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guys, look at these photos, this is an amazing theme. I need some guidance on how to even start this beautiful thing... I know it's kinda noob but its sexy... will someone show me how to do this?
Doesn't really look like a "Theme" just looks like they used LP Plus or ADW and Desktop Visualizer to resize WP7 style panel icons.
Download Launcher Pro and donate for Plus (Highly Recommended) or I believe ADW Launcher allows you to resize widgets. Then download Desktop Visualizer.
There are a few tutorials on how make precisely this style of home screen.
After watching the video demoing the Windows 8 tablet I decided to try and recreate as much of the UI as possible.
If this sounds like something you want, you'll need the following apps:
-ADW EX Launcher
-Desktop Visualizer
-Multipicture Live Wallpaper
Optional:
-Palmary Weather Pro
Setup:
-Place the adw_ex_settings.xml file into your /sdcard directory and restore settings in ADW. Or set columns to 9 and rows to 5, make sure you have widgets set to stretch in advanced and turn off wallpaper scrolling.
-Set the wallpaper in Multipicture Live Wallpaper. Or you can try Wallpaper Wizardii if you want, but even though we're only going to be using the one wallpaper I found Multipicture was easier to use.
-Place a shortcut to open/close the app drawer under "Start", use the transparent.png for an icon and delete the text. Then arrange the 2x1 and 1x1 desktop visualizer widgets as you see fit.
*Optional* Modding Palmary Weather Pro:
-Download Apk Manager from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
-Pull the Palmary apk and place it into the modding folder, then run the Apk Manager script and select 1 to unzip the apk.
-Unzip the weather backgrounds and icons (optional) I provided into their respective directories, overwriting the existing files.
-Press 3 to zip it back up and then press 4 to re-sign the apk.
-Install the app and change the background color by choosing different transparencies in Palmary settings.
Please note that if you edit the background png's I provided they will not work afterwards. If you want to add more colors or change the ones I included, you'll have to refer to this guide here: http://modmymobile.com/forums/404-mo...ng-images.html
I hope you like the look, and if you make some new icons or wallpapers please upload them to the thread. If enough new ones get made I'll add them to this post.
Files:
Wtab8_icons - icons, wallpaper, adw settings
Wtab8_psd_fonts - 2x1, 1x1 psd files, Segoe fonts
Wtab8_weather_mod - backgrounds and icons for use with Palmary Weather.
The Palmary icons are still kind of a work in progress, if you live in an area that gets severe weather things can look a bit busy.
hoodoomagic said:
After watching the video demoing the Windows 8 tablet I decided to try and recreate as much of the UI as possible.
If this sounds like something you want, you'll need the following apps:
-ADW EX Launcher
-Desktop Visualizer
-Multipicture Live Wallpaper
Optional:
-Palmary Weather Pro
Place the adw_ex_settings.xml file into your /sdcard directory and restore settings in ADW. Or set columns to 9 and rows to 5, make sure you have widgets set to stretch in advanced and turn off wallpaper scrolling.
Set the wallpaper in Multipicture Live Wallpaper. Or you can try Wallpaper Wizardii if you want, but even though we're only going to be using the one wallpaper I found Multipicture was easier to use.
Place a shortcut to open/close the app drawer under "Start", use the transparent.png for an icon and delete the text. Then arrange the 2x1 and 1x1 desktop visualizer widgets as you see fit.
You can stop here if you want, but if you want to make the Palmary Weather widget look more like a Windows 8 live tile you'll need to take some additional steps...
First you'll need to download Apk Manager from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
Once you've pulled the Palmary apk, place it into the modding folder and press 1 to unzip the contents into the projects folder, then simply extract the weather backgrounds and icons (optional) into their respective directories. Then press 3 to zip it back up and then press 4 to sign it. Once that's done you can install the app again. Then you can change the background color via the transparency option.
If you want to add more colors or change the ones I included, you'll have to refer to this guide here: http://modmymobile.com/forums/404-mo...ng-images.html
If you change the background png's I included they will not work afterwards.
I hope you like the look, and if you make some new icons or wallpapers please upload them to the thread. If enough new ones get made I'll add them to this post.
Files:
Wtab8_icons.rar - icons, wallpaper, adw settings
Wtab8_psd_fonts - 2x1, 1x1 psd files, Segoe fonts
Wtab8_weather_mod - backgrounds and icons for use with Palmary Weather.
The Palmary icons are still kind of a work in progress, if you live in an area that gets severe weather things can look a bit busy. I'll keep tinkering with it, but I make no promises.
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Not my cup of tea personally but very creative and informative. Nice job!
would u be interested in me porting some of this over?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120525
How did you get rid of the ads icon in the top right corner?
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b00sted said:
would u be interested in me porting some of this over?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120525
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If you did, I would totally use it
Live2Follow said:
How did you get rid of the ads icon in the top right corner?
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Use the same method used to modify the palmary weather widget on ADW. Once the apk is unpacked, find the icons and make them transparent.
Live2Follow said:
How did you get rid of the ads icon in the top right corner?
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I just modded my apk and got rid of the icon. PM if you want it
Amazing work. Just set up my gtab 10.1 home screen to look like this. Could not palmary weather to work like yours so i settled for a 1x1 widget. Would love to know where I can download more icons or how to make them. Thanks for posting the guide!
do you have to be rooted for this? i cant find the "sdcard" directory...thanks
jaoropez said:
do you have to be rooted for this? i cant find the "sdcard" directory...thanks
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No root is required
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What you need for this:
- Launcher (ADWLauncherEX, Launcher Pro, etc.)
-MultiPicture Live Wallpaper (klick)
-DesktopVisualizer (http://www.appbrain.com/app/desktop-visualizer/jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr)
-Windows Phone 7 UI (http://www.mediafire.com/?k2qaqta6alfyt74)
-and of course, an Android phone...
Step 1: Launcher settings
Go to your Launcher settings and change the Icons per sites option (Columns 6, Rows 10).
After that, you have to hide your Notification-bar!
Important: Make sure, your transition effect is "slide" (or something similar)!
Now you can make your dock. I've got a transparent dock with 5 Icons (I only have 2 icons, the other's I've made transparent).
Congratulations! You have completed step 1!
Step 2: MultiPicture Live Wallpaper
Set MultiPicture as your Live Wallpaper, then configure it:
Set the Wallpapers from the downloaded Windows Phone 7 UI pack.
And the most important in this step: Change transition to "slide"
Congratulations! You have completed step 2!
Step 3: Desktop Visualizer
In this step you have to change your icons on the homescreen with Desktop Visualizer.
On your Homescreen you have to add a widget. There you should see the Desktop Visualizer widgets. Select the one that's 2x2.
Important: All your Icons have to be 2x2!
Make this step with every icon you want on your Homescreen.
Congratulations! You have completed step 3!
Step 4: Widgets...
Now you can add widgets like a clock, weather or other stuff.
Congratulations! You have completed all steps!
Enjoy your Windows Phone 7 UI
All credits go to adrianmignogna!http://next-level-android.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/motorola-defy-7-windowsphone-7-ui-for.html
nice tut. a more visual cue at every step would be nice too
it looks great
Post some screenshots =]
I´ve been trying somestuff to make it look like WP7 but i´m having a hard time finding the images configured to put on the tiles (created with desktop visualizer).
Launcher 7??
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launcher 7 does it all great
anyway why there are no screenshots of the outcome?
Clarification
bladerara1 said:
What you need for this:
- Launcher (ADWLauncherEX, Launcher Pro, etc.)
-MultiPicture Live Wallpaper
-DesktopVisualizer
-Windows Phone 7 UI
-and of course, an Android phone...
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Okay... I can appreciate the work put into the "tutorial", and I don't mean to be rude, considering this is my post, but as someone graduating from Launcher7 into a new program (because Launcher7 isn't supported by ICS), I'm left scratching my head.
You're going under the assumption that the reader knows what (s)he needs to as far as the Launcher, MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, DesktopVisualizer and Windows Phone 7 UI goes, but it would be very helpful if you would post step-by-step tutorials easy enough that someone who's never used the programs before can understand them, and at least get them started.
I pretty much got lost at the second step, because I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing with the Windows Phone UI. Do I need to unzip it before its found? Because nothing seems to be finding it. Does it need to go into a specific folder?
Desktop Visualizer isn't finding any of the icons either.
Any help at all would be appreciated, because this wasn't any.
it looks great.. thanks
bladerara1 said:
What you need for this:
-Windows Phone 7 UI (http://www.mediafire.com/?k2qaqta6alfyt74)
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the link isn't working :crying:
can anybody re-upload it?
Got this post today on Google+. so i thought it'd be great to share with you guys this article gonna blow up your android
How to make the Naturally Android home screen
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With its subdued simplicity, Naturally Android won over plenty of fans -- and won its designer a nice new Nexus 7 tablet. So how's it made?
Creator Joe Rochinski said his main goal was to create something that was both simple and visually striking.
"I've never liked the look of home screens packed full of widgets and mismatched icons," Rochinski says. "There's an app drawer to house all your app shortcuts, so let's leave them in there!"
Rochinski found his background on DeviantArt.com. He then used an app called Wallpaper Wizardii to scale and position it just the way he wanted.
Nova Launcher Prime, a popular custom Android launcher, allowed Rochinski to eliminate extra home screen panels and also remove the separator line between the Favorites Tray and the rest of the screen. Nova also made it easy for him to swap out the icons to his own custom creations.
Speaking of those icons, Rochinski relied on an app called Simple Text to build them along with his custom app drawer button. He used Minimalistic Text, meanwhile, to make the clock and weather widgets.
"You don't need to be an expert programmer to get a similar look on your own phone," Rochinski says. "I hope this theme will inspire others to try their hand at their own home screen and make some more beautiful designs where less is more."
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How to make The Explorer home screen
Greg Wright's Explorer home screen got lots of attention, and for good reason. Wright's creation is actually even cooler than you might realize, as many of the visual elements are interactive: Tapping the compass opens Google Now; tapping the caliper toggles the notification bar; tapping the lion at the bottom of the map opens a folder of frequent apps; and tapping the date at the top opens the system clock. The paper scroll at the bottom-left, meanwhile, shows a dynamic representation of the phone's current battery level.
Like the last setup, Wright's home screen uses Nova Launcher Prime to accomplish some of its magic. The wallpaper comes from Wallbase.cc; the widgets for the date, time, and battery level were all made using the Ultimate Custom Widget (UCCW) application along with a font called FoglihtenNo06 (Google it and you'll find several sites offering free downloads.
As for the interactive functions, Wright used Nova Launcher to create shortcuts on the spots he wanted and then set their icons to be blank images. That makes it seem like you're tapping the actual map instead of a regular app shortcut.
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How to make the Organizus Optimus home screen
Like Amirul Farhan's eye-catching creation? You aren't alone.
Farhan built the setup using Apex Launcher, an alternative to Nova with many similar features (either app could really work for any of these configurations). Within the launcher's settings, he set the home screen grid to 9x5 and four panels.
He then created a custom set of wallpapers, one for each panel. He uses an app called MultiPicture Live Wallpaper in order to have each panel display a different background.
That's where things get a little more complicated. I'll let Farhan explain it:
Start on the first homescreen. Using Apex action, place an app drawer shortcut on the square icon (at picture's bottom right corner).
Next, using Apex action as well, place the shortcut to screen 2, screen 3, and screen 4 on the star icon, ribbon icon, and the conversation bubble icon, respectively. Repeat this step on screen 2, screen 3, and screen 4.
This is the tricky part: hiding the icon we placed earlier to make it blend with the wallpaper. You need a blank icon, easily downloadable from the Internet. Note that although you cannot see this icon in gallery, it's there. Long-press the shortcuts placed earlier, and replace the icons with the blank icon.
Got all that? Good. From there, Farhan used a series of widgets and icons to accomplish his effects. They include:
• Minimalistic Text Widget with a font called Billabong for the titles at the top of each panel.
• Eye in Sky Weather for the forecast on the "Weather and Status" screen and Widgetsoid for the power bar at the bottom of that panel.
• Icons from Minimal MIUI Go Apex Theme for the shortcuts to the apps on the "Leisure" screen and Minimal Reader for the headlines at the bottom of that panel.
• Brilliant Quotes for the rotating quotes at the bottom of the "Work and Productivity" panel.
• Android Pro Widgets for the social widgets on the "Social Circle" panel.
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How to make the Ice Cream Dream home screen
Tony Zhang's Ice Cream Dream home screen takes its inspiration from the Android 4.x-level People app interface.
Zhang's made it easy to get the lowdown on his setup: Just check out the page he created at MyColorScreen.com for the full scoop.
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How to make the Robot Control home screen
Tim Alvarez's Robot Control configuration was the most popular of all the designs featured in this month's challenge. To make it, Alvarez says he started with a background from DeviantArt.com, which he resized and cropped down in Photoshop to fit his device's screen. He also modified the image to add in some elements and erased parts of it to make room for active widgets.
The Calendar, Media, Apps, and Files icons are all built into the wallpaper; Alvarez used transparent icons to add invisible shortcuts on top of those areas.
He used Ultimate Custom Widget (UCCW) to create the clock/date widget, the battery percentage and ring widget, and the bottom widget with the weather, missed calls, missed texts, and current location.
For the music player, Alvarez used a version of Phantom Music Control with his own custom icon modifications. He also made his own custom icons for the dock at the bottom of the screen.
Oh yeah -- and there are some custom animations and sound effects involved, too. You can see 'em in action on Alvarez's YouTube channel.
Lucky for you, Mr. A is willing to share his efforts. You can download a zip file with all the aforementioned elements on Dropbox.
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How to make The Heisenberg home screen
If you're a fan of Breaking Bad, there's a good chance you're a fan of Jeff K's Heisenberg home screen. Jeff put together a detailed how-to guide for the home screen with all the settings and info you need to recreate the look; you can find it on Dropbox.
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How to make the Game Master home screen
Martin Sector put a lot of thought into his Game Master Android home screen -- and he's happy to share every bit of it with you. Check out Sector's detailed how-to guide on Google+ for every last detail (he's even generously offered to answer any questions that may come up along your journey; just ping him on G+ to get in touch).
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How to make the City Slicker home screen
Check out Jonathan Moten's MyColorScreen.com page for all the info on this sweet-looking setup.
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How to make the Minimalist Magic home screen
Michael Grimsley's minimalist setup uses a DeviantArt.com wallpaper along with Nova Launcher, Zooper Widget, and icons from Manup's Simple Word Icons "Clean 164" set. It also uses an icon from Devine Icons for the app drawer.
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How to make the Currently Android home screen
Alex Miller's Currently Android home screen creation is a complex and well-thought-out effort, and you're in luck: Miller has put together a huge tutorial and even a video to help you set it up yourself.
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How to make the Paper Screen home screen
To recreate Christopher Ryan's slick paper-centric setup, all you need is a custom launcher to replace icons (Nova, Apex, or most any other will do the trick; Ryan says he uses LauncherPro. The icons come from Blurry Pencil Pack; the clock is made with the Minimalistic Text widget along with a free font called Sketch_Block.
The background, meanwhile, is available here.
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How to make the Android Me home screen
Like what you see in Jordan Hotmann's Android Me home screen? Head over to his blog for a detailed tutorial.
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How to make the Serenity Now home screen
Ben LeFevre says his Serenity Now setup is "deceptively simple."
The clock uses the ever-popular Ultimate Custom Widget (UCCW) app along with a custom skin. The clock has some powerful hidden functionality, too. As LeFevre explains:
It consists of two widgets -- the center one and the left one. An invisible shortcut is placed over the arrows on each widget that swaps to the other home screen. Using Apex Launcher's Accordion transition effect and turning wallpaper scrolling off, this makes the drawer look like it's expanding/closing.
The Search and Play Store icons on the left UCCW widget are UCCW hotspots (shortcuts built into UCCW). The down arrow that brings up further apps is just an image, with a Circle Launcher widget over the top.
You can find the wallpaper here and the icons here and here.
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EnjOy!!!:cyclops:
original thread http://blogs.computerworld.com/android/21359/make-hottest-android-home-screens-yourself
nice!
very nice man...5 stars.
All I good at is making my home screen look like XPERIA...nothing can beat that...
is there any way have the folder names instead of the folder body in the home screen?
nice but only love their widgets.... sticking to Xperia!!!
will get tha widget of first one.
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how do i make tha clock & weather widget.. i have Minimalistic Text app!
great
5star definetly
spyblaster91 said:
is there any way have the folder names instead of the folder body in the home screen?
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lol..i was also looking for it but unfortunately there are no way to made it.....
whalesplaho said:
nice but only love their widgets.... sticking to Xperia!!!
will get tha widget of first one.
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how do i make tha clock & weather widget.. i have Minimalistic Text app!
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dude you have to be CREATIVE stick on minimalistic and go for every option. it tooks 4 hour to make a homescreen like this.
here is a little suggestion to make widget's like this.
1. choose custom layout always in predefined layout
2. in custom layout make the layout pattern to match the widget then choose style for each of them (normal/accented/non-accented)
3. now in text style window; select size,color,font of each style
4. time to preview the widget
some screenshot to help you
till-kruspe said:
all i good at is making my home screen look like xperia...nothing can beat that... :d
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+1000 & bump:d
Nice screens & layouts
Gonna tryout definitely
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awesome share dude 5 star:good:
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I did mine with xperia gx home launcher by seraj, minimalistic text, simple text and desktop visualizer. Im still searching for a kick ass but simple wallpaper.
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wow those homescreen are awesome!
thanks for sharing it buddy
I use a op7pro with android 10.
I like using widgets. Most of them have dark or transparent themes.
But one widget has no possibility to make it dark (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fluidtime.qando)
Is there a way to make only one desktop in readingmode?