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I really like some of the Samsung widgets, but to not like the Touchwiz launcher. So, I installed Launcher Pro, which I vastly prefer. Unfortunately, now the Samsung widgets are not in the add widget menu.
Is there any trick I can do to get them back?
I'd also like to know this, the Facebook Stream widget was really useful, the stock one is awful!
sionyboy said:
I'd also like to know this, the Facebook Stream widget was really useful, the stock one is awful!
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Yeah that is the widget I want most as well.
It is the best I have seen for android so far that integrates both twitter and facebook. I tried out this one on the market called "Socialite", it is *OK*, but not as good as the Samsung one.
So i have to decide, do I want a decent integrated Facebook / Twitter widget, or do I want a decent launcher?
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Does anybody have an answer to this? I myself like pretty much all the futures in TW - would mainly like to change the 4 icons on the bottom and maybe even have the ability to hide the notification bar.
Is there a way to incorporate TW samsung widgets into launcher pro for example?
Thanks
I suppose Samsung's widgets are tied to the Touchwiz Launcher and incompatible with other launchers
It's a pity because I really like the Accuweather Clock over the other available widgets. But LauncherPro is so much better than the Samsung Launcher, I can't go without a launcher that lets me hide apps from the app drawer due to the massive amount of crap it gets flooded with.
You can change the left 3 icons on the bottom (but not the Applications one).
Just go to the Applications screen and press Menu and choose Edit. Then, move the icons off and put another in place.
I'm pretty sure it's impossible. I wanted to do that but was told by different ppl it was impossible. Same goes for Launcher Pro widgets in Touchwizz (i prefere the LP ones vs the Samsung). They are tied to the launcher u use.
You could put Home Switcher on each of the home screens of TW and LP then just switch between them just like moving to a different page. Just an idea.
Thanks fro the ideas, sounds like it's a no-go for right now at least.....
One more thing, does launcher pro juice the battery as same as TW? And when I used launcher pro in the past, I really liked to use the option "hide notification bar", i think it gives it a cleaner look, but at the same time it won't notify me when i receive an email ( other than the sound), I did search this in the past with no luck, so is there a widget, icon, something that I can install that will show on the screen when I received email, when using LP?
Thanks
I use executive assistant but it is a paid app. Worth it I believe though.
New version has been installed today and after much trial and error a full re-install from scratch of the Gear and Gear manager I have got it all working.
But...... if I open Gear manager, all the non Gear apps disappear! This is in addition to the check box for non approved apps being d/l on the Gear Manager.
So the only way to prevent this is to open the Gear manager, change settings as desired and then close Gear manager.
Then reboot Gear. This brings back all the hidden apps.......
So you can't have Gear Manager and Gear both open!
WTF!
Not a bug, known issue. Samsung purposely doesnt want non-approved apps. on your Gear.
I JUST ANSWERED THIS QUESTION YESTERDAY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711807
I hope people like this go to jail once this bill passes.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/11/let-me-google-that-for-you-bill/
That may be so.
But why did this not happen with previous releases of the Gear Manager? Until yesterday my Gear was running like a dream.
And why am I seemimgly allowed to install 3rd party apps on Gear manager and on the Gear if then I am not allowed to have both operating at the same time? This is illogical.
Killerheels said:
That may be so.
But why did this not happen with previous releases of the Gear Manager? Until yesterday my Gear was running like a dream.
And why am I seemimgly allowed to install 3rd party apps on Gear manager and on the Gear if then I am not allowed to have both operating at the same time? This is illogical.
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I hate to break it to you, although the only way you will be able to access your third party apps is by using a third party launcher.
The list of apps which appear in the stock touchwiz launcher are retrieved from a file sent by gear manager. Any apps which have not been installed using gear manager will simply disappear.
I guess its Samsung ways to combat rooting & custom roms.
fOmey said:
I hate to break it to you, although the only way you will be able to access your third party apps is by using a third party launcher.
The list of apps which appear in the stock touchwiz launcher are retrieved from a file sent by gear manager. Any apps which have not been installed using gear manager will simply disappear.
I guess its Samsung ways to combat rooting & custom roms.
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Well my side loaded apps didn't disappear on previous releases! And I could have Gear Manager open at the same time too.
Not to be able to is daft.
The sideloaded apps are infact only hidden and still loaded on the Gear of course. I know they don't appear in Manager. I think they did once on my first Gear release. And Samsung does permit apps not created by itself to be installed on the Gear, there is a check box for that purpose.
fOmey said:
I hate to break it to you, although the only way you will be able to access your third party apps is by using a third party launcher.
The list of apps which appear in the stock touchwiz launcher are retrieved from a file sent by gear manager. Any apps which have not been installed using gear manager will simply disappear.
I guess its Samsung ways to combat rooting & custom roms.
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Shortcuts made from Gear Manager on 3rd party apps wont dissapear, altough they are gone from the app-list.
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Well my side loaded apps didn't disappear on previous releases! And I could have Gear Manager open at the same time too.
Not to be able to is daft.
The sideloaded apps are infact only hidden and still loaded on the Gear of course. I know they don't appear in Manager. I think they did once on my first Gear release. And Samsung does permit apps not created by itself to be installed on the Gear, there is a check box for that purpose.
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Your absolutely correct, previous releases did not have this "issue" that we like to refer to it as.. Your also correct about the apps simply not being listed in the drawer, they most definitely still exist on the OS.
Its no mistake that this is happening.
The third party option in gear manager is for apps being installed on the gear via the mobile device by other means rather then the Samsung store... this does not affect apps installed directly on the gear OS.
Keep in mind Samsung never imagined the gear to be used as a standalone device.. I regret to say the only way to get around this at this stage is to use a custom launcher.
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Shortcuts made from Gear Manager on 3rd party apps wont dissapear, altough they are gone from the app-list.
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Correct they use different configuration files.
fOmey said:
Your absolutely correct, previous releases did not have this "issue" that we like to refer to it as.. Your also correct about the apps simply not being listed in the drawer, they most definitely still exist on the OS.
Its no mistake that this is happening.
The third party option in gear manager is for apps being installed on the gear via the mobile device by other means rather then the Samsung store... this does not affect apps installed directly on the gear OS.
Keep in mind Samsung never imagined the gear to be used as a standalone device.. I regret to say the only way to get around this at this stage is to use a custom launcher.
Correct they use different configuration files.
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Thank you for your answer. So what custom launcher do you recommend?
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Thank you for your answer. So what custom launcher do you recommend?
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Sadly theres no launcher which behave's and appears like the stock Samsung launcher without some tinkering.
I personally use Nova launcher combined with Desktop VisualizeR to get a "stock like" appearance..
Alternatively tho, if you dont mind going without the large full page icons you can simply just use Novalauncher by its self.
Desktop visualizer allows you to add widgets to your homescreen, which behave like app shortcuts. You can also set how large you want these widgets to be..
Here is a quick preview of my current setup using the applications above (Screenshots are a little old, disregard the dates shown):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
As you can see it appears very much like the stock launcher, with a few enhancements ofcoarse.. keep it mind you will have to configure a few things in order to get it to look this way.
You can also configure a dock like a full size android device, I set mine to auto hide and appear if I double tap the screen:
I also use a custom widget for my clock face, although you can easily use the stock watch faces if you wish... if you wish to use the stock watch faces I recommend using Apex launcher rather than Novalauncher. The reason for this is Novalauncher will leave a margin around the widgets which causes a gap. Apex launcher has a setting which will allow you to disable this margin and have a full screen appearance similar to the stock Touchwiz launcher.
This post has become a little longer that I hoped it would be, Sorry about that ! Hopefully this does help tho, if you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
Battery Percentage
How are you displaying your phone's battery percentage on the Gear?
CoolNinga2 said:
How are you displaying your phone's battery percentage on the Gear?
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I use a application called tasker on my phone to trigger a event everytime my battery changes, that sends the current battery percentage to my gear. Tasker on my gear then stores that battery percentage into a variable and then zooper widget uses that same variable to display the percentage on my gear homescreen.
fOmey said:
Sadly theres no launcher which behave's and appears like the stock Samsung launcher without some tinkering.
I personally use Nova launcher combined with Desktop VisualizeR to get a "stock like" appearance..
Alternatively tho, if you dont mind going without the large full page icons you can simply just use Novalauncher by its self.
Desktop visualizer allows you to add widgets to your homescreen, which behave like app shortcuts. You can also set how large you want these widgets to be..
Here is a quick preview of my current setup using the applications above (Screenshots are a little old, disregard the dates shown):
As you can see it appears very much like the stock launcher, with a few enhancements ofcoarse.. keep it mind you will have to configure a few things in order to get it to look this way.
You can also configure a dock like a full size android device, I set mine to auto hide and appear if I double tap the screen:
I also use a custom widget for my clock face, although you can easily use the stock watch faces if you wish... if you wish to use the stock watch faces I recommend using Apex launcher rather than Novalauncher. The reason for this is Novalauncher will leave a margin around the widgets which causes a gap. Apex launcher has a setting which will allow you to disable this margin and have a full screen appearance similar to the stock Touchwiz launcher.
This post has become a little longer that I hoped it would be, Sorry about that ! Hopefully this does help tho, if you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
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Thanks! Brilliant information.
So dumb question - do I just side load these to the Gear? I will try Novalauncher as I have a custom face via watchstyler.
Killerheels said:
Thanks! Brilliant information.
So dumb question - do I just side load these to the Gear? I will try Novalauncher as I have a custom face via watchstyler.
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Wondershare, you will have to add your custom faces as widgets on your new launcher.. It will make sense when you push your launcher over.
I use Nova and an app called giganticon which let's you install huge app icons on the screen. I will give desktop visualizer a try tho
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fOmey said:
I use a application called tasker on my phone to trigger a event everytime my battery changes, that sends the current battery percentage to my gear. Tasker on my gear then stores that battery percentage into a variable and then zooper widget uses that same variable to display the percentage on my gear homescreen.
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This is the very thing I was after in my thread in the apps section concerning showing the battery level of the phone onto the gear. Sadly, I'm too stupid with Tasker to figure out how to even accomplish this. Is it possible you could post a tutorial on how to accomplish this?
Thanks :fingers-crossed:
Guide
Yeah, could you do a guide, as I don't know how to send variables from Tasker on my phone to the gear and it would be very handy to have on the Gear.
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Yeah, could you do a guide, as I don't know how to send variables from Tasker on my phone to the gear and it would be very handy to have on the Gear.
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You should check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707248
Brendo said:
You should check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707248
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I have set up something that brings up a notification on the Gear for battery level, but how would I get this into a zooper widget? I have it set to the notification title, but the widget just says "TasGear", instead of the number. Could anyone help?
CoolNinga2 said:
I have set up something that brings up a notification on the Gear for battery level, but how would I get this into a zooper widget? I have it set to the notification title, but the widget just says "TasGear", instead of the number. Could anyone help?
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It's not fully implemented yet
Been messing around with null ROM for a day now and I've decided I like TouchWiz better
But soon after I turn the Gear on all my custom apps disappear from the TouchWiz apps folder and so I have to launch Apex to access any of them
Is there any way to keep them there or add them to the home screen? All the apps installed by null ROM stay there; Root browser, SuperSU, etc
What if I install the apps I want on the home screen via custom recovery?
Edit: Actually found out they disappear from the TouchWiz apps drawer when you get a Bluetooth connection
WalkableBuffalo said:
Been messing around with null ROM for a day now and I've decided I like TouchWiz better
But soon after I turn the Gear on all my custom apps disappear from the TouchWiz apps folder and so I have to launch Apex to access any of them
Is there any way to keep them there or add them to the home screen? All the apps installed by null ROM stay there; Root browser, SuperSU, etc
What if I install the apps I want on the home screen via custom recovery?
Edit: Actually found out they disappear from the TouchWiz apps drawer when you get a Bluetooth connection
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I think there's a build prop edit that's in a guide somewhere on here by fOmey.. How come you prefer touch whiz? I'm using nova with chrooma live wallpaper. Looks pretty cool and the launcher gives me all the customisation I could want
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I think there's a build prop edit that's in a guide somewhere on here by fOmey.. How come you prefer touch whiz? I'm using nova with chrooma live wallpaper. Looks pretty cool and the launcher gives me all the customisation I could want
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I just like the movement and gestures on it as well as the more sleek look, while a normal launcher does work fine it looks fiddly to me. Plus I like having the watch face up front and center, I use WatchStyler. If I were to use a watch face on a launcher I'd have to get rid of the dock which makes getting more apps a bit fiddly
Edit: Did find the thread you were talking about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606999
Unfortunately it's only for rooted phones, and that's just not possible for me on my Fire Phone right now
https://plus.google.com/106975101901250307319/posts/1v9cVdXYiQ6
That's what my watch currently looks like. I use a nova launcher prime gesture to hide the dock. I'm using an old version of gmd gesture control to hide the status bar and control gestures in app.
I don't use watch style anymore because I didn't like the battery drain. The watch face is stock just long press on the launcher and add widget. When I've time I'll create a better one with zooper. Been busy working on voice control with the gear, I use it to remote control ok Google on my phone.
Can you use android apps on the fire phone? Tasker is massively important to my setup!
That looks pretty nice, if I start having battery problems I might switch over
Yeah the Fire just has Amazon's own Android OS, so it can use any apps, and thanks to a recent update you can actually use the Google Play Store
The only thing I've been having trouble with is Bluetooth tethering, it doesn't have it by default so I've been trying to use PdaNet, but it's not really a big deal
Actually just been messing around with Apex and found how to hide the drawer, so it's quite nice, but it seems WatchStyler is still incompatible with it :'(
Otherwise might switch to it
WalkableBuffalo said:
That looks pretty nice, if I start having battery problems I might switch over
Yeah the Fire just has Amazon's own Android OS, so it can use any apps, and thanks to a recent update you can actually use the Google Play Store
The only thing I've been having trouble with is Bluetooth tethering, it doesn't have it by default so I've been trying to use PdaNet, but it's not really a big deal
Actually just been messing around with Apex and found how to hide the drawer, so it's quite nice, but it seems WatchStyler is still incompatible with it :'(
Otherwise might switch to it
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Have you read any of the tasgear threads? There's one in the general section and one in the themes and apps section. It takes the watch to a whole new level! I can't stress how useful tasker is with the gear and being able to run it on both phone and watch makes the gear unique.
Well I'm not very well versed in these things, but I've come this far, got the threads saved so I'll take a look
I don't want the app suggestions at the top in the App drawer. Earlier it was possible to disable it from the settings of Google Now cards screen in earlier Moto devices, but I couldn't find any similar setting in this phone.
I don't wanna use any different launcher. If possible, do let me know where to find the settings to disable it.
Thanks.
get nova launcher
I believe those are recently used apps, not suggestions.
Now Launcher is awesome. Prime was just on sale for 99ยข.
The best feature is backup /restore of your home screens.
Hi guys,
I've done a quick search, sorry if this has been covered. I've just recently picked up a p20 pro after a couple years with Google pixel.
Really happy with it so far, the only thing is I'd like to swipe up to access the app drawer.
I know about nova launcher and converting to 'stock' android. My question is how would I keep all the features currently on EMUI with the only mod being so I can swipe up to access app drawer.
Thanks in advance
nope, not possible and if i have to be honest then i like it just as is without a app drawer to begin with. Nice and easy all icons on the main screen from the start but i do think that in the new Pie releases that i have seen the swipe up drawer but cant confirm.
I know what you mean. I can't work out if it's habit or I actually prefer an app drawer. But I do find myself wanting one for some reason.
Can I hide/alter the Google search bar on EMUI or simply just move it?
Thanks again
Cee.Mass said:
I know what you mean. I can't work out if it's habit or I actually prefer an app drawer. But I do find myself wanting one for some reason.
Can I hide/alter the Google search bar on EMUI or simply just move it?
Thanks again
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i just removed my google search bar and im using the one in the google feed. I get your point tho because when i just got my p20 pro i also was missing the swipe up to get to my apps. Back then i had multiple folders on my homescreen filled with apps and i had turned off the "add app to homescreen" after install so that i had to do everything manually but in the end it takes more work this way and even had some folders with the same app which is retarded of course
Now i also got a couple of folders and 1 is called system where i put in all app related to the system or apps that i wont use so that the homescreen stays more clean