I noticed the Flyer is running HTC Sense version 2.1 for Tablet. I'm guessing this version is a bit different from the other Sense releases found on their smart-phones.
I've played around with ADW, LauncherPro, etc. and have enjoyed using them on my past smart-phones, but for some reason, I'm finding that I actually like most of the features currently on my Flyer. The only things I would like to change is the main Home Screen:
#1 Adding 20 icons (4X5) to the main screen instead of 16 (4X4).
#2 Changing the bottom 5 buttons so the Left & Right can be anything and the Center one would show all apps.
#3 What are the exact dimensions for creating a perfect wallpaper? Can someone please point me to the directory where the stock HTC wallpapers and Live Wallpapers are stored so I can look at those files for a reference?
Thanks!
ehh im pretty sure the wallpapers and such are located in /system/customize/resource
Currently no way to change screen grid and homescreen number
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Ok, so now that we all have Froyo or at at least most of us. I find that the general feeling toward the Dell Stage widgets is negative. My question is what is everyone else using for widgets? I'm having a heck of a time trying to find widgets that scale with the screen. Everything seems to place the widgets in the wrong place because of the screen size. For example one of my favourite widgets is TypoClock. However the widget can't seem to find the TOP MIDDLE of my screen like it looks in ALL the Nexus One screen shoots with it. It always hangs to the left of the screen. Has anyone modded certain widgets to fit the screen better? There is a post, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761517 ,that shows some AMAZING Themes and set ups but I can't seem to get anything to look that good on the Streak. If anyone has a sweet Theme or look to their Streak and could you please post a screen shoot and how you did it. PLEASE!
I think your better off ultimately changing the UI itself and get either ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro. I've just brought Launcher Pro Plus ($2.99/£1.95) and its def worth it as its so customizable, you can set the layout grid size and then manually alter the size of the widgets in real time. I tried to use Dell's Stage and just didn't like it, so much wasted space and it felt like a poor HTC Sense UI.
Can anyone confirm this, the HTC flyer wifi only model doesn't have the ability to have scrolling wallpaper?
Is there a way to enable it in sense?
Thanks
-Arts
Nope, this version of Sense does not do scrolling wallpaper. Same as sense 3.0 for the phones.
thanks, i was searching forever thinking i was missing something
Thank you. Bummer. Liked a bigger wall... The price of progress, I suppose.
I alternate between ADW Launcher and the sense. Of course the widgets sizes ( I don't use any on mine) are not as large as with the Sense but I am working on that.
arts711 said:
Can anyone confirm this, the HTC flyer wifi only model doesn't have the ability to have scrolling wallpaper?
Is there a way to enable it in sense?
Thanks
-Arts
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not only wifi...i have a 3G model and same story: doesn't have a scrolling wallpaper. also the dock skins, are not changeable (even in preview is showing with a round corners, when it applied it will be straight as before....)
I just got a 16GB WiFi HTC Flyer. It's on stock GB 2.3.3 and using Sense 2.1 for tablet. I like to use live wallpapers, and I'm certain that the flyer can handle them, but when I swipe back and forth through homescreens, the wallpaper seems to pause in between screens. I don't know if this is because of Sense or if it's perfectly normal. Anyone else experience this problem and if so how did you fix it?
Mine too, evo 3d works fine.
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I believe that this is a sense issue. If you have another launcher running and a live wallpaper the transition is smooth.
Out of curiosity, what LWP are you using?
Weather on both
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I thought it may have something to do with Sense as well. I used launcher pro and tested the Sense photo blur LWP and the transition was smooth. I hope this issue is addressed in an update. It's not a huge deal but it does take away from the user experience.
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I thought it may have something to do with Sense as well. I used launcher pro and tested the Sense photo blur LWP and the transition was smooth. I hope this issue is addressed in an update. It's not a huge deal but it does take away from the user experience.
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I agree, its very hard not to notice it.
I believe it's because in newer versions of Sense (I think from 3.0 and above) there is a problem with the launcher can't detect the transitions or the screens' positions or something like that..
There are some wallpapers that say in the info part "not compatible with sense 3 devices"
Even in normal wallpapers you can notice that when you move from screen to another, the wallpaper remains still and doesn't show more of if you understand what i mean
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Just upgrade to HC using Globatron's method. Still exploring the new features. Found the widgets on HC are all awkwardly sized. Anyway to resize them? The only one I was able to resize to fit the screen is the Gmail widget. Ideas?
Thanks!
how are they awkwardly sized? i didn't have any widget issues going from GB to HC
what are you trying to achieve?
One more question. Did not want to start a new thread for a question
Honeycomb sense UI - How to add pages or screens? We have only 5
I don't think that you can either resize widgets or add/subtract the number of home screens.
I am happy with the widgets that I have for the most part but I would like to get rid of some home screens.
You can't make folders either.
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One more question. Did not want to start a new thread for a question
Honeycomb sense UI - How to add pages or screens? We have only 5
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You can't add screens but what I noticed (in my case) is that I can have the same amount of info using less screens because all the HTC widgets are that awkward narrow size instead of having a full screen option (so I have 2 per screen instead of just one). It seems like the official Google widgets are resizable (somebody mentioned the Gmail one - the Voice one also does this). Unfortunately HTC didn't seem to get that memo.
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You can't make folders either.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.code.appsorganizer
I love the super clock in have but I wonder if either beautiful widgets has a clock with the numbers that flip (like old clocks)
If not anyone knows where I can get a clock like that? I show a pic of my home screen hopefully I can get something similar but with the flipping animation, thanks
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If you mean just the retro digital clock where the numbers flip (but animation is minimal, it's more the way it looks), then beautiful widgets has them. They came out primarily with HTC models when Gingerbread had just been released.
If you open the skins tab in BW superclock settings and select tab (don't know which one, but it accesses the skin/share exchange or whatever). You can tell it's the right page because each skin will state how many times it's been downloaded.
For the skin you are looking for, you may have to scroll down for a bit (and let the app load more choices) since this skin debuted maybe 18 months ago or more. But I know the basic black and a bunch of others like it are there. Look for the keyword "gingerbread" or just "ginger"...that might help.
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are u talking about this type of clock, see attach?
i have beautiful widgets and i downloaded this skin to show you if this is what your looking for.
No...That's not it. Close though.. it looks like the HTC standard clock.
Here is a version of it. (I don't think any of these are the actual stock HTC clock since that was part of HTC's own desk clock/alarm, and not Beautiful Widgets.
You can tell it's the retro one because of the recessed middle which, if this was an analog clock, was attached to the "hinge" allowing the top portion to fall down revealing the next number.
This clock was actually under "featured skins" and I didn't have to scroll at all as it was on the first page.
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No...That's not it. Close though.. it looks like the HTC standard clock.
Here is a version of it. (I don't think any of these are the actual stock HTC clock since that was part of HTC's own desk clock/alarm, and not Beautiful Widgets.
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You can tell it's the retro one because of the recessed middle which, if this was an analog clock, was attached to the "hinge" allowing the top portion to fall down revealing the next number.
This clock was actually under "featured skins" and I didn't have to scroll at all as it was on the first page.
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ah i get u.
they have those kind of clocks in beautiful widgets. u would be able to download the skin called "sense v4.1" and a bunch of other versions of the clock with the 'recessed' line.
Thanks bro, I really love the look of them but I'm looking for the full animation, I would really like if it would actually flip every time it changes. Suggestions?
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If I recall the discussions correctly from my old HTC phone, beautiful widgets used to have the animations like the Sense widget, however they were ordered to remove them as it infringed on copyrights HTC had on the animation. Or something like that. So, you wont get the animations exactly like the sense widget unless you have an HTC Sense phone. I believe the Miui Roms have the flip animations on one of their clocks, maybe they have a skin to make it look like the Sense widget.
I think the animation is pretty close. It's not like BW designers were copying something original like a new design. It's a 35 year old clock.. I will have to look up that dispute. Or at least I will launch my HTC clock and see if it is any different BW.
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I think the animation is pretty close. It's not like BW designers were copying something original like a new design. It's a 35 year old clock.. I will have to look up that dispute. Or at least I will launch my HTC clock and see if it is any different BW.
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Lol true, but let me know if u find something, but I'll check muiu in the meantime
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