So I am a Newbie in regards to customizing Anroid - but not regarding Terminal usage, rooting, hacking iphone and WinMo - but i need some easy answers as it seems that answers to my questions are buried too deep; so here goes:
1. Does anyone have any detail or tutorials on alternate launchers? Specifically, what can I do other then change the number of screens? Can I change color schemes (away from Touchwiz)? If so, do these color changes flow into the Touchwiz apps like eMail and Calendar?
2. Email and Calendar seem so customized compared to other Android versions. Touchwiz has some neat features, but Moto has nicer email and calendar. Can the email and calendar apps be replaced? I don't mean adding a widget, I mean different version of the app? One example - I can't click to dial a phone number in the Captivate calendar (either in location, subject or body). Exchange email sync, does sync subfolders, but not option to move emails to other folders. Do I have to wait for new ROMs?
3. Rooting - if I root, what can i do? i know I can change the sideload setting, but what else? Any good links in regards to what root will let me do?
4. How do you delete panels? I see reference to this, i assume this is a benefit to rooting.
5. Custom ROM - when we get this option, how do you back up your old ROM? If you need to return the phone, or reflash to factory, there must be a way, right?
If anyone has links, I like to read as much detail as I can get.
Thanks for any help.
LauncherPro is definitely worth checking out. Lots of customization with home screens and launcher icons and even the app drawer.
alphadog00 said:
So I am a Newbie in regards to customizing Anroid - but not regarding Terminal usage, rooting, hacking iphone and WinMo - but i need some easy answers as it seems that answers to my questions are buried too deep; so here goes:
1. Does anyone have any detail or tutorials on alternate launchers? Specifically, what can I do other then change the number of screens? Can I change color schemes (away from Touchwiz)? If so, do these color changes flow into the Touchwiz apps like eMail and Calendar?
2. Email and Calendar seem so customized compared to other Android versions. Touchwiz has some neat features, but Moto has nicer email and calendar. Can the email and calendar apps be replaced? I don't mean adding a widget, I mean different version of the app? One example - I can't click to dial a phone number in the Captivate calendar (either in location, subject or body). Exchange email sync, does sync subfolders, but not option to move emails to other folders. Do I have to wait for new ROMs?
3. Rooting - if I root, what can i do? i know I can change the sideload setting, but what else? Any good links in regards to what root will let me do?
4. How do you delete panels? I see reference to this, i assume this is a benefit to rooting.
5. Custom ROM - when we get this option, how do you back up your old ROM? If you need to return the phone, or reflash to factory, there must be a way, right?
If anyone has links, I like to read as much detail as I can get.
Thanks for any help.
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1. Download as many free launchers you can find (HelixLauncher, LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, etc)
2. I think you have to wait for new ROMs.
3. Root gives you access to certain applications not available and certain permissions...I'm kinda new at this so I'm probably wrong.
4.Press the left most icon, then press EDIT.
5. I think there is a way to save your ROM states
@li1on - thanks for the replies - especially number 4! something really simple i missed. I guess i have NOT played with every menu yet.
guess this thread is done
Viewing Angles of Different Launchers
Hello my friend I just wanted to clear you up on the launcher area.
My personal favorite launcher is GO Launcher, Zeam and another one called Nemus.. I Really Really LOVE Nemus (search it through the Market) only bad thing is whenever I was.. lets say on Facebook or Google+ and I hit the home button the launcher would take a couple of seconds to re-establish the home image with your short-cuts and folders, for me it just semmed like it was slow and glitching a some points. Although nemus launcher is fairly a new launcher to hit the market the current released version (0.9.7 updated on july 6,2011 Size: 0.90MB) I see great things coming from this developer! This launcher gives you great organization funtions but until the developer fixes his bugs in his software, I am going to stick with GO Launcher, do to Ease and how fast it is and it supports themes and custom widgets. Btw quick tip* Zeam Launcher is the fastest launcher out there. Original source [via Lifehacker]
Below are different description viewing angles of launchers for android. Most of the info is repeated but greatly do i admire the opinions of others feedback.
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2...n-launcherpro-adw-zeam-go-launcher-quickdesk/
http://android.appstorm.net/how-to/customization/six-best-android-home-screen-launchers/
http://lifehacker.com/5627286/battl...launchers-adw-vs-launcherpro-vs-helixlauncher
Hi! This is my first post here.. Though I've been lurking for quite some time now.
I'm really interested in a WP7 style messaging app. I've used the 'messaging metro beta' by Ferran Garigga and found it unsatisfactory even without the in-app purchase. The other app (i forget the name) by bitmod dev was even worse.
I mailed Ferran and he's working on improving on the app. Till then I guess the options are dead.
I recently found a thread on the Galaxy S page for a WP7 style theme. It had themed apps like browser and MMS. If I can't have a mms that works like WP7 at least i can have one that's themed like it.
So I tried to fool around with it. Epic Fail :|
Was wondering if someone could port it?
Or at least tell me how?
I can't help, but AFAIK, mms.apk is a core system application that handles SMS/MMS. To "port" another mms.apk would mean to first decompile the app, make necessary changes, handles how it registers with the core system, take care of dependencies, changing appearance etc.
For the last task, changing appearance, you can use this script under windows, try googling "apk manager". Extract the apk, get its icons, play around with color schemes in .xml etc.
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CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC3-KANG by squadzone
I am looking to expand the font options available on the phone. I don't want to replace one font with another, but rather to have more fonts to choose from.
Apparently, iFont was just updated and supposedly can accomplish this. But I cannot
I found 5 or 6 apk files that I was able to download from iFont and they are in emulated storage in its own folder. When I choose to "install", a screen comes up and says it will do so. Great. But when I go to the list of fonts, the name of the new (added) font is there and when I go to change to that font, I'm told it doesn't exist.
Very frustrated - closer than I've been in that I have the apk s for most of the fonts I would like, and the Galaxy S4 appears to install them. The names are there but not the data!
Help?
Thanks
Cant help you on this topic since I too poor and not interested to have an S4.
Maybe you can try posting this question in S4 forum?
Sent from my GT-N7000
Recently I've gotten deep into customization again and I ended up using some custom made icons to make the theme work together the way I wanted. At this point I've basically made a whole icon pack's worth of icons and thought I might as well make that into an .apk to upload to the play store for others to download(or maybe even buy). I didn't realize how complicated a process that was, but I don't mind putting in the time to make it happen. But to me it doesn't seem there are any recent icon pack templates or guides. I've found a couple on this site and a couple others but they're all several years old, often written for eclipse and don't really work anymore and the most recent one I'm aware of - Jahir Fiquitiva's icon showcase app - states it is no longer supported. Are there any recent templates or guides for android studio I can use to package these icons up properly or this is a lost cause for someone with a fairly basic understanding of coding nowadays?
Well,i am not sure how active this forum is anymore seeing that the device is a good few years old already and most of you change your phones every few months or so it seems. Today i would like to ask if anyone ever took the time to try and find a way to add custom fonts to the XZ2 without root?
Sony did think of it,or so it seems because there is a section in the device for fonts but none were ever added. I would really like to be able to change my system font style without having to root my phone first to do so. If anyone knows how,or if this can be done. Please let me know,thanks for your time.
No, Can't