With the advent of Sense 5.X some of the useful widgets that were present in previous versions of Sense have been taken away. Such widgets are gallery (photo album) widgets, email (not Gmail) widget, animated weather widget, etc.
So i started this topic to discuss and talk about the best replacements for the missing widgets
To get the ball rolling, what would be the ultimate photo album/gallery widget that would show photos in a grid format?
No opinions?:angel:
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Hi, I love the sense widgets, and the Launcher Pro bottom bar and app menu. Is there any way to get the best of both?
Like this: (but not with the background clash)
Thanks, Andy
You may want to check out SenseHERO 2.1 B5 as it has something very similar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698281
I have used this rom and like it very much.
Jim
unfortunately, sense widgets and launcherPro cannot co-exist...I think the best solution is to keep launcher pro and use some widget sense-like..
for example:
htc clock-> fancy widget
emails and sms-->pure messenger widget
calendar-->Pure Grid calender Widget
i don't remember other htc widgets...if u need more help just ask to me
The small clock widget and the small wheater?
LauncherPro Plus
Buy LauncherPro Plus ($2.99 via Paypal). It contains Sense-style widgets for people, bookmarks, calendar and messaging.
For clock % weather I advise Beautiful Widgets (EUR 1.49) or Fancy Widget (for free).
netjunkie51 said:
Buy LauncherPro Plus ($2.99 via Paypal). It contains Sense-style widgets for people, bookmarks, calendar and messaging.
For clock % weather I advise Beautiful Widgets (EUR 1.49) or Fancy Widget (for free).
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Where can you get fancywidget? It doesn't appear to be on the market anymore?
EDIT: Nevermind, donned an eyepatch, hopped on a ship and floated to a website that had it.
How to surivive on an Android device without Sense
First step: Download Launcher Pro from the Market and donate $2.99 to unlock the Plus features. When unlocked you can add People, Bookmarks, Messaging, Calender and a Twitter widget very similar to the Sense widgets.
The second step is downloading BeautifulWidgets. You can get it at Market or AppBrain. It's a skinable clock/weather widget, similar to the sense clock with over 180+ skins. You're bound to find something that tickles your fancy if you like the Sense look.
The third step is downloading some widgets that look really sweet on your homescreen. Some of my personal favorites are:
- Digital Clock Widget
- Tajm
- BattStatt
- Pure Messenger
- Pure Calender
- Pure Music
- Weatherbug Elite
- 3G Watchdog
- Desktop Visualizer (for making icons/shortcuts)
- SD Card Storage Widget
- Inernal Phone Storage
- System Info Widget
When I made the jump from Sense to a ROM without, I missed it a lot. But only because I didn't know about all the apps/widgets that are actually out there. Good luck.
I love launcher pro (i just bought the paid version), but i miss the sense clock and music widgets.
I know about beautiful widgets, but how comparable is it to the sense weather/clock widget?
Also, what's a replacement music widget that allows FF/play/RW/ and shows album art?
Any help appreciated!
I missed the sense clock too but beautiful widgets has a lot of clock and weather skins. I got one that matched more with my theme.
I use doubletwist for my music player. They only have a small widget but they are going to release a bigger widget. MusicGo has a similar music widget as htc but that is foreign.
I use Weather & Toggle Widget for my Sense clock replacement. I used to use Pure Music Widget for the music widget. I don't know if Beautiful Widgets has animated weather like the Sense clock/weather widget but Weather & Toggle Widget does. If you flash a CM ROM they have a few music widgets to choose from with album art and play controls too. That's what I use now.
ConviK said:
I missed the sense clock too but beautiful widgets has a lot of clock and weather skins. I got one that matched more with my theme.
I use doubletwist for my music player. They only have a small widget but they are going to release a bigger widget. MusicGo has a similar music widget as htc but that is foreign.
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i was using launcherpro plus for awhile too, i think i was using fancy widget. but i before i bought launcherpro plus i was checking out there forums over there and found this from the creater of launcherpro:
http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2392
just thought id share
Just follow BSDADON. It is possible. Lookie here.
http://development.piratemedia.tv/
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Music Mod V1.8 is out now on the Android Market
Features:
Twitter #Nowplaying integration
Gesture Support
Notification Pull down Text Color selection.
Fullscreen Nowplaying Screen
5 Widgets of different size.
Market Link:
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Usage info:
Getting to Playlist:
Simply click the Album art in the now playing screen, (Portrait only, a bug fix will be out shortly to fix this in landscape view)
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i have d. loaded scrollable stocks widget for my launcher pro in Desire HD. But it's not responding as per my sense stocks widget.
Is the any widget similar to htc sense stocks widget?
You might try the App "Stock Quote", which is quite different from HTC Stocks (more powerful and advanced).
It allows you to put a 1x1 Widget block on the screen which displays a single currency or stock item. Clicking the widget will take you to the app where you can view your portfolio etc.
I prefer it to HTC Stocks.
Why is it that some widgets (like accuweather clock, calendar clock, program monitor, Y! finance clock) are only available when you're using the stock Samsung homescreen? I love the accuweather and calendar clock, and i want them to be available in my Launcher Pro homescreen? Is there a way to do this?
you have to install a different app to get similar widgets.
You can extract the apps from your stock rom, then install them in your new rom. How to do that is your homework.
Impressed with the layout, I just came from a NOTE 2 and previous from that was a ONE S. Phone design and materials are solid, but the clock, calendar and social media front screen all look plain, is there a ROM that will make it look like the widgets from the ONE S?
I'm coming from Windows Phone while waiting for their next gen devices. The One is a great and solid phone.
Sense 5 surprised me for its simplicity and well thought features and design. I guess there are people like you that don't like that aspect but you can easily change it using other ROM or widgets. For the widgets, there are many UCCW skins for clock, weather and other things. For calendar I use Clear Calendar Widget and for weather EZ Weather (free with no ads, great interface and good looking widgets). I use Nova Launcher Prime so I can't use stock Sense 5 widgets.
You can change your home screen to skip going to BlinkFeed when pressing the home button. If I remember correctly you can change it in the screen where you can add or delete other screens. Tap the one you one to be your home page and it will change. If you don't use BlinkFeed, remove everything from it.
I don't have the phone yet (**** you Verizon) but I'm guessing you cant use blink feed in another home replacement like Nova can you?
Also have they made any improvements to the way Sense 5 can be customized for icons and such? Can you hide icon names yet? Can you change how many icons you can have on the screen? (example: like adding rows and columns)