Hi,
"Days Left" widget,EndNote and "Astrid" are intermittently re-sizing themselves GB HTC Flyer. They had the same behavior before and after root. Cleared and reloaded and still they resize themselves. They return to normal after restart then resize after a while. All the other widgets are stable.
How can I get them to stay one size?
Thanks for any suggestions!
*Attached are pics of the normal larger size and the smaller size they will re-size to after a few hours.
Logic says, it's the widgets having fault coding that causes the issue. I suggest you contact their developers for an answer and that in the meantime, you make use of other widgets with similar functionality.
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N_ine said:
Logic says, it's the widgets having fault coding that causes the issue. I suggest you contact their developers for an answer and that in the meantime, you make use of other widgets with similar functionality.
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Thanks, I never heard back from the devs for those apps so I tried running Honeycomb instead of GB and the problem has not come back.
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Hey guys. I'm running Aloysius V12 and have been using Beautiful Widgets. Love the look and it's fairly reliable as far as the time/date/weather go, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer, the style reverts to stock. I am very particular about the way it looks, because the way I have it now looks quite good with my wallpaper, but when it reverts, it doesn't match up well. Not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things since I just have to restart the widget, but curious to see if anyone knows why the USB plug-in would make any difference. I have had this issue on BW 2.998 and 2.999. As a side note, does anyone know how to change the date font? Changing the clock font has no bearing on it, and neither do weather skins. Thanks in advance.
es0tericcha0s said:
Hey guys. I'm running Aloysius V12 and have been using Beautiful Widgets. Love the look and it's fairly reliable as far as the time/date/weather go, but whenever I plug my phone into the computer, the style reverts to stock. I am very particular about the way it looks, because the way I have it now looks quite good with my wallpaper, but when it reverts, it doesn't match up well. Not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things since I just have to restart the widget, but curious to see if anyone knows why the USB plug-in would make any difference. I have had this issue on BW 2.998 and 2.999. As a side note, does anyone know how to change the date font? Changing the clock font has no bearing on it, and neither do weather skins. Thanks in advance.
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Beautiful widgets says, in its own documentation, that it doesn't work with SenseUI.
This is partially true. It works, sometimes, and for a while. my buddy has a small widget on his home screen that he has no troubles with, but I've used the brightness widget, a home screen one, and others.
I've had Sense randomly force close on me (MANY MANY times), when tapping the widget (or sometimes for seemingly no reason at all - presumably when the widget updates), and so on and so forth.
They 'Work', but they aren't reliable, that I've seen. I haven't used them since like 2.7 or so.
That's odd that the font changes when plugging it in.
I've been to their site a couple of times, but guess I didn't run across that. I asked this same question on android forums and the response had to deal with BW skins are saved on the sd card and once it is plugged in, then it doesn't have access to them anymore. I'm not sure if this is the exact reason, but makes as much sense as anything else I've thought of. Too bad it's not more reliable because the only competition that I have seen is Weather Widget donate. I don't have anything particularly against that one, but just can't customize it get the look I am going for...
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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?
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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'd like to start off by saying these are just things I have noticed and am wondering if they are being worked on or if there is nothing to do about it. I'm not trying to complain but I cannot post in the Dev forum yet so I'm posting here trying to figure out the answers.
1. Is there any way to take advantage of more screen? there is a good 1/4 inch of space at the top and bottom of the screen that you cannot use. The only reason I can think of that there would be so much space is because of the remove button on the top when you drag widgets.
2. Google Talk does not work for me by any means. If I try and log in it says I'm offline and when I click on my user name it says that it had a problem and force closes. Anyone else experiencing this?
3. How hard would it be to add virtual looping to the home screens? that is by far my favorite feature of Launcher Pro along with transition animations.
4. When will the dock and icons preferences be fixed?
5. What is the issue with the camera? Is it just the 3D? or is it because the EVO is supporting 3D the drivers are weird to handle?
I'll probably have more questions so I'll update later. I have searched the Joelz ICS thread for these answers and didn't come up with anything. I hope someone could help me with at least most of these questions. I understand programming but I'm not an android developer so keep that in mind. Thanks in advanced
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I'd like to start off by saying these are just things I have noticed and am wondering if they are being worked on or if there is nothing to do about it. I'm not trying to complain but I cannot post in the Dev forum yet so I'm posting here trying to figure out the answers.
1. Is there any way to take advantage of more screen? there is a good 1/4 inch of space at the top and bottom of the screen that you cannot use. The only reason I can think of that there would be so much space is because of the remove button on the top when you drag widgets.
2. Google Talk does not work for me by any means. If I try and log in it says I'm offline and when I click on my user name it says that it had a problem and force closes. Anyone else experiencing this?
3. How hard would it be to add virtual looping to the home screens? that is by far my favorite feature of Launcher Pro along with transition animations.
4. When will the dock and icons preferences be fixed?
5. What is the issue with the camera? Is it just the 3D? or is it because the EVO is supporting 3D the drivers are weird to handle?
I'll probably have more questions so I'll update later. I have searched the Joelz ICS thread for these answers and didn't come up with anything. I hope someone could help me with at least most of these questions. I understand programming but I'm not an android developer so keep that in mind. Thanks in advanced
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1. I don't get what you're saying by that. In the launcher preferences you can disable the persistent Google search widget so that will open up a tiny bit of space but let's be honest... it doesn't make that much of a difference.
2. Google Talk doesn't work. I'm pretty sure Joel just added it in with further plans for it.
3. The launcher being used is CM's CM9 launcher, Trebuchet, and they have stated that it's in their plans to add in endless scrolling.
4. Again, this is up to CM for when they finish up the first release of the launcher since it's v0.1 alpha right now. Couple of releases off of being added in, and god knows how long til it's 100% functional. CM is generally quick.
5. It'll be just like the long haul that was getting camera to work on 2.3.x when that was the newest that we had. The camera has extremely odd drivers and it is much easier to fix/re-write for a single camera than two, of which 3D is it's purpose... I think we will have to wait on CM to fix up the camera drivers for ICS before we see any real progress in that department. I'd say camera is a long way off. :l
Hope that helps you to some degree!
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1. I don't get what you're saying by that. In the launcher preferences you can disable the persistent Google search widget so that will open up a tiny bit of space but let's be honest... it doesn't make that much of a difference.
5. It'll be just like the long haul that was getting camera to work on 2.3.x when that was the newest that we had. The camera has extremely odd drivers and it is much easier to fix/re-write for a single camera than two, of which 3D is it's purpose... I think we will have to wait on CM to fix up the camera drivers for ICS before we see any real progress in that department. I'd say camera is a long way off. :l
Hope that helps you to some degree!
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That did help a lot thanks. For the first question yeah you can disable the persistent search bar but it doesn't seem like you gain that space back. Its just empty space then. Can't even resize widgets to go all the way to the top. I would say I lose almost an inch of screen space which is significant to me at least. I like my clock widget to be at the very top but on my phone it looks like its in the middle.
for question 5. So your saying even non 3D will be a while for the ICS ROMs?
Thank you for your help I really appreciate it
You can try another launcher. Go launcher works pretty good with Joelz ics rom.
And yeah, you don't get any space back when removing the search bar. That's there for the buttonless phones.
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You can try another launcher. Go launcher works pretty good with Joelz ics rom.
And yeah, you don't get any space back when removing the search bar. That's there for the buttonless phones.
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Yeah I feel like running a different launcher kind of takes away from ICS. I am hoping to keep it as my default launcher. but if no development is made I'll probably go to Launcher Pro
I have noticed that all my home screen widgets/icons look like they are spaced too far apart like there is too much padding.
Either the icons/widgets are too small or I should be able to fit an additional row/column.
Anyone else notice this? Or am I missing any easy fix?
enricong said:
I have noticed that all my home screen widgets/icons look like they are spaced too far apart like there is too much padding.
Either the icons/widgets are too small or I should be able to fit an additional row/column.
Anyone else notice this? Or am I missing any easy fix?
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you prob aren't used to this screens display.
I notice this also. Especially on the Beautiful Widgets home.
Hoping it's just the launcher.
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The resolution is higher than previous generations.
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you prob aren't used to this screens display.
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The resolution is higher than previous generations.
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Yes, higher resolution means you should be able to fit more on a display. There is def enough room to fit another row, in fact I tried apex launcher and I was able to fit another row. Just like how I would prefer the app drawer to have 5 columns since there is enough room.
I would stick with apex, but it doesnt seem to support sense (or 5 col drawer)
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Yes, higher resolution means you should be able to fit more on a display. There is def enough room to fit another row, in fact I tried apex launcher and I was able to fit another row. Just like how I would prefer the app drawer to have 5 columns since there is enough room.
I would stick with apex, but it doesnt seem to support sense (or 5 col drawer)
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il work on sense 5 col mod
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il work on sense 5 col mod
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I'm very interested in this one too. I had reservations on it though with things being packed a little tight. We'll have to see how it turns out. You da man Andybones
It's strange because some widgets still look great, like pure calendar widget. But some don't. Almost like they hard coded the pixel usage.
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some widgets can be resized.
like the calendar and task widgets for instance
even the resizable ones are limited to the grid spacing.
I'm really looking for an extra row on the home screen (and an extra col on the drawer).
I got my phone after they stopped allowing bootloader unlock so I guess I won't be able to take advantage of any mods that people come up with.
I was hoping someone knew of an app like apex_launcher but also supported sense widgets (like clock) and had a 5 col drawer.
I've been using a 5col drawer on my orig Inc for a while with no issues so I assume with this bigger higher res screen, it should be fine.
I think you may see some things like that in the future. But the resolution is the key to making the launchers work like that. Until the launcher devs write something to work for our resolution we'll be screwed for a while
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I think you may see some things like that in the future. But the resolution is the key to making the launchers work like that. Until the launcher devs write something to work for our resolution we'll be screwed for a while
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apex launcher seemed to work fine for adding another row.
the issue is I didnt seem to find a way to add the HTC clock widget or any HTC widgets.
I assume that problem would apply to anyone
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apex launcher seemed to work fine for adding another row.
the issue is I didnt seem to find a way to add the HTC clock widget or any HTC widgets.
I assume that problem would apply to anyone
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There is no other launcher capable of running HTC widgets.
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There is no other launcher capable of running HTC widgets.
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This is absolutely correct. HTC widgets are actually HTC Sense. Launching with any other launcher effectively (but doesn't kill it completely) disables sense. A better way of putting it is, if you use a 3rd party launcher you are giving up the use of all HTC Sense applications/widgets etc.
Sense is the ui, another launcher disables that ui (again, effectively disables. It's still running the processes in the background, just not the fancy widgets)
This is why GoLauncher and all the others, have their own widgets. Those widgets don't work within Sense.
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This is absolutely correct. HTC widgets are actually HTC Sense. Launching with any other launcher effectively (but doesn't kill it completely) disables sense. A better way of putting it is, if you use a 3rd party launcher you are giving up the use of all HTC Sense applications/widgets etc.
Sense is the ui, another launcher disables that ui (again, effectively disables. It's still running the processes in the background, just not the fancy widgets)
This is why GoLauncher and all the others, have their own widgets. Those widgets don't work within Sense.
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I see thanks. I ended up using golauncher for a while.
I like apex but it doesnt support extra column in the app drawer where golauncher does.
The downside to golauncher is that it doesnt have full ICS support (menu button)
I checked the title suggestions and the S3 doesn't have a solution in them... The suggestions for other phones don't seem very good either, although I will take a look at LauncherPro.
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Is there a way to restore widgets to their correct screens and locations? I like trying ROMs and I've got saving/restoring my data and apps down so I don't lose anything but widgets are a pain. I get the big red rectangles but not the widgets. Have no problems paying for an app that does it, so I'm not just looking for a freebie handout.
Ideally the app would also restore apps and data into a new ROM, but I'd be happy if it just looked after my widgets. I run 7 home screens and have my Launcher at 6 columns x 7 rows - I don't mind having to set that up prior to restore but again, ideally it would be nice if the app would restore those settings.
*grins* Not asking much... am I?
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I checked the title suggestions and the S3 doesn't have a solution in them... The suggestions for other phones don't seem very good either, although I will take a look at LauncherPro.
Question:
Is there a way to restore widgets to their correct screens and locations? I like trying ROMs and I've got saving/restoring my data and apps down so I don't lose anything but widgets are a pain. I get the big red rectangles but not the widgets. Have no problems paying for an app that does it, so I'm not just looking for a freebie handout.
Ideally the app would also restore apps and data into a new ROM, but I'd be happy if it just looked after my widgets. I run 7 home screens and have my Launcher at 6 columns x 7 rows - I don't mind having to set that up prior to restore but again, ideally it would be nice if the app would restore those settings.
*grins* Not asking much... am I?
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From my experience, which is limited to Apex Pro, I can tell you that restoring the home screens work for logos & folders of apps, whereas somehow my widgets (I got 1 widget, which is the calendar in agenda view) does not work somehow. Maybe other launchers can do it though.
Thanks chrismast - it seems to be an issue. I can't find anything on Playstore that specifically says it will restore widgets, even if you're on a stock layout. Maybe it is too hard given all the changes and layouts people have on their devices? le sigh...
Its very rare to restore Widgets as they were.
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@rootSU - do you mean it is rare that people put widgets back as they were or that it is rare to be able to restore them as they were? The 2nd one, yep! Having all kinds of problems trying to find a way to do it automatically. The 1st possibility - I like to try different ROMs and see what they are like to use - to do that I really need to have the same set up in each so I can compare. Restoring widgets to what they were before an upgrade seems a logical thing to do, so I am puzzled it hasn't been addressed before now.
Maybe I am just a bit odd?
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@rootSU - do you mean it is rare that people put widgets back as they were or that it is rare to be able to restore them as they were? The 2nd one, yep! Having all kinds of problems trying to find a way to do it automatically. The 1st possibility - I like to try different ROMs and see what they are like to use - to do that I really need to have the same set up in each so I can compare. Restoring widgets to what they were before an upgrade seems a logical thing to do, so I am puzzled it hasn't been addressed before now.
Maybe I am just a bit odd?
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Yes the latter. I ONCE managed to restore fully using titanium backup. I suppose it depends on the type of widgets. Go launcher and Nova have internal backup features, but all it does is put the widgets in their places. I still have to "tap to restore widget" which for some is great, they just pop back up but others that are configurable, i still have to go through all the config again.
nova launcher prime does a superb job of this
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nova launcher prime does a superb job of this
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Not for me. Once I restore widgets like:
Tasker tasks
Set CPU
Beautiful Widgets
Pure Calendar
Simi Clock
I have to go into each and set my preferred settings.