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Has anyone tried Launcher Pro on the Photon 4G?
Side note i have use it on all my other phones. But I'm wondering if Moto plays nice with LP?
Thanks in advanced to anyone that answers or reads.
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I've been using Launcher Pro since the day I got the photon and haven't had any problems.
Launcher pro was the first thing I installed on my photon. Works great.
I have tried several launchers (Launcher Pro, Regina, Honeycomb, GoLauncher) on the Photon, and all seemed to work well. I currently have Launcher Pro installed (that is the launcher I commonly use), and have no problems.
+1 same here!
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Launcher pro was the first thing I installed on my photon. Works great.
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only flaw i've noticed is that when changing docks, they don't appear normally as they did on phones like EVOs. this is most likely due to the resolution change from WVGA to a qHD display. aside from that though, works beautiful, just gotta have the docks resized to appear proportionate.
Update I went ahead and downloaded it on the Photon 4G and its really nice but in a odd way i miss the the stock look... It could the the way im setting up shop again just like my last 2 phones so i may need to change icons up a bit...
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Launcher Pro works fine, but I found an odd bug (I think). If you have the 'Home' button set to open the app drawer, it works in both portrait and landscape. But when you open the kickstand (select home launcher, not clock widget at the popup) and the phone is forced into landscape, the 'Home' button will no longer open at app drawer.
use it everyday i love it
Best launcher ive used so far, had it on my evo,epic and now on my photon =] u wont have any problems with this launcher
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Alex210 said:
I've been using Launcher Pro since the day I got the photon and haven't had any problems.
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Last week I bought shell 3d but it keeps crashing. I've since gone back to Launcher Pro and plan on staying with it.
I had an issue where my docks were not refreshing so in the empty space thete was still colors from the previous apps being dragged across..
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Anybody with Launcher Pro try it with the HD Station dock? When I put my Photon into the dock and bring up webtop, the photon screen locks up and doesn't turn into a touch pad.
I can't seem to get an app that shows the battery life in 1% increments while using LauncherPro. anyone have one to suggest?
Also, can't find a 3g on/off toggle to work either. suggestion?
other than that, i'm usually a stock guy (from epic), but i am using launcherpro now and love it...the universal inbox was the kicker for me....i didn't like the email box on the stock....on launcherpro things seems to be much more customizable!
mcp6530 said:
I can't seem to get an app that shows the battery life in 1% increments while using LauncherPro. anyone have one to suggest?
I use Battery Circle and it works great with Launcher Pro
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Minimalistic text is what I've been using for the one percent battery. The only thing I've noticed with launcher pro is that when I use my kick stand my home screen does nothing. No popup no force landscape nothing. (May have missed something but kick stand box is checked in settings). Other than that it works great and I like it.
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phillyman7200 said:
Minimalistic text is what I've been using for the one percent battery. The only thing I've noticed with launcher pro is that when I use my kick stand my home screen does nothing. No popup no force landscape nothing. (May have missed something but kick stand box is checked in settings). Other than that it works great and I like it.
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No, the kickstands trick doesn't seem to work with any alternate launcher. I use LP and created an activity shortcut I put on my dock that opens the nightstand mode.
For everyone who loves MIUI but is not happy about no App Drawer. Here Ya Go! Install this Alternative App Drawer! Bingo, now you have an app drawer http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299
Download here-> http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...xt=DOWNLOAD!&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13195122208741
Thanks to xuso
sorry posted in wrong place lol.......
Hmm, I thought more people would like this. I've been using this for months on Miui with my sony xperia x10.
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good find.. ty
I am using this. Works great. Probably a 3 star app. What i did was i put all the apps in one folder so they didnt go across all my screens, then i put this app's short cut on my dock bar. Works great. Its just very none aesthetically pleasing. Could use some more customization, maybe some sorting or something like that.
jason.hamilton said:
I am using this. Works great. Probably a 3 star app. What i did was i put all the apps in one folder so they didnt go across all my screens, then i put this app's short cut on my dock bar. Works great. Its just very none aesthetically pleasing. Could use some more customization, maybe some sorting or something like that.
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You can customize it if you use the left click button at least somewhat.
This app works great. Perfect for MIUI
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I tried MIUI last night, I also installed this, but what I just ended up doing was removing this and put everything i didnt want on my homescreens in one folder and put that folder as the middle dock icon, and it basically works just like an app drawer, u can change the sorting to numerous options including by usage, which i thought was really cool.. the folder also has a neat open and close animation when u click it (when it is in the dock anyway). I always end up going back to some stock derived rom though, I just feel like I am losing features going to cyanogen or MIUI
ironmanapa said:
This app works great. Perfect for MIUI
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If you hide apps in the MIUI settings and then use the altdrawer as an app drawer were you able to put shortcuts to the home screens? I'm not able to....
tdamocles said:
If you hide apps in the MIUI settings and then use the altdrawer as an app drawer were you able to put shortcuts to the home screens? I'm not able to....
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You go to the folder and drag that app to desktop to get shorcut
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more like losing bloat / gaining functionality lol
It has S-Note (ability to record your self in app with audio and replay)
S-Memo improvements
S-Pen settings have some features added in.
Browser is definitely improved.
ATT Messages app preinstalled. Sorta.
Voice Talk super responsive!
S-pen still not calibrated just right but better.
Rotation more responsive.
New sounds.
Used allshare to stream my own movies to my mac via XMBC (Success!).
Screen only activates facelock when you manually lock the device, otherwise its just a swipe lock.
Update. 4G is way stronger and faster.
couldn't find any more right now.
SMS send button corrected
claywd said:
It has S-Note (ability to record your self in app with audio and replay)
S-Memo improvements
S-Pen settings have some features added in.
Browser is definitely improved.
ATT Messages app preinstalled. Sorta.
Voice Talk super responsive!
S-pen still not calibrated just right but better.
Rotation more responsive.
New sounds.
Used allshare to stream my own movies to my mac via XMBC (Success!).
Screen only activates facelock when you manually lock the device, otherwise its just a swipe lock.
Update. 4G is way stronger and faster.
couldn't find any more right now.
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agree on all except allshare & facelock...I dont use...
+1 on the 4g is stronger for me in my area...
i noticed theres a lil delay when u unlock the screen then hurry and lock it, it shows the homescreen for a sec then goes to the lock screen
Camera seems quicker and the preview after shooting no longer has the laggy animation.
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I can't change the lock screen wallpaper in the settings.I did some work around magic to get what I wanted
from my big a$$ phone
maybe its a dumb question to ask, but is all share a touchwiz only app?
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+ Palm-sweeping screenshot is working now
- sweeping title bar brightness control still broken
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egomezmorales said:
maybe its a dumb question to ask, but is all share a touchwiz only app?
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Not sure what you mean. I use Go launcher and all share still works.
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It uses frameworks only supported by the stock rom and stock applications.
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samic said:
+ Palm-sweeping screenshot is working now
- sweeping title bar brightness control still broken
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I've tried and tried to no avail as far as using my palm to get a screenshot. Is it maybe because I'm using ICS perfection based on the newest build?
EDIT: I didn't realize your palm has to touch the screen. Silly me it works flawless. Its actually the quickest way to achieve a screenshot
from my big a$$ phone
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It uses frameworks only supported by the stock rom and stock applications.
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thank you for the info, I really miss this feature
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Is it my imagination:
The android keyboard is less forgiving?
I have way more typing errors than with previous bases.
The gallery looks blurry?
My eyes aren't what they used to be, but . . .
still could use more work
As with the previous leaks some of the issues were not addressed. Basically some will find this leak pleasant and others such as myself not worth the hassle (returning once again back to stock). I quess it all depends on how one uses their phones. For me the task manager (jobmanager.apk) is a must, task manager must be used repeatedly to accomplish anything. Next Bluetooth works, however when using it with Pandora and programs via data I lose the ability to control music using headset (some functions work others don't). Trying to connect to a call via Bluetooth during audio playback in news or Pandora is more trouble than its worth. Tap to zoom while viewing pages over zooms not to big an issue but prefer to have it zoom and fit the screen. Last but not least, I still think the note has the worst call quality of any phone I've ever used was hoping a ROM or update would fix this, of course this is my opinion here. I will give the browser one thumbs up (the other hand is being used to display a middle finger to this leak) it far surpasses the previous stock browser, I'm not a fan of the checkerboard effect. I haven't used this leak long enough to find any other problems.
egomezmorales said:
thank you for the info, I really miss this feature
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Works on hybrid though
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rangercaptain said:
Is it my imagination:
The android keyboard is less forgiving?
I have way more typing errors than with previous bases.
The gallery looks blurry?
My eyes aren't what they used to be, but . . .
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I'm glad to see that the keyboard problem wasn't just me. I felt like Homer Simpson trying to type. Not only was it generating a lot of typos but it also seemed like the auto-correct was acting like a drunk Marine... way too aggressive and usually wrong. The strange part is that I encountered the exact same problem with the android keyboard, the samsung keyboard, ICS keyboard, A.I. Type, and Swype. Swiftkey has acted fairly good for me though. I imagine there has to be some component, related to autocorrect, that all of the other keyboards share but Swiftkey doesn't.
I seems that the hidden menu:
*#*#4636#*#*
is not working anymore. I think this is a new issue, before this was always working.
I also don't like too much this new keyboard ... too many typos.
So is it the way the screen reads your fingertips, or is the dictionary a suck-hole?
mimmus said:
I seems that the hidden menu:
*#*#4636#*#*
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Yeah, that hurts the people who want to drop to EDGE to save power.
Hello,
I am looking for an app to annotate maps.
Meaning, open up a jpeg, zoom into it at some arbitrary point, and then write on it/draw arrows.
I am, for some stupid reason, finding it hard to find one.
I see lots of various 'editors' like photoshop express that let you do crop/color changes/etc. But not just DRAW.
photo.editor by dev.macgyver has a zoom - which doesn't let you scroll afterwards. So you can only draw in the center. So that's useless.
Sketchtalk mobile FCed on me.
Why is it so hard to find a decent s-pen drawing app? @#&$#&@$#@
- Frank
The only app I've found which does what you're asking for is Skitch, but for some reason when using the s-pen the drawings are rather laggy. Not so when you use your finger, but I'd much rather use the s-pen.
D3_ said:
The only app I've found which does what you're asking for is Skitch, but for some reason when using the s-pen the drawings are rather laggy. Not so when you use your finger, but I'd much rather use the s-pen.
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Yea, skitch works. Thanks!
What is most annoying is that when you take a screenshot, it goes into some sort of editor that does exactly what I want.
But I have no clue how to trigger it manually (screenshot is much lower res than my actual picture)
- Frank
I think it opens s-note when you do that, but from what I can tell it's all fixed to a certain resolution and your images just get resized to fit.
You could always find yourself a copy of photoshop touch v1.3.2 (this specific version)
you can draw on canvases up to 4000x4000 and it supports layers too
SadamHu said:
You could always find yourself a copy of photoshop touch v1.3.2 (this specific version)
you can draw on canvases up to 4000x4000 and it supports layers too
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I would buy it if I could. And no, I don't pirate.
- Frank
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I think it opens s-note when you do that, but from what I can tell it's all fixed to a certain resolution and your images just get resized to fit.
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I tried it out - you are correct, it is indeed s-memo.
You can import pictures into s-memo (it's a little tedius, to be honest), but s-memo will resize your picture to some reduced size. (the 'fit to screen resolution', looks like)
- Frank
D3_ said:
The only app I've found which does what you're asking for is Skitch, but for some reason when using the s-pen the drawings are rather laggy. Not so when you use your finger, but I'd much rather use the s-pen.
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Skitch seems like it should be the right program but air view seems to mess with it. It is impossible to select things consistently and I get lines and thing sdrawn when I am not touching the screen
SadamHu said:
You could always find yourself a copy of photoshop touch v1.3.2 (this specific version)
you can draw on canvases up to 4000x4000 and it supports layers too
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Photoshop touch says it is "incompatible with my device"
I can't see a way to get the specific version you mention.
this app looks pretty good seen here
http://www.androidcentral.com/give-artist-samsung-galaxy-note-2-and-he-makes-magic-s-pen
link to the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sketchbook
Sketchbook Mobile is the best drawing app imo.
sketchbook mobile it is - skitch is just too freakin' laggy with the pen.
SKM is horribly confusing, but once you get it worked out it's alright.
Manuals/documentation are at:
http://www.sketchbook.com/documentation
The in-program help is just brutally bad.
- Frank
Try photo desk. It let's you open any photo you have and draw on it https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._medium=organic&utm_term=photodesk+play+store
Doesn't cut it for you to just get to wherever point in the map and doing a screenshot and drawing on it? it's pretty straight-forward.
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Doesn't cut it for you to just get to wherever point in the map and doing a screenshot and drawing on it? it's pretty straight-forward.
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Smemo resizes the picture to screen resolution, and also doesn't allow reopening saved images. Sometimes that isn't acceptable. It's great for those other times though.
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In the samsung apps store, there is a free app called 'Photo editor' that does the job just fine too.
The drawing is in a weird place, and I missed it originally.
When you open a pic, you are in a 'effects' submenu. Back out (left arrow in the top bar)
Now go into 'decoration' (!) -> drawing -> pen
And you can now draw/save/etc.
- Frank
Autodesk sketchup pro
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You could try picsay, or picssy pro from the play store. I have used it for years, and it is great, for everything you can think of for editing, annotations, colour corrections. It doesn't have the professional feel of Photoshop, it's more artistic
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Picsart
Absolutelly beautiful, easy to use and easy to share
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AW: Decent drawing app
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Picsart
Absolutelly beautiful, easy to use and easy to share
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I can only dream until we can get it ported properly to lg g2. Icons seem huge same with app drawer. :victory:
Yea I saw a video where they made them a little bigger.
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Does the "OK Google" command work for you? Does touching and holding ur finger pop out the ability to change wallpaper and add widgets come out? If it does, when you try to change wallpaper does it crash?
Just a few issues I had on mine. LG spoiled me with the customizations.
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ricardo_r21 said:
Does the "OK Google" command work for you? Does touching and holding ur finger pop out the ability to change wallpaper and add widgets come out? If it does, when you try to change wallpaper does it crash?
Just a few issues I had on mine. LG spoiled me with the customizations.
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Some widgets are being shown that are not installed but others work fine. Adding a wallpaper by holding down and selecting wallpaper is broken had to by using gallery. OK Google spoken command does work thanks to the snapdragon 800 but Google search crashes :/
The icons are GIGANTIC.
It hurts my eyes and I feel like Google thinks were all blind.
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Works perfectly here bud... Sounds like you gotta raw dl.
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My search works great and saying ok Google is quick to answer. No crashes....as of yet
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OK Google is not working can someone tell me where am I going wrong
I installed new Google search,Google play services and Google home apks
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If your "OK Google" is not working... Try this.
Go into Now setting
, then Voice Settings. Go to "Offline Speech Recognition" and then either redownload or update your language. I did this and it works flawlessly now.
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How do I shut this OFF, I mean COMPLETELY OFF... I do NOT want my phone listening to me all the time.
Knock on Dead
I set this up quickly, but then killed it because it disabled knock on. Also the nav bar was still the LG one so it kind of looked weird to me. And yes the icons were garrishly large. I liked the 5x5 grid on the stock launcher and this made me feel like I was using a Fischer Price launcher with the huge buttons. The killing blow for me was that I could not switch easily back to stock launcher and had to uninstall the new 4.4 launcher.
if it could work with Knock on, I might give it another go. (unless I was doing something wrong and there s a way to make it work.)
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I set this up quickly, but then killed it because it disabled knock on. Also the nav bar was still the LG one so it kind of looked weird to me. And yes the icons were garrishly large. I liked the 5x5 grid on the stock launcher and this made me feel like I was using a Fischer Price launcher with the huge buttons. The killing blow for me was that I could not switch easily back to stock launcher and had to uninstall the new 4.4 launcher.
if it could work with Knock on, I might give it another go. (unless I was doing something wrong and there s a way to make it work.)
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Knock on definately works......
where can we get google launcher?
Everything works, even OK Google!
Only downside is that transitions can be a little laggy..
Tex_Norseman said:
where can we get google launcher?
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http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/#more-123662
to get nexus 5 camera, and launcher + many other nexus 5 apps. Unfortunately camera only goes up to 8 Mpix and the buttons are mostly obscured by the soft keys, but it is still usable. But it does have photo sphere. Experiment by pressing just above the soft keys to activate functions and learn how to use it since the actual icons are blocked.
Enjoy
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Knock on isn't disabled by a launcher. It still works. But to knock off the screen you have to taps twice in the status bar.
ElecEngineer1422 said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/#more-123662
to get nexus 5 camera, and launcher + many other nexus 5 apps. Unfortunately camera only goes up to 8 Mpix and the buttons are mostly obscured by the soft keys, but it is still usable. But it does have photo sphere. Experiment by pressing just above the soft keys to activate functions and learn how to use it since the actual icons are blocked.
Enjoy
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If you long press in the middle of the screen you get the options to pop up as well.
So, can "OK google" be installed by itself? Or does it require apks other than google search? What I'm curious about is, does it fully integrate with calender, etc.?And for those that did install it, how is the battery with it on? Can it be turned off, or does it require uninstall?
I have the launcher installed and the Google search and play services. But I cannot for the life of me get OK Google to work.
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eh, it's still not a smooth, non-choppy launcher. idk why, but these stock android launchers still randomly get choppy when switching between pages, even if they're not filled with widgets or icons.