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Best Widgets?

I just got my G tab and have installed vegan. I am liking it a lot, but I cannot find widgets that look good on the homescreen. I am using launcher pro and want to know what you guys are using to make the homescreens look awesome.
THANKS!

MixZing has a nice 4x4 music widget. Also, another user here recommended Jorte as a replacement for the stock calendar--it works very well and I'm now using that. Finally, I also loaded up Android Photo Widget (Free); it displays and cycles through my photos--the free version limits you to 10 photos; paid version more. Nice widget.
Oh, I'm also using Typoclock which can be found here on XDA, along with a companion widget called TxWthr which is very basic; I link that widget to the WeatherBug app, which is awesome.

thanks for the reply. just got the typo clock.
anyone else have suggestions?

Where did you snag the photo widget? I have been looking for one that will allow me to select a specific gallery.

Another trick to make it look much nicer is to install ADW Launcher then go into the ADW settings and set it to the Max number of columns and rows.
This can also be accomplished with LauncherPro, so it is whichever launcher that you prefer.
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b3 using Tapatalk

I like the launcher pro plus friends widget that combines Facebook and twitter. The calendar widget in lp+ is cool too.

Audio Manager Pro has a good widget for quickly switching sound profiles that you create. Widgetsoid (free) can be used to roll your own toggle bar for pretty much anything on the device.

I am still working on my pages, but here is what seems to work best for me at this time. I also have the post-it notes widget, not yet on my screens. I try to keep my screens separated by media, utility, and gaming, once I load more games for the kids, they will get their own screen.
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"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"
}

nice screenshots. I cant belive your are running the stock TNT.
I will check out button savior asap

dougmod said:
nice screenshots. I cant belive your are running the stock TNT.
I will check out button savior asap
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Yeah that Button Savior looks awesome! Stock TNT works okay with ADW launcher replacing the home screens. I'm just using that setup until Cyanogen is a little more stable for the tab.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884609&highlight=resource
A bunch of minimalists widgets.

[Q] 4.2.2: Lockscreen with the default swipe applauncher

I hate the default swipe lockscreen, I want the normal swipe one from AOSP where I can pick between several apps to launch from the lockscreen.
Where do I get that? Is it available on the App Store, or as an apk?

Tom Fagerland said:
I hate the default swipe lockscreen, I want the normal swipe one from AOSP where I can pick between several apps to launch from the lockscreen.
Where do I get that? Is it available on the App Store, or as an apk?
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search Nexus Lock-Screen or sth like this
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x102x96x said:
search Nexus Lock-Screen or sth like this
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No hits. Did you even try yourself before posting this generic advice?

Tom Fagerland said:
No hits. Did you even try yourself before posting this generic advice?
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Rename /system/app/XperiaLockScreen.apk to XperiaLockScreen.apk.bak or move the file to your sdcard.
It's that simple.
EDIT: Didn't see that you wanted the shortcuts. That will need some work. Not sure you will be able to get a replacement like that.

And the Lockscreen Widgets, yes... Holo Locker will give me the shortcuts, but not the widgets, and the default will give me the widgets and not the shortcuts.
Why the hell would Sony disable the shortcuts like this without adding any functions? "Value added" my ass.

Tom Fagerland said:
And the Lockscreen Widgets, yes... Holo Locker will give me the shortcuts, but not the widgets, and the default will give me the widgets and not the shortcuts.
Why the hell would Sony disable the shortcuts like this without adding any functions? "Value added" my ass.
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You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42808283&postcount=3
Although the guide is for 4.1.2, it should also work for 4.2.2.
I'm not talking from experience here, because I haven't tried it, but this seems to be what you're looking for?
EDIT: If you can upload your framework-res.apk, I can probably try to do this for you.

Great, thanks! I'll try later, and I might ask you to do it for me if I can't figure it out.

kgs1992 said:
Although the guide is for 4.1.2, it should also work for 4.2.2.
I'm not talking from experience here, because I haven't tried it, but this seems to be what you're looking for?
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It does, but the lockscreen music controls no longer work, so I don't know if that's because that just how it is (i.e you need to manually add the widget) or if applying the same code broke it, but this is how mine looks...
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"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"
}

Wait just a doggone minute...

Does your homescreen rotate? I thought they fixed that in 4.1??? The homescreen on my N7 rotates. Why doesn't it rotate on the X?

640k said:
Does your homescreen rotate? I thought they fixed that in 4.1??? The homescreen on my N7 rotates. Why doesn't it rotate on the X?
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Do you have "Auto-rotate screen" checked in the display options?

dymmeh said:
Do you have "Auto-rotate screen" checked in the display options?
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yes. everything else rotates fine. just the homescreen/app drawer. this was a known miss for several versions, which I thought was remedied.
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"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"
}

That is a feature only for tablets. Quite frankly, it would be annoying on phones, but if you want it, Nova launcher.

Download an alternate launcher such as Nova or Apex and you can enable auto rotate on the home screen launcher.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

dammit. i hate launchers. i never got the draw. even when i was a victim of the heavy-hand of Blur, launchers never did it for me. i suppose the old method of modifying a parameter of a file requires root. can't really remember the technical details.
anyway, with the USB on the bottom and the headphones on the top, not having a homescreen (or potentially even the active notifications screen) that rotates kind of sucks.
EDIT: that's right... edit the build.prop file, add the line:
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true

640k said:
dammit. i hate launchers. i never got the draw. even when i was a victim of the heavy-hand of Blur, launchers never did it for me. i suppose the old method of modifying a parameter of a file requires root. can't really remember the technical details.
anyway, with the USB on the bottom and the headphones on the top, not having a homescreen (or potentially even the active notifications screen) that rotates kind of sucks.
EDIT: that's right... edit the build.prop file, add the line:
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
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I've been trying to figure this out too, but all I want to rotate is the active display.
do you think something like "active display.force_enable_rotation=true" would work?

Hate launchers? Get my xperia launcher & fix.

I really like the GEL. my only gripe is the lack of rotation on the active display and the persistent google search bar.

left aligned launcher?

Is there a way or am I searching it wrong to put the launcher on the left side when in landscape mode? Looking for an app mod or anything? I'm not sure where else to ask this question and I didn't see it while searching.

What do you mean launcher? Launcher is all your home screens and app drawer.. Did you mean dock?

He means nav bar...
Never seen one myself, but perhaps try pie controls? Not the same but let's you swipe you nav controls onto the screen from top/bott/left/right depending om settings.
Again, not directly what you ask for but will let you operate nav buttons with that left hand.
Easiest would be to lookup lmt pie controls 2.5 here on xda, or Google and look for the xda link. You will need root.

Oh, I forgot about nav bars. I've used pie for so long, I forget nav bars even exist. Nasty, screen real-estate grabbing, pointless buttons of crap

Sorry guys im an idiot... II did mean the dock/nav bar where your app launcher and such are. Pie is great but not really what im looking for.

dahui9 said:
Sorry guys im an idiot... II did mean the dock/nav bar where your app launcher and such are. Pie is great but not really what im looking for.
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Sorry, dock and nav bar are 2 different things.. Which one do you mean? Can you screen shot?
..or do you mean both?

danarama said:
Sorry, dock and nav bar are 2 different things.. Which one do you mean? Can you screen shot?
..or do you mean both?
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"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"
}

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Ok that is dock.
Again, this might not be something you want but I remove my dock and use glovebox to swipe in from the left.. It's always left though even in portrait.. Then it auto hides.
I'm not aware of a mod to change the dock in stock launcher. I'm not aware of any 3rd party launcher that does it. Can't see a setting on nova.

Hmm good stuff, I wonder if there would be a way to make it persistent but that just might do.

Turn your phone in the opposite direction so the volume/power buttons point down?

App switcher bug & Poorly designed navigation bar?

I've been using the Mate 20 for the past 24hours, being first time Huawei/EMUI user, there are some weird experiences going on.
1. Bug - App switcher:
Open recent apps, I'm not able to switch apps by clicking the partially visible adjacent apps (will go to home screen)
The only way to switch apps is by scrolling to the desired app and make sure it shows at the middle of the screen, then click it.
2. Navigation Bar Experience - EMUI? Android 9? :
The navigation keys' positioning is kinda bad. The icons are too packed at the middle of the screen, instead they should be placed more evenly, and the clickable areas should be widen. (I drawn an image below to better explain this)
I'm not sure this is an EMUI thing or Android Pie thing? How to make a suggestion to Huawei?
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"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"
}

use stock navigation gesture, get rid of nav bar. easy

chrisvuong said:
use stock navigation gesture, get rid of nav bar. easy
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This is not solution

I agree, the current nav button setup is stupid.
Hope they fix this issue. Until then I'm using Fluidng.

maddada said:
I agree, the current nav button setup is stupid.
Hope they fix this issue. Until then I'm using Fluidng.
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The nav button is controlled by Huawei, or Android 9?

zhuhang said:
The nav button is controlled by Huawei, or Android 9?
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It's controlled by Huawei, btw it's shifted like that because there's a "rotate" button that appears on the nav bar when you tilt your phone and auto rotate is off, you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOp1b-5thQ

maddada said:
It's controlled by Huawei, btw it's shifted like that because there's a "rotate" button that appears on the nav bar when you tilt your phone and auto rotate is off, you can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOp1b-5thQ
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I see. But that is rarely used. It shouldn't affect the main navigation keys that are the basic function of a phone.