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Just a thread so we can post snapshots of our home screens. In case you didn't know, you can take a picture of whatever is on your screen by holding down the N button and quickly tap the volume down button then quickly release both buttons. Wait about 3-5 seconds and you will get a notification that you took a snapshot.
I will go first, also advise what you are using.
Zeam - Laucher (works great on the NC)
Fancy Widget - clock/weather
How did you get the Widget to work, Every Widget program I try including Fancy Widget wont show up on the screen..
Edit: NVM I feel Dumb now, Just long press on the screen and Add item.
O yeah what I'm using Took your Advice and loaded up Zeam, works great, Also I'm using Beautiful Widgets,
Either I did not understand the how to take screenshots or I am fat fingering this procedure.
I hold the N key down and tap the "+" key. All it does it keep going back to the default home screen.
Is there something I missed - my nook color is rooted.
You need to hit the Nook (N) big round key on the bottom of your nook and then the volume down key on the side of your nook. Not the on screen keyboard.
powerx86 said:
Either I did not understand the how to take screenshots or I am fat fingering this procedure.
I hold the N key down and tap the "+" key. All it does it keep going back to the default home screen.
Is there something I missed - my nook color is rooted.
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Here's my current setup. Running zeam for a launcher (thanks antoniouslj) with BeautifulWidgets for clock/weather. The wifi and brightness widgets are also part of BW. I like how it looks like the sun is raising an eyebrow towards the questionable activities of the background. Oh, and don't get excited about the marketplace on my dock, it's not functioning, but I figured I might as well have the placeholder there
Good idea on the wifi and brightness widgets...
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Here's my current setup. Running zeam for a launcher (thanks antoniouslj) with BeautifulWidgets for clock/weather. The wifi and brightness widgets are also part of BW. I like how it looks like the sun is raising an eyebrow towards the questionable activities of the background. Oh, and don't get excited about the marketplace on my dock, it's not functioning, but I figured I might as well have the placeholder there
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powerx86 said:
Either I did not understand the how to take screenshots or I am fat fingering this procedure.
I hold the N key down and tap the "+" key. All it does it keep going back to the default home screen.
Is there something I missed - my nook color is rooted.
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Here is the Vitial Key you are Missing,
Its not the + Volume key... Its the - Volume Key
Here is my current homescreen..
Widgets on screen:
BattStatt
TypoClock
TypoWeather
Widgets used off screen
Launcher Pro Facebook (resized for Nook)
Launcher Pro Calendar (resized for Nook)
Mini Info Widget (Batt, internal mem, sd mem)
Nothing Super Awesome... Just simi clock and a bunch of icons.
Nothing special here either... Simi Clock and Gague Battery
keeping it simple:
- ADW
- Beautiful Widgets
- BattStatt
- Simple Text Widget
For those of you using zeam, how did you get only 9 icons in the bottom bar? Mine is defaulting 11, which I actually don't like (too many of them).
antoniouslj: In the bottom right is that a movie player icon? Which player is it?
French. said:
For those of you using zeam, how did you get only 9 icons in the bottom bar? Mine is defaulting 11, which I actually don't like (too many of them).
antoniouslj: In the bottom right is that a movie player icon? Which player is it?
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In the Dock preferences set the item spacing to "Large".
Here's mine: Zeam with BattStatt and Simi Clock. Wallpaper is something I put together with Wordle.
Here's mine. The usual apps and widgets with Zeam.
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Here's mine. The usual apps and widgets with Zeam.
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how were you able to change the number of desktop columns\rows in Zeam? the version I had did not have this option available and I just couldn't stand a 4x4 grid
edit: added some screens of my ADW home, still needs some more customizing to do
Long press on any workspace within zeam gives you a menu. Click preferences -> workspace-> number of rows. There is also an option fkr number of columns
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Long press on any workspace within zeam gives you a menu. Click preferences -> workspace-> number of rows. There is also an option fkr number of columns
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Thank you!
EDIT..
Actually I guess the version (2.5.2) available in the market doesn't have the options.. I dunno..
Could you post your apk?
http://db.tt/qSmtQji. Ver 2.6
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http://db.tt/qSmtQji. Ver 2.6
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Thank you!
Pretty basic Zeam setup now. I will probably teak it some more later.
For some reason on my S2 go launcher keeps on loosing its settings for instance shortcuts of apps disappear or appear on top of each other or move around or widgets disappear etc all the time.
Any reason for this ?
Thanks
knowlesy said:
For some reason on my S2 go launcher keeps on loosing its settings for instance shortcuts of apps disappear or appear on top of each other or move around or widgets disappear etc all the time.
Any reason for this ?
Thanks
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I have had not problems with Go launcher until wednesday when my copilot icon disappeared then the next day 2 other icons disappeared which is weird. Luckily I had done a Go Launcher backup so it was easy to fix but I might email the dev for the app and let him know.
left feedback on their home page and downloading/installing the 2.31 beta to see if this works
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/
Im having the same problem too on KE7..
Its not a big deal but its kinda annoying when suddenly some icons went missing.
i've found 2 temp solutions for it..
1) if in portrait, switch to landscape once or twice, it should return to normal.
2)if point 1) didnt work..backup the Go launcher config under preferences,n restore the config when when icons missing again..
N other this little bug, the launcher EX is a fantastic app!
I get the same. Shortcuts disappear. I just restart the phone and the icons come back
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2)backup the Go launcher config under preferences,n restore the config when when icons missing again..
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That's what I do... I just hope they fix the issue soon, it's a great launcher.
Wow, I had the same happen to me today, while at the super markeg my wife took the phone to take a photo, of our daughter and the 5 buttons at the bottom gone and 5 pluses were there instead. They came back earlier when the app updated though.
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I had a little bit of flakey behavior with this one too, not just here but on the N1. To be truthful as time has gone by all the big players (LP, ADW, GO) have become more and more similar in their features and functions and to me it has come to a few simple things, with ADW I get a little hitchiness in the launcher, not big but its there, with GO I get a little bit of assorted things as described, with LP I get no issues and it works smoothly. With touchwiz I get no issues and it works smoothly.
I had been using LP but thought I would beat around the stock launcher and see what could be made of it and truthfully I like some of the things touchwiz as a launcher alone does. It used to be that when I switched back and forth between launchers I felt like I was doing something new and different, rather than the same old thing which had grown boring. Its one of the reasons I switched in the first place, to spice things up. Nowdays though the big three feel much the same, I know I have switched because of the little differences but it feels like using the same launcher. With TW I feel like I'm doing something a little different, its nothing major but its there. I like that. I like the home screen slider that allows me to slide from one far screen to the other or any screen instantly with one hand. No need to pinch and pull up the overview or swipe across. The only real fault I have with it is that you cannot define rows and columns and other basic setup items that would greatly improve my ability to set it up the way I want. I had been hoping that someone might step in and offer a utility that allowed that. So far changing default home and sorting the app drawer alphebetically is covered if you're rooted.
At any rate IMO unless you are a launcher fanboy start checking out the rest of them and see how your performance with your setup is, if its good and you have no issues you're done because the difference between them as far as function,form, and features has become very little. Also consider giving TW a go, it really isnt too bad once you remove all the wiz and use it strictly as a launcher.
Vairn said:
Wow, I had the same happen to me today, while at the super markeg my wife took the phone to take a photo, of our daughter and the 5 buttons at the bottom gone and 5 pluses were there instead. They came back earlier when the app updated though.
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I think you may have just swiped the 5 buttons at the bottom of the screen mate. There is a setting in Go Launcher to have around 3 bars at the bottom of the screen. If you make it so its only 1 then you can't swipe it and get those +'s.
lol Good point Matrix, the buttons are swipable so you can add more shortcuts there. I can see how someone could accidently swipe over and think he had something screwed up when the shortcuts were "gone" and only the pluses where you would move new shortcuts were showing.
Same issue here. Icons sometimes disappear when restarting the phone. Restarting again brings them back though
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@matrix, Yup, looks like it, woo new feature, now i have 2 bars with the same icons... Hehe
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I just updated to the latest version of ADW EX, I found that the dock bar must appear and I can't hide or remove it.
Anyone have this problem as well?
You can hide it. Use a swipe gesture to hide/unhide it. Latest-latest update (1.3.3.55) allows it to overlay your homescreen instead of pushing everything up.
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You can also Long Press your home screen, choose Launcher Actions, choose the Open/Close DockBar icon.
Use it once, to hide the dock, then delete the icon from your desktop. Voila! Dockbar is hidden, and won't come back until you go through the process again to reverse it.
WAAAAAAAY better than the stupid swipe action that you'll always be triggering by swiping on widgets like News360, Books, YouTube, etc.
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WAAAAAAAY better than the stupid swipe action that you'll always be triggering by swiping on widgets like News360, Books, YouTube, etc.
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I do the swipe method because I like to have the dockbar but I dont want it always visible.
You can keep from opening it while swiping on a widget by swiping the widget slower.
Never had an issue with the dock reappearing on an accidental swipe and I use both up and down gestures religiously.
Happens to me when using "tiled" widgets like the YouTube, Market, or Books widgets, if either swipe up or swipe down is selected. It's a "sloppy" swipe to use those, but ADW intercepts any motion outside the small cards.
It's not quite as bad on a widget with a bigger card, like News360, since you have more "finger on the widget" with the larger cards.
My method works fine, I have absolutely no use for the dockbar with the way I use Honeycomb.
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Happens to me when using "tiled" widgets like the YouTube, Market, or Books widgets, if either swipe up or swipe down is selected. It's a "sloppy" swipe to use those, but ADW intercepts any motion outside the small cards.
It's not quite as bad on a widget with a bigger card, like News360, since you have more "finger on the widget" with the larger cards.
My method works fine, I have absolutely no use for the dockbar with the way I use Honeycomb.
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When im scrolling through scrollable widgets, even if i go outside the widget during the scroll, as long as i dont lift my finger, it still registers as being in the widget.
If you're okay with your method, then use it. Everybody has their preference, mine is using swipe gestures to open/close dockbar and app list
I just mapped hide/show the hidden dockbar to the home button, but this feature may have been removed in the new version. I refuse to update it until he fixes what he broke (primarily the ability to stretch the screen to the edges, and the spacing of the bar.
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I just mapped hide/show the hidden dockbar to the home button, but this feature may have been removed in the new version. I refuse to update it until he fixes what he broke (primarily the ability to stretch the screen to the edges, and the spacing of the bar.
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Screen is stretched to the edges. I also kept from updating until today for that same reason. Unfortunately we failed to catch that during testing and it made it into the 1.3.3.5 update. But it's been fixed in the 1.3.3.55 update.
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MINUS Stl said:
Screen is stretched to the edges. I also kept from updating until today for that same reason. Unfortunately we failed to catch that during testing and it made it into the 1.3.3.5 update. But it's been fixed in the 1.3.3.55 update.
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Good job cause it works great now.
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unpuertomex said:
Good job cause it works great now.
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Good to hear. Anderwebs is the man!
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Someone knows how to remove the space between the screen edge and the widget as you can see in the screenshot? I updated to adw 1.3.3.55.. before i updated there was no space... :/
RaZi3L_ said:
Someone knows how to remove the space between the screen edge and the widget as you can see in the screenshot? I updated to adw 1.3.3.55.. before i updated there was no space... :/
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Unfortunately, there is no option to completely eliminate margins anymore. I believe it it was more of a "the code doesn't allow for it anymore" than just a "the option was removed" kind of thing.
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MINUS Stl said:
Unfortunately, there is no option to completely eliminate margins anymore. I believe it it was more of a "the code doesn't allow for it anymore" than just a "the option was removed" kind of thing.
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Well, whatever the reason, it's still a step backward. The spacing on the dockbar is still ludicrous for a tablet. The old hidden dockbar I could have a lot more things on it. Even without scrolling functionality, I liked it better.
Newest update (1.3.3.56) now has the option to completely disable the dock for those interested.
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Does anyone else notice that the widgets overlap when using adw ex? I use it on my phone just fine, but it looks horrible on my tab.
It doesn't matter if I install it from the same google account as my phone right?
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MINUS Stl said:
Unfortunately, there is no option to completely eliminate margins anymore. I believe it it was more of a "the code doesn't allow for it anymore" than just a "the option was removed" kind of thing.
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Well, if they can't fix this, I guess I am stuck on the old version indefinitely if I want to use the Tab the way I've set it up. :/
Is the Hide/Show Action Bar (the top transparent bar with a few little icons and the access to the ADW settings) also gone now?
I just updated from 1.3.3.1 to 1.3.5.56 and my homescreens are all a mess now. I've lost some of the icons I had vertically, stuck to the righthand side of the homescreen as well. C'mon! I think we're really loosing precious tablet screen realstate with the latest changes, even if they have managed to quickly revert back to the option to disable the dockbar altogether.
Before the update I used this dock as my ICS style dock:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/928/hhhha.png
Now there is absolutely no gap between the dock items and the line anymore. Is there a way to let it look like ICS dock again?
Lownita said:
Before the update I used this dock as my ICS style dock:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/928/hhhha.png
Now there is absolutely no gap between the dock items and the line anymore. Is there a way to let it look like ICS dock again?
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I know the update caused all themes to need updating, but I don't know if the dock was affected. Have you tried the ics adw theme? https://market.android.com/details?id=kov.theme.ics Maybe even just try the dock from it.
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hi, probably a generic android tablet question, but on my prime the icon to launch the app drawer is in the top right hand corner of the home screen, is it possible to put this on the "tray" on the bottom of the screen, where back, home and multitask icons are?
no one?
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Great question. Actually wondering if it can be moved onto the homescreen like an app shortcut. Seems so far away up there in the corner like that.
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In any launcher (Google it!) I have used the answer is no. In some cases like ADW Launcher, you can a "Launcher action" that gives an icon you can tap to open the app drawer. I'm not aware if the launcher in ICS and HC allow this, never tried. In custom launchers it is also not uncommon to be able to bind such a thing to a gesture, like swipping your finger up or down the screen.
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I use Go Launcher and I use the home button to open the app drawer at the bottom left.
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*facepalm*
In any launcher (Google it!) I have used the answer is no. In some cases like ADW Launcher, you can a "Launcher action" that gives an icon you can tap to open the app drawer. I'm not aware if the launcher in ICS and HC allow this, never tried. In custom launchers it is also not uncommon to be able to bind such a thing to a gesture, like swipping your finger up or down the screen.
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here, dood, lemme help ya *double facepalm*
this is launcher specific, and cannot be changed in ics or hc launcher. if you HAVE to change it OP, use go launcher, its pretty B.A.
Hey
I am using ADW EX with cm9. Everything is great but one thing is bothering me and I have not been able to find a solution. In landscape mode on the top of the screen is a bar with a menu button on the right. This just takes up space as I have a menu button on the bottom. Anyone know where I can go to remove this? I will attach a photo
Thanks!
Hmm ... I used to use ADW EX with CM9 and I don't recall that. Perhaps try turning off the persistent search (I think it's in CM settings).
Thanks will give that a try
Was not sure if it was a cm9 setting or something with ics's version of adw ex
Looks like that didn't fix it
The cm settings only change the cm launcher which is trebuchet, I am using adw ex.
I'll try installing ADW EX again tonight and giving it a try.
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I'm not sure what that is. I don't see an option to remove it, and I don't really see any reference to it in the change notice. He has added some "unique" features in the past that he later gives options to disable (e.g. the "one dock to rule them all"), and I do see a couple of comments in the reviews about it. Perhaps there will be more functionality (and an option to disable) in a future update.
Hey thanks a ton for atleast helping me understand what's going on
The status bars appear to be locked in cm9, apart from removing the search setting and clock details. I haven't been able to get the bottom status bar to appear/disappear with an up or down swipe trying several launchers. Have to wait for an update or go searching for the status bar details in the programming. Not to fussed at the moment, just waiting eagerly for 3.0 kernel to get integrated.
Its specific to adw.
I've been using adw ex on my Xoom through Honeycomb roms and ICS roms and they've always been there. Its a bit redundant but..oh well.
Thanks..hopefully ads devs address this by giving us an option to shut it off
I wouldn't count on it. The app was last updated December 7th.
Hopefully apex or nova launcher will enable docks for tablets soon instead. The dock is the only reason I still use ads ex.
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I use it because it let's me create icons that are shortcuts to each home screen. Those I can then edit with simple text app. Do you know of any other launchers that do this
mikenexus said:
Hey
I am using ADW EX with cm9. Everything is great but one thing is bothering me and I have not been able to find a solution. In landscape mode on the top of the screen is a bar with a menu button on the right. This just takes up space as I have a menu button on the bottom. Anyone know where I can go to remove this? I will attach a photo
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Go to adw settings, UI Settings, Screen Preferences, Show desktop Indicator. Uncheck Show Desktop Indicator and it will disappear. If left on you can select what is shown and where. I leave mine off as I know which screen I am on.
Good Luck!
That's not the right thing. He's talking about the empty space with the menu button in it.
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it looks as if show desktop indicator was already unchecked =/