...chrome feels smoother and faster for me
Those with bad performance, I did a fresh install and its smoother than ever. I hate the smaller dock icons. Seriously, what gives?
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Those with bad performance, I did a fresh install and its smoother than ever. I hate the smaller dock icons. Seriously, what gives?
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Youflash factory image?
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leelaa said:
Youflash factory image?
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Well, I flashed 4.1.2 then the update because the 4.2 factory image wasn't available. Also, is this new;
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What's the 4th widget? I only have 3 widget
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Really loving the built in swype... Seems better than the latest swype beta!
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I have to agree that the new notification bounceback behavior is really annoying.
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Cor-master said:
The new lockscreen should be awesome but it's terrible. Only 4 widgets, what gives? Should be able to use any widget I want! And no more quick access to Google now?
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Google now quick access is there look below there's a little circle swipe it up.
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sinple said:
What's the 4th widget? I only have 3 widget
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Calendar, clock, gmail, and sound search.
I like how gmail is zoomed out all the way and then you can zoom in. Why not add this feature to the stock email app as well?
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What's the 4th widget? I only have 3 widget
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Pretty sure you're missing the Sound Search widget, it was previously only available for users in America, more people may be able to access it now but some won't be able to based on where they live.
I'm not liking the new clock, the huge bold hour makes it look lopsided, guess I have some kind of symmetrical ocd!
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So this is essentially a combo between the stock ICS launcher + auto-rotate posted by bajansurfer and the 3 screen stock ICS launcher posted by matt_stang. what i'm posting is a 3 screen launcher which auto-rotates for landscape mode. I'm running oICSv26 and it works flawlessly (the app is actually sourced from koush's build). obviously i didn't create these mods, but only really combined them.
you should know what to do with this, not compatible with Gingerbread ROMs. rename to Launcher2.apk and push to system/app and set permissions or copy to system/app and set permissions to rw-r--r-- or:
Code:
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in the root explorer permission grid.
download
updated with middle screen as default.
CM9 Trebuchet Launcher2 with 3 screens (includes preferences with enable/disable auto-rotate. version 0.1, Dock and Icons in preferences no workie)
Nice. Does having 3 screens use less Random Access Memory?
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no idea, guess in theory it would but I don't know if it does in the real world. I just only need 3 screens.
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amosher13 said:
no idea, guess in theory it would but I don't know if it does in the real world. I just only need 3 screens.
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Anyway to make the middle screen the home screen?
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Anyway to make the middle screen the home screen?
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yup, forgot that . I'll post it tonight.
edit: op updated with middle screen default version.
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My download keeps failing for this file
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Good work man, thanx for your efforts. I actually use 5 screens now with the email widgets in ics being available but you know I appreciate the work that goes into this stuff
I found one in aosp's thread with preferences option in it if you want to mod that one for three screen folks
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My download keeps failing for this file
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Download it with a browser like miren, stock browser failed for me too...
raiderep said:
Good work man, thanx for your efforts. I actually use 5 screens now with the email widgets in ics being available but you know I appreciate the work that goes into this stuff
I found one in aosp's thread with preferences option in it if you want to mod that one for three screen folks
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Download it with a browser like miren, stock browser failed for me too...
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no problem, its nice to get back in the game a little. i havent done crap in months, lol. yeah i will probably take a look at that one too, i think its the one from CM9. that would be nice.
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Edit: CM9 Trebuchet launcher with 3 screens posted in op.
the second link is dead
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the second link is dead
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thanks, sorry, fixed
Seriously, I'm in love with it. I had originally planned to go to a tablet ui but it just doesn't feel right. At least on a 7in it doesn't.
- there's already enough room on home screens
- rather pull down notifications than tap from bottom
- don't like combined bar.
Anyone else feel this way or am I just wierd?
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I don't mind it. This is the first android device I don't feel the need to mess with much.
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Doesn't bother me at all. Its nice not having to look at a sense ui all the time
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I love it. I did install Force Rotation from the Play store and it works perfectly, it just allows landscape mode and it looks like it was built in.
Really needs stock landscape mode.
I kept the stock ui after switching to tablet reason being I disabled the on screen buttons and hide the notification bar on my homescreen. Makes full use of the screen real estate.
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i do like it
i just want it to go landscape as is,
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guthrien said:
I love it. I did install Force Rotation from the Play store and it works perfectly, it just allows landscape mode and it looks like it was built in.
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can you link to this 'force rotation' app
thanks!
I like stock UI on this very much.. which is why i'm holding off on installing trusty ol' Nova launcher. i just dont have the need yet. (no landscape home screen doesnt bother me too much at this point)
tried the 160 dpi switch, but didn't care for the empty space at the bottom of the screen . seemed a little wasteful.. so switched back to stock 231dpi
I like it, especially now that the team eos ROM has support for toggles in the pull down notification bar. I also like that the home, back, and recent apps buttons are centered.
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I don't really see any problems so far. Haven't had mine for more than 24 hours. But I'm looking for defects before I do anything major like rooting and installing custom Roms
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This worked for me for lanscape mode in the stock unrooted launcher: Ultimate Rotation Control (can't post outside links yet)
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I love the new stock ui. Love it lol
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smirkis said:
I love the new stock ui. Love it lol
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I'm loving the stock ui! I'm also loving the fact you can install tablet AND phone apps. I've bought SwiftKey for the phone but not the tablet and I'm using the phone version on my Nexus right now and it's working great!
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Your not alone, I love the stock JB interface.
I have custom launchers on my other devices, but am really liking the way JB looks and feels on the Nexus.
I'm with ya man. I'm loving this thing. If my prime was this smooth and stable I would be keeping it lol.
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I love the stock UI and tablet UI would look stupid in such a small tablet. Also why not try something new instead of living in past. The portrait home screen do not bother me and I try to keep using it in portrait mode as much as I can because the tablet is so manageable in one hand in portrait mode. The notification drop down and everything is good with the UI however I don't like the look of app drawer just like other android tablets. They should come up with something nice. I don't use app drawer on my device and I keep apps that I use everyday in folders on one of my home screen.
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The stock UI is great, and mostly bloat free. I don't feel the need to customize at all.
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I have no complaints with it, and see no reason to look for an alternate launcher. This is my first Android tablet though, so haven't really seen what other launchers/roms have to offer.
So far I like it. I'm running CM9 on my phone and I like the AOSP look a lot.
I've only had mine for a day but so far I can't see any reason to change from stock.
Hello guys,
Can someone hack the Atrix Clock Widget apk to run in other launchers?
Download link
I know that we have some alternatives like One More Clock and UCCW, but I like the original clock.
Thanks,
VW
victorwalter said:
Hello guys,
Can someone hack the Atrix Clock Widget apk to run in other launchers?
Download link
I know that we have some alternatives like One More Clock and UCCW, but I like the original clock.
Thanks,
VW
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As an Atrix HD user, I would love this. The widget is great but the stock launcher blows.
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Markyzz said:
As an Atrix HD user, I would love this. The widget is great but the stock launcher blows.
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Bumping this.
I would also love to see this widget working on 3rd party launchers.
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nice
+1.
I'm using "One more clock widget" with Nova launcher and it's almost the same with the Atrix HD circle widget.
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+1.
I'm using "One more clock widget" with Nova launcher and it's almost the same with the Atrix HD circle widget.
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nobody can do it?
I am using this, its very close to the original. Although I miss the nice typefaces and ring flicking from the original one...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=factory.widgets.bubbledigitalweatherclock
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I have to agree, the original widget is WAY better than the crap mock ups. The original is animated and has multifunctions.
Would like to see this!
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Would like to see this!
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I would love to see this widget work on 3rd party launchers.
is there still no way to make it work on any launcher ? :fingers-crossed:
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working on it
I am working on opening this up for the world to use, but it may take me a bit, I'll update if I make any progress
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I am working on opening this up for the world to use, but it may take me a bit, I'll update if I make any progress
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That's great news. Would love this! Thanks!
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Just what the title says. IMO its smoother then Apex and Nova. I really haven't had time to play with it but so far so good. Wish this update was available when I was stuck on HC.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher
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I use GO EX, on my SGS3 and Pad 7.7, perfect :good:
We had to wait a long long time for getting an update.....
But at least it was worth the waiting.
Had to fix screen size and some other settings after new update. It was a pain, don't really notice anything new while running on stock ICS
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adinis78 said:
Had to fix screen size and some other settings after new update. It was a pain, don't really notice anything new while running on stock ICS
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After playing with it a bit I stuck with Apex. I think this is a bigger draw to HC and GB devices.
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Was quite happy using adw ex launcher. There is a bug though. When u add a folder on the home screen, initially you could edit the folder to change the icon or rename the folder. It doesn't work anymore. Any idea people.
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Manipur said:
Was quite happy using adw ex launcher. There is a bug though. When u add a folder on the home screen, initially you could edit the folder to change the icon or rename the folder. It doesn't work anymore. Any idea people.
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Double tap on icons/folders to get the edit/remove options.
Jill
No longer able to use the launcher actions along with minimalist text, I used this set up to switch between screens. Have emailed the dev and still waiting on an answer.
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adinis78 said:
No longer able to use the launcher actions along with minimalist text, I used this set up to switch between screens. Have emailed the dev and still waiting on an answer.
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Ok it seems to be working now. All I did was turn off my tab overnight and everything is back to normal
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melorib said:
I use GO EX, on my SGS3 and Pad 7.7, perfect :good:
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THIS. Been using Go Ex Launcher for several years on many different Android devices & it's been amazing, very customizable & easy to use.
After trying EVERY other launcher including paid ones, none come close to Go EX...
Is this no longer an option with sense 5?
And the title should have said full screen weather animations.
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sand1303 said:
Is this no longer an option with sense 5?
And the title should have said full screen weather animations.
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No, this has been removed from what I understand.
Tap the Weather icon, and you will be taken to a full screen animation. But, full screen animation over your home screen, that is gone.
I want it back... I want lightning and snow on my phone
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sailio said:
I want it back... I want lightning and snow on my phone
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Yes.
sailio said:
I want it back... I want lightning and snow on my phone
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Ya those r the only two I liked. Rain was ok. But the frosted edges and lightning were the ones that I liked the most. Especially the lightning. The frost only came around once a year here in Texas if it lucky.
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The only way is to install Beautiful Widgets and download the features package and on settings unlock animations.
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engelsione said:
The only way is to install Beautiful Widgets and download the features package and on settings unlock animations.
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That's true, but the sense version felt better. The BW version required you to tap the screen to get it to stop before you could use the phone, while sense would just make it disappear instantly without having to make that initial "exiting" tap
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Yeah I know... I don't like beautiful widgets any more... I am hooked with Uccw instead.
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There is a way to get the weather animations back but you have to change your wallpaper. Check in Live wallpapers and use the "Weather" one. It's pretty nice actually because it changes for day, night, rain, cloudy, etc. and the animation stops after a few seconds which I assume saves on battery drain. But you are locked into that wallpaper. Hope that helps.