can anybody let me know how i can get live wallpapers on my eris i have the 2.1 update o.t.a from verizon thanks.
HTC/Verizon did not add support for Live Wallpapers, you will have to root if you want them.
can you install the LWP picker via ADB/Astro and then use Home Switcher to change to "home", since LWP's don't work on Sense?? I have no idea if this will work because I've never tried it.
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can you install the LWP picker via ADB/Astro and then use Home Switcher to change to "home", since LWP's don't work on Sense?? I have no idea if this will work because I've never tried it.
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No. 2.1 ota doesn't have openGL because our phone isn't made for it. As stated, you'd need to root to get it.
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my question is, has anyone got the Friendstream app and widget to work in the official 2.1 release?
I tried installing FriendStream.apk and com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk from VillainROM, but it's not possible to install them.
The other thing is, has anyone working Live Wallpapers in Official 2.1 ?
Again, I tried installing LiveWallpaper.apk and LiveWallpaperPicker.apk, these worked, and when selecting background I can really select Live Wallpapers.
But, whenever I click on a Wallpaper to get the preview, LiveWallpaperPicker crashes.
I have searched around a lot and found that many people have these problems, but I found no solution. Am I just too blind to find it?
Please tell me if there's something I can do.
Thanks
JW 301 said:
my question is, has anyone got the Friendstream app and widget to work in the official 2.1 release?
I tried installing FriendStream.apk and com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk from VillainROM, but it's not possible to install them.
The other thing is, has anyone working Live Wallpapers in Official 2.1 ?
Again, I tried installing LiveWallpaper.apk and LiveWallpaperPicker.apk, these worked, and when selecting background I can really select Live Wallpapers.
But, whenever I click on a Wallpaper to get the preview, LiveWallpaperPicker crashes.
I have searched around a lot and found that many people have these problems, but I found no solution. Am I just too blind to find it?
Please tell me if there's something I can do.
Thanks
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Nah, you need the whole rom to get friend steam, as there are big changes in the frameworks.
Also, you using launcher pro to get lwp? Iirc u need a third party launcher to do lwp
ah thats sad... i had hoped it would need only minor changes in the apk to make friendstream work on the hero.
as for live wallpapers: i tried it with HTC Sense, Launcher2, Launcher Pro and HelixLauncher, the results are always the same: when selecting a wallpaper, I see the "Live wallpaper" option and can select it, afterwards I see the list of installed wallpapers. but whenever I click on one of the wallpapers, the "application Live Wallpaper Picker has terminated unexpectedly".
is there a fix for this?
I've looked thru the forums and found similar queries, but I haven't found any success yet, so this seemed like my only recourse. All I want to do is change my default home screen. I tried using the SGS Screen Changer, but couldn't root my phone because there was never any option to apply the update in recovery mode. I then tried to just switch to LauncherPro, but for some reason if I use that launcher I don't have access to all my Samsung widgets like Feeds & Updates. I had a similar issue w/ the ADW launcher. If someone could direct me as to what I'm doing wrong and how to do it correctly, I would greatly appreciate it.
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I've looked thru the forums and found similar queries, but I haven't found any success yet, so this seemed like my only recourse. All I want to do is change my default home screen. I tried using the SGS Screen Changer, but couldn't root my phone because there was never any option to apply the update in recovery mode. I then tried to just switch to LauncherPro, but for some reason if I use that launcher I don't have access to all my Samsung widgets like Feeds & Updates. I had a similar issue w/ the ADW launcher. If someone could direct me as to what I'm doing wrong and how to do it correctly, I would greatly appreciate it.
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I suppose we should back up a step. The two methods I am aware of would either be SGS Screen Changer or installing the GTG Revamped Launcher from within SGS Tools. Both are going to require root. There isn't a way to do what you ask that I am aware of that does not require root access.
Rooting the phone is stupid simple, depending on which firmware you are currently running. So, check out SuperOneClick root at the top of the Vibrant Bible thread...linked below in my sig.
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I've looked thru the forums and found similar queries, but I haven't found any success yet, so this seemed like my only recourse. All I want to do is change my default home screen. I tried using the SGS Screen Changer, but couldn't root my phone because there was never any option to apply the update in recovery mode. I then tried to just switch to LauncherPro, but for some reason if I use that launcher I don't have access to all my Samsung widgets like Feeds & Updates. I had a similar issue w/ the ADW launcher. If someone could direct me as to what I'm doing wrong and how to do it correctly, I would greatly appreciate it.
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You cannot use your samsung widgets with any other launcher OTHER than TW launcher. Its the same with Sense UI and the pro widgets that launcher pro provides. They are directly tied in with the launcher app so your just out of luck I guess unless your willing to give them up.
So I got the SuperOneClick and it seems to have successfully rooted my phone. I tried using the SGS Screen changer and it asked for su permission then said it worked and I just needed to reboot. But after I rebooted the home page still hadn't changed. So just to make sure I went and d/led the official busybox app and installed that. Again I tried the SGS Screen changer and again it was still the same after I rebooted. I don't want to abandon the TWLauncher, so is there something I'm doing to keep the screen changer from working?
Just use touchwiz gtg mod version. All you have to do is replace the stock twiz in file explorer
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I don't think anyone has found a way to get a stock TWiz to accept a default home change in the Vibrant.
-bZj
XDAapp
Worth it just for the ability to delete apps directly from within the app drawer..
http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/07/31/new-sony-ericsson-home-launcher-leaked/
Thanks! Great update.
Can someone make a transparent dock version please? I had the mod on the old one and thats the only thing I miss.
wonder what the themes will be
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wonder what the themes will be
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Most likely what we have seen with the leaked mini pro pics, different background colors for framework/dialer
Where are these pics? Hope we are allowed to make our own.
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Is it safe?
i have it on my arc, very light, no loading apps that installed on sd card each time i press home button, improved animations for icons.
Is it just me or is there a big gab between the 4th row and the dock?
Xperia Play btw
Well what do you know,it supports landscape
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Well what do you know,it supports landscape
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how? I cant on the arc?
can anyone share the APK? I'm in China and have no access to the download of APK.
piercewei said:
can anyone share the APK? I'm in China and have no access to the download of APK.
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Use setdns from market and use google dns..
Btw works like a charm here
mrloltime said:
how? I cant on the arc?
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I'm not sure. I have the Play and when I slide it open,it forces everything into landscape.
hellocng said:
Thanks! Great update.
Can someone make a transparent dock version please? I had the mod on the old one and thats the only thing I miss.
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[MOD] Transparent Home Dock for Arc [ Update - 2.0.A.0.20 ]
It works nice on my stock non-rooted arc.
Problem is the widget overview is now pointless eye-candy. The widgets float around one over another and are harder to read and tap than last version. I don't see a way to turn it off even.
not working
Ok, I think that I have made something wrong because I can not see any difference.
I can see the option to remove instaled aps but can not see the overview and widgets floating?!
I have read somewhere that I have to remove everything from the desktop on my phone, tried that too but nothing.
By the way, non rooted Arc.
Thanks
the Theme setting is useless now, huh?
Hello everybody. Is it possible to get it with 7 homesreens ?
too bad i'm happy enough with go launcher ex...
and yes, unless they implement home screen extension, i can live without timescape and mediaplayer widget
can some repost the apk the link is dead thx
Hey guys whats up?
do you know where are the preinstalled live wallpapers? i want to delete some of them but I cant find them on the main system drive.
Thanks
/system/app using Root Explorer but if you wanted to delete some of them its better to use Titanium Backup
Under System there is a Live Wallpaper Picker APK. I guess it won't be selective though. You can try uninstalling it with a backup using Titanium or System Tuner
if i do that ill lose the ability to put any livewallpapers again?
I haven't tried it so couldn't answer. But that's why you take backup and if you need things back you can restore anyway
Mayguy said:
if i do that ill lose the ability to put any livewallpapers again?
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Affirmative you will lose the ability. I know it because i had a Samsung Galaxy 3 and they decided our phones weren't powerfull enough to have live wallpapers so they removed that app.
On xda there's was a fix so that we could put it back and use live wallpapers, instead of Bad Samsung deciding things for us..happy ever after...^_^
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thanks man
By the way, that app is not the actual wallpapers. I don't know where the images are but its two different things
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the original set of live wall papers of froyo is in one .apk file
but the one like Grass live wallpaper available in CM7.1.0 is little different then original froyo. But not sure... The colors and gradients in Froyo is much better than CM 7.1.0
any ideas?
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/system/app using Root Explorer but if you wanted to delete some of them its better to use Titanium Backup
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good thanks
popcorn1122 said:
the original set of live wall papers of froyo is in one .apk file
but the one like Grass live wallpaper available in CM7.1.0 is little different then original froyo. But not sure... The colors and gradients in Froyo is much better than CM 7.1.0
any ideas?
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That grass wallpaper exists in versions of Redhat Linux. Try and google "redhat wallpapers" or something alike
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I just switched over from Widget Locker to MagicLocker, since I found a ML style that I really liked. My only complaint is that I can't figure out how to use a Live Wallpaper as the background for it! Is it possible?
If it isn't natively possible, is there some way to hack it to do so? All help is appreciated, thanks! <3
It's been a while since the OP posted this, but I was wondering the same thing. I read somewhere it was possible with ML, but haven't seen how to do it.
Any ideas?
The answer is most of the time. Most themes allow you too but some don't, the stock one doesn't allow you to I believe. To change it you click customization in the top right then select general customization. There you can select your wallpaper. To have a live wallpaper you must select use system wallpaper and you must have the live wallpaper selected as your phones background.