I am probably one of like 10 people that miss my titanium launcher from WM, but I thought I would throw this out there anyway.
I am looking for a launcher with the same functionality. I found the Faded / Zune launcher, but it is exceptionally basic and doesn't allow for the exact functionality that I miss from my old phone.
So, I was wondering if anyone had seen an alternative or even a way to skin an existing launcher to work like the old titanium from WM. (up down, language based, each item can have the option of sliding left / right to get to other options).
I know some people will wonder why I would want something like this, so here is my explanation. I have used a ton of different launchers over the years and have always come back to titanium whenever I wanted something practical. I also just like the idea of being able to switch between launchers that actually have a very different look and feel.
Thanks in advance.
Single bump to see if anyone can help me out.
Won't bump again.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello everyone : )
Is there anyway to reduce the amount of screens from 7 to something smaller like 5 or 3? I have a rooted copy of 2.1 and I don't want to use any of those 'theme' apps like aHome or anything unless someone knows of one that doesn't bog down the phone. I'm more interested in a different ROM's,
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'd go out on a limb and say that only ADW and LauncherPro consistently provide the fastest, most stable home launcher applications. Have plenty of customization options including how many screens (ADW stock is 5 and LP is 3). They both have free versions, while LP has a Plus version with a few more options. Try them out and see if you like them. Worst case scenario is you lose 5-10 minutes of playing around with them.
Background
Ok this may be silly, but just wondered if there would be any interest in this idea I had earlier. What I love about Sense is that it's like each tab has almost moved past being a widget and has almost program like functionality, it seems to me this is really unique on a mobile device.
Concept
So I was thinking, what if it was possible to have extra tabs, in which ongoing programs could run, in something like a window. So for example, slide right one from a Facebook tab immediately into TCPMP, or continue one further into the File Explorer app? Why not extend the Sense UI?
Other thoughts:
1. I noticed that altering the tabs in sense causes a restart. I don't know if there is any way that this could be worked around, but otherwise I guess it's not possible to open up a whole new tab for each program. Perhaps there could be several open in which programs appear as they are run, with a customisable preference for the apps which appear on each tab/ a priority list?
2. maybe it would be possible to have something like a task switcher instead, I was thinking about something like the fantastic iManager, but where the app was fully functional in the tab, then could be switched with a nice simple gesture? This could skirt around the problem of new/blank tabs, and would be pretty cool!
3. Maybe this is nuts, as after all a quick tap on the home button will bring us straight back to Sense, but one less press is never bad right? And also the idea of a unified seamless UI is perfect for mobile in my opinion- I get frustrated by the jumping in and out of apps which Andoid and iOS require. CHT and Sense is exactly what is keeping me on WM
I can't code, but just thought I'd open the idea up to your opinions. Maybe someone who can wants this enough to do it?
At the moment I'm using LauncherPro, but I don't remember seeing an option for this in any other launchers.
It would be nice if we could specify different widget layouts for landscape/portrait, and if possible different grid sizes. Widgets never behave well when switching between orientations.
No idea if this is possible, but it could be handy.
That would be real nice. I have that same thing on mine when switching back and forth. I am not sure that would be possible either, but wouldn't bet against these guys here that it couldn't be. They do some really amazing stuff..
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I think I was able to do this with spb mobile shell on my win 6.5 Ph...
In retrospect, switching layouts is a hacky solution. None of the current phone-based launchers feel right on a tablet. VTL is decent but it still has the same core problem.
They're functional of course, and with 3.x and onwards it might be less of an issue. A completely unique launcher would probably be required to have a "desktop" that felt native to the form factor.
For the time being the best solution is probably just to lock to a single orientation. Moving away from the widget/grid system completely would be nice, but I'm not sure how much could be done within the current android framework.
Sweeter Home 2 does this. I've been using it for a while in the past for exactly this reason and just gave it another try. It's a public beta, so keep that in mind.
It lets you create your very own interface with independent layouts for portrait and landscape. It takes some time to get used to its complex edit mode but once you've figured it out, you can do some pretty neat stuff with it. Also, it syncs with an online database to automatically sort your apps in different categories
Sadly, there's no support for scrolling widgets. It's also pretty resource-heavy, so it gets killed pretty often and eats some battery. This can be improved by disabling automatic syncing, though.
Here are some screens of my setup. I can upload it as a theme if anyone wants to try it (Dunno if the theme thingy works as intended, though. Haven't tried it)
Hey looks nice. I'll be keeping an eye on that.
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Here are some screens of my setup. I can upload it as a theme if anyone wants to try it (Dunno if the theme thingy works as intended, though. Haven't tried it)
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I'll have to give it a try...
Hello... Im on the search for a 3d or scrollable or animated sms widget. to give you an idea of what im looking for look at the one on SPB or some of the ones on HTC like rosie6 sms. so far all the ones i find are just a single screen or are part of something else. I want to be able to use it on whatever im runing on my phone... I have a Droid 3 and rooted.
GO SMS has an sms widget that is fairly customizable. Unfortunately, to use it, you'll hafta install and run GO Launcher. Not sure if thats an option for you or not, but still, something to look into, it might fit for you...
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GO SMS has an sms widget that is fairly customizable. Unfortunately, to use it, you'll hafta install and run GO Launcher. Not sure if thats an option for you or not, but still, something to look into, it might fit for you...
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That one of the ones I was talking about that you have to use it with Go launcher. Im looking for an actual Widget I can use on anything...
Is it me or has the development slowed down to a crawl. Not many new launchers or other utilities to customize the phones and anything you do find isnt customizable at all and all the new phones are being locked down more and more so its harder to do things with them.
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That one of the ones I was talking about that you have to use it with Go launcher. Im looking for an actual Widget I can use on anything...
Is it me or has the development slowed down to a crawl. Not many new launchers or other utilities to customize the phones and anything you do find isnt customizable at all and all the new phones are being locked down more and more so its harder to do things with them.
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I feel you to an extent. I mean i'm no where near a dev, but i would think with ICS coming out and so many new devices, they've shifted their developing skills else where for the time being? That's the nature of being a developer I guess, you always need to be on top of and tweaking the next big thing to keep the hacking community happy. Not sure if this is the case or not, just my $0.02
try launcher pro plus,fast and has scrollable widgets ,not 3d though
Android pro widgets include a scrolable message widget too.
go sms widget
Go sms widget does not require go launcher
Nice. Its working on it's own. It doesn't even require GO SMS Pro to work.
I thought I would start off with a more positive and a little constructive topic, Android Hubs!
So a couple of you have received your TF Primes and are probably on your way to customizing the thing, there are countless ways in which you can, but one of them is to use ADW Launcher Ex and the many extra pieces to go with it, listed in this thread (as you have probably seen already):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232357
I have tried to replicte the "screens switching" with shortcuts, but I found it a bit time consuming and I was not able to achieving the same or similar result.
I was wondering if it's possible to load presets of similar layouts of screen switching buttons on each screen or alternatively, a way to copy complete button layouts from one screen to another?
It would be nice to see some of your screenshots and ideas. Here are some of my stock screen pics and an attempt to recreate a hubs screen (yeah, I know it's bad):
I thought I would see some replies on this, surely some of you guys have done some customizing, lets see it
SPB Shell FTW!
And no, I don't have my Prime yet.
SPB Shell works pretty well on it, although I feel like it compresses the screen on the sides to create the carousel effect.
Is there any way to setup a HUBs type setup with Nova Launcher or Apex? I'm guessing not as there doesn't seem to be a 'Jump to page' shortcut, but other than that functionality what else are those launchers missing? I'm going to make a feature request if it's not already made for Nova to support this type of functionality so we can get hubs with that launcher.
I want to use Nova because the backup / restore Nova settings is the only launcher that I've found that almost always, perfectly, restores all settings -AND- widgets when you flash, titanium restore, and restore Nova Settings.
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Is there any way to setup a HUBs type setup with Nova Launcher or Apex? I'm guessing not as there doesn't seem to be a 'Jump to page' shortcut, but other than that functionality what else are those launchers missing? I'm going to make a feature request if it's not already made for Nova to support this type of functionality so we can get hubs with that launcher.
I want to use Nova because the backup / restore Nova settings is the only launcher that I've found that almost always, perfectly, restores all settings -AND- widgets when you flash, titanium restore, and restore Nova Settings.
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These were my thoughts exactly...plus I didn't want to by another launcher....but I did...LOL...And I am super happy about the results -- loving the way my prime looks....thing is I want to flash a few things and am not sure how it will all restore...or even if I decide I like a new ROM version/kernel after wiping, can I fully replace all of the theming without putting in all of the time....it was fun though.
Here is the thing about the prime -- it is constantly being dev'ed on and its not just the habit of wanting to flash a new looking rom, the stuff you devs are coming out with add real functionality and smooth operation...sooooo it's a give and take between esthetics and functionality...until someone develops an app that actually restores what you want and how you want it.
Is there not a way to pull this stuff from a nandroid?