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anyone know of one? the absolute biggest draw for me to Sense UI is that beautiful clock/weather widget. If I could get a good copy of it, I would be more willing to switch to vanilla roms.
I know there is that flip clock that looks just like it without the weather, and by the same person there is a weather widget that looks like it without the clock. however, splitting them up doesnt look good at all, and the weather is always 10 degrees off.
there's also beautiful widgets... which costs money. so if anyone knows of a sense ui clock clone, or hell, if you know of any clock/weather combos that you think look cool, go ahead and share it too, if I cant find a clone, maybe I can find one that's better!
Weather & toggle widget, by android apps. You have to instal the ht7 skin for the clock a and the weather. it has nice weather animations too. Very similar to htc but no full screen animating when coming off the lockscreen. I believe its a dollar in the market, but something like that is definitely worth it..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6526098
Closest thing I've found so far..
spend the 2 bucks...
Beautiful widgets is well worth the whopping two bucks...loads of skins for both the clock and the weather, you can hide the background, change font colors and now you can even hide the weather if you want. By far my favorite even over the sense ui original.
I can do all of that with weather and toggle widgets. And it's free, not that 2 bucks is a lot, just sayin
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"Fancy Widget" is pretty nice. It's free too.
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I can do all of that with weather and toggle widgets. And it's free, not that 2 bucks is a lot, just sayin
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Weather and toggle (android apps) is also a paid app now and has been for a while...there is a free version but it has a lot less features...either way there are options out there.
I have both Beautiful Widgets and Weather and Toggle .... they are both awesome apps .... I will go thru phases ...right now I have been using Weather/toggle widgets more .....but next week it may be different
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"Fancy Widget" is pretty nice. It's free too.
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This is what I was about to suggest, it is free and looks exactly like the original, and when you tap the weather part of the widget, a 5 day forecast window pops up very quickly.
Love it.
fancy widget looks like its gonna do the trick! it's exactly one for one what I was looking for. brings up a forecast and the clock app when you click on it in different areas. too bad there's no animation, but I can live without it, it just looks so cool.
the other suggestions were great as well, I tried every one that's in here (if it was free, I'm a total cheap skate)
thanks everyone!
So I am looking for a good news widget. What are people using.
Right now I have the Genie news and weather widget but I am not so sure that I care for it.
Pmac25 said:
So I am looking for a good news widget. What are people using.
Right now I have the Genie news and weather widget but I am not so sure that I care for it.
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I'm using BBC and it's pretty good you can customize the widget to show what feed you want..
I'm a proponent of Genie Widget. It actually is really nice for covering a wide range of news. Otherwise I used the stock Daily Briefing app set to AP News and a separate app from The Weather Channel.
Im a huge fan of BitModDev's Metro UI Pro launcher . He updates it like mad, but you can now add your own FULL tiles to the launcher. I have spent a little bit of time editing/resizing some images that have turned out pretty well so far .
My goal is to start a thread for us all to share our tiles with each other. For standard tiles, the size is 120 x 120. For wide tiles, the size is 246 x 120.
Im by no means a Photoshop guru, but so far i have :
Dropbox
Market
IMDB
Angry Birds
Twitter
Zune
MMA Underground
Twitter
TV Show Stream
DOWNLOAD
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11620804/Icons/MetroTiles.zip
Lets keep this thing going. Those are just the apps i use most often, but im working on several more right now that i will upload when i can.
Here is a video so you can get an idea of what you can do. I made it for a contacts beta, but nonetheless applies here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OBocFG4Oo
Get Metro UI Launcher here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=chrisman.android.home.metroui.stable&feature=search_result
LETS GET BUSY!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11764250#post11764250
I started a thread with some
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/10275021/1/Metro UI?h=45404e
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10275021/Metro UI.rar
Nice , care to post yours in here? I didnt see you had one going already. Id appreciate it.
Also, in his newest update , if you long press your Contacts tile , go to Item Count and select people. That will get the pictures to show up on the tile, the app im running when i click that isnt released yet. but can go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818607 if you want to donate and take part .
Good work on your tiles BTW , ADD THEM!! haha
your quick dude. thanks. maybe a mod can combine the threads since it would make it easier for everyone. good job guys. keep those tiles coming!!
Damn, I have the contacts app with some FB pictures synced.. the people count doesn't work for me
yeah same with me bowsa, i emailed the OP today asking if theres a solution and hopefully if there isn't it will be implemented soon and know the dev it will be tomorrow seeing how quick he is haha.
I've done a music and people icons. Check them out!
http://hotfile.com/dl/108407633/2074ba8/Music.jpg.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/108407635/3974715/People.jpg.html
Nice! I think ill use that for my gallery instead of people though. Thanks
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Nice! I think ill use that for my gallery instead of people though. Thanks
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Lucas, I can't get the contacts tile to show pics. What am I doing wrong bro?
The options are : edit,delete,merge, and delete duplicate....????
Nvm, I'm an idiot...LOL I was using the wrong launcher
Haha all good man. You should switch to metro pro though .. its the most advanced for sure.
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Dang this is some really cool stuff thanks guys
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Haha all good man. You should switch to metro pro though .. its the most advanced for sure.
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You think it'll be better than drizzy's?
I think Launcher 7 is better than Metro UI personally and it's free. Does Metro UI even have any live tiles yet?
Anyways, I'm pretty impressed with the WP7 UI, though I like widgets. Keep switching back and forth.
More tiles are good.
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You think it'll be better than drizzy's?
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i dunno man .. hard to say .. im trying real hard to get involved over there . He posted my sounds to his OP , so im trying to get in nice so i can get an early release . No doubt that the contacts is nearly done .. messaging too .. but i think the launcher will be a while . Until then i am loving metro ui pro ... dude releases like 2 updates a day haha .
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I think Launcher 7 is better than Metro UI personally and it's free. Does Metro UI even have any live tiles yet?
Anyways, I'm pretty impressed with the WP7 UI, though I like widgets. Keep switching back and forth.
More tiles are good.
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while i will say Launcher 7 is a bit smoother and has drag and drop... Metro ui has the Live people tile which i love , and i know for a fact he is working on fb , twitter, and music . The thing about launcher 7 (last time i ran it) , is you couldnt set FULL tile custom icons to 1x1 icons . Only 2x1 , and thats a deal breaker for me . Makes it look way to fake with a baby icon chillin in the middle of a big blue tile .
FTW Metro UI Updated and added drag and drop support to the tiles now!
Oh sh*t! ! Thanks. About to update now
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while i will say Launcher 7 is a bit smoother and has drag and drop... Metro ui has the Live people tile which i love , and i know for a fact he is working on fb , twitter, and music . The thing about launcher 7 (last time i ran it) , is you couldnt set FULL tile custom icons to 1x1 icons . Only 2x1 , and thats a deal breaker for me . Makes it look way to fake with a baby icon chillin in the middle of a big blue tile .
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Yea the lack of full tile images on 1x1 tiles ruined launcher 7 for me too. It is smoother and has fade animation which is a plus for me. It also does have live people tiles. Launcher 7 live people tile actually seems to be a little bit better than metro ui people tile. They both have good qualities. I just wish that either of them advance and gain all the qualities of both combined. But for now im sticking with metro ui, or at least until launcher 7 gives full image tile support on 1x1 tiles
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i dunno man .. hard to say .. im trying real hard to get involved over there . He posted my sounds to his OP , so im trying to get in nice so i can get an early release . No doubt that the contacts is nearly done .. messaging too .. but i think the launcher will be a while . Until then i am loving metro ui pro ... dude releases like 2 updates a day haha .
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do you have to have the pro version to do the contacts pics?
Are there any decent weather apps out there that work properly with the note's huge 720p screen?
Reason I ask this is because after recently using my personal favourite weather app (beautiful weather) it only takes up a part of the screen and looks ugly.
It has not been updated to stretch and make use of the note's screen.
The note comes preinstalled with accuweather but I do not like it's interface & when looking at the temperatures of other countries it's all over the place.
Any good recommended weather apps made specially for the note or at least take up the whole width of the screen?
Eye candy is a must have, something good looking like beautiful weather.
How about ocean weather.
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How about ocean weather.
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Ocean weather? It does not exist.
actually it's not a widget it's live wallpaper plus weather include....but i love the function of this when there is rain it show on screen water drop...
AIX Weather:
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.veierland.aix&hl=en
HTC Sense style weather
Coming from 9 years of HTC devices, I am quite attached to the Sense Weather Clock.
Fancy Widgets has the best app that works well and puts waether and time on the homescreen and links to the stock clock.
There are many other skins included than the Sense one in Fancy Widgets.
How about Beautiful Widgets? I'm using it myself (on my DHD) and it works and looks (after some theming) awesome.
I think it's free at Getjar, but it may have been a "app of the day" thing when i got it.
Beweather is also good.. it also has HTC like or even better animations of the weather when u tap them..
P.S- its free at get jar too..
Thanks everyone for your replies, much appreciated.
I think the best looking weather app I've seen posted here was the Fancy Widgets which I will try.
BazookaAce recommended beautiful widgets which is great and I've tried.
Problem with beautiful widgets is that it's made for devices which are 800x400, which is what you have.
As the Galaxy note is 1280x800 it does not stretch in full screen and looks horrible.
Im using yahoo weather.
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Beweather is also good.. it also has HTC like or even better animations of the weather when u tap them..
P.S- its free at get jar too..
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I vote for Beweather. Good weather forecasts too...
Mine is tiny yandex widget. I love it small size.
kanej2006 said:
Thanks everyone for your replies, much appreciated.
I think the best looking weather app I've seen posted here was the Fancy Widgets which I will try.
BazookaAce recommended beautiful widgets which is great and I've tried.
Problem with beautiful widgets is that it's made for devices which are 800x400, which is what you have.
As the Galaxy note is 1280x800 it does not stretch in full screen and looks horrible.
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I use Beautiful Widgets and Go Launcher EX does a great job of re-sizing the widgets. I have setup my grid 5 wide and 6 high and the only problem now is finding enough widgets to fill the screens.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340685
thats what I use
kanej2006 said:
Thanks everyone for your replies, much appreciated.
I think the best looking weather app I've seen posted here was the Fancy Widgets which I will try.
BazookaAce recommended beautiful widgets which is great and I've tried.
Problem with beautiful widgets is that it's made for devices which are 800x400, which is what you have.
As the Galaxy note is 1280x800 it does not stretch in full screen and looks horrible.
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On the contrary...BW has widgets that expand to the full screen. I tried them all & stuck with BW.
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Beweather is also good.. it also has HTC like or even better animations of the weather when u tap them..
P.S- its free at get jar too..
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After trying a few weather apps I preferred the one you mentioned, beweather followed by beautiful widgets...
I decided to stick with beweather pro. It's a great looking app having an excellent interface as well as being easy to configure and customize.
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On the contrary...BW has widgets that expand to the full screen. I tried them all & stuck with BW.
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Can you please explain how?
I have gone through everything, but can't change it from 4 columns wide to 5.
Cheers.
The launcher has to support it. Its a launcher and not a widget feature. Currently Zeam, ADW (Ex?), Launcher Pro (Plus) and Go Launcher Ex support widget resizing, there are maybe more, dont know.
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Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.
Snowstorm on my SGSII from few months ago
Currently using BW
whats the deal. why is the simple clock face have no date option? Weather (temperature) would be nice too.
mhonard said:
whats the deal. why is the simple clock face have no date option? Weather (temperature) would be nice too.
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Weather shows up the faces when the weather card appears IIRC
mhonard said:
whats the deal. why is the simple clock face have no date option? Weather (temperature) would be nice too.
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Yes agreed a date option would be nice...
IMO Better Wear Face is the best face available.
Spend a buck you can use you own pictures for a background and it does have weather.