[Q] KA20.1 App Drawer 4x5 issue - Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro

Hi
I've got a problem with the app-drawer in Krabappels ICS rom 20.1 (similar to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26959034&postcount=2504 ): When I open it, I have 6 windows with 4 columns and at least 5 rows, while the 5th row is barely visible (maybe the first 3-4 lines of pixels of an icon), sorting is "last installed" and it's the same with "alphabetically" and "last used".
If I chose my own sorting, I've got 8 windows and a 4x4 matrix, so I can see every app. Funny fact: I never used this before, so there can't be any positioning infos for the icons
I tried deleting the cachepartition in boot recovery (including Dalvik-Cache), deleting app-caches and history via Android Assistant, but it's allways the same. And I also didn't find the mentioned "Clear Cache" button. Is there a way to "tell" the app-drawer to use either more windows OR a 4x4 matrix for the automated sortings?
Images:
Sorting: alphabetically, last used, last installed:
Sorting: Own sortation:

Hi.
I updated to KA21.1 with a fresh install (formatting system, cache, data, etc.; made a factory reset) and the App-Drawer Issue is no longer. But I got another Question now: How can I add a folder to my Home Screen? There is one Folder named Media in the bottom bar, so there is no problem with showing folders in general, but when I try to add shortcuts, there is no option to make a new folder.
And theres a second, more serious problem: The right button doesn't show a menu any more, I can't get into the device settings!
I don't think, krabappel is looking into this forum, so could anybody please tell him to answer my questions? Since I may not post in the developers area ...
**wtf, I have to wait 5 minutes for an edit? ohhwww ... this freaky forum is NOT userfriendly

Draw one app from the appdrawer to your homescreen and put it on another app and then you get a folder
Sometimes you must it figure it out by yourself and posting in a hurry a new thread, you can ask it in general chat in Q/A topic and about your 1st post, go to settings then apps click on all, scroll down till you see xperia home, click on it and erase data, dont ask where just see it by your own and that is here more then enough explained buddy, just search
sent from my Xperia Neo V Supercharged ICS 4.0.4

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Hi.
Thanks. I read that with the folder somewhere (perhaps samsung touchwhiz?), but I didn't know, KA21 was now using that, too.
About the app drawer: Since I made a fresh install, it's working fine now. I did a search for that and found the respective post, but I misunderstood the part where it says "Xperia Home >>App<<", I thought it was the entry in the device settings "Xperia (tm)", and there was no way to clear any cache ^^ But now I know, where to look at. I also found a way to enter the device settings, circuitous but it's ok.
Thank you very much again. Sometimes the only thing one needs is just a cue

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adfree doesnt work on urukdroid

hi there all
installed and reinstalled urukdroid 1.6rc4 on my A70IT (plus gapps through arctools). there seems to be several issues which i came across
adfree doesnt work - say something like: can't find partition to remount - any ideas anyone?
also a very frustrating issue for me - trying to create a shortcut to a specific gmail label on the homescreen. this option is not available - not in any launcher i tried while it is on the stock archos rom when i boot into it. it's just doesn't show as an option when i long press on homesceen -> select shortcuts from menu - and 'gmail label' is not there... again, any ideas?
also this is a weird one - there seems to be issue with the screen - one example when i turn the tablet the home screen is allways in an off position - like 5 percent left as it is if you were to slide the homescreen to left and stopped your finger 5 percent into the slide... another example is an app ( a kids game called kids connect) - it runs as if it is zoomed in or as if it runs on a little bit higher res than the real screen is and so some of the image is lost at the edges...
anyone seen this before?
mmoalem said:
hi there all
installed and reinstalled urukdroid 1.6rc4 on my A70IT (plus gapps through arctools). there seems to be several issues which i came across
adfree doesnt work - say something like: can't find partition to remount - any ideas anyone?
also a very frustrating issue for me - trying to create a shortcut to a specific gmail label on the homescreen. this option is not available - not in any launcher i tried while it is on the stock archos rom when i boot into it. it's just doesn't show as an option when i long press on homesceen -> select shortcuts from menu - and 'gmail label' is not there... again, any ideas?
also this is a weird one - there seems to be issue with the screen - one example when i turn the tablet the home screen is allways in an off position - like 5 percent left as it is if you were to slide the homescreen to left and stopped your finger 5 percent into the slide... another example is an app ( a kids game called kids connect) - it runs as if it is zoomed in or as if it runs on a little bit higher res than the real screen is and so some of the image is lost at the edges...
anyone seen this before?
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1. adfree: never worked propper on UD as far as i know (at least not since I use it) - use another app - "adaway" is opensource and does the same, wokred fine for me
2. gmail: sry no idea but reinstalling...
3. launcher (5%): I also had it - but im not sure how i fixed it - it just went away some day - propably I reinstalled launcher or tried another one (try both, i dont have it atm on RC4 and VTL1.6.5)
4. sounds like a bug of the app (some apps dont display propper on any resolution - did u try it on your phone if u got anandroid?)
Next time use - general or app/theme forum - as non of this is development related - just apps...
If u feel some problem might be caused by UD or the latest UD RC update feel free to post any bug in the related Dev thread... (but it seems non of your problems are - as u dont provide before/after informations)
regards
...just one word about ad blocking:
As you know the filesystem in UrukDroid is mounted r/w.
So the easiest way to block advertising would be, overwrite your hosts file manually.
See:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts
This is simply what most adfree apps do... they overwrite your hosts file
Additionally there's endless discussion on this topic, here at XDA-developers.
Have a nice day,
scholbert
Thread moved to proper forum

SlimBean aroma gapps and other questions

I'm new to phone modding, so please be forgiving.
I just flashed Slim-i9100-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334 and I want to be able to use Google Play etc., so I downloaded Slim_aroma_selectable_gapps.4.3.build.2 and I want to make sure everything goes smoothly.
So, should I just go to recovery and flash the zip? That's it? Should I wipe both caches beforehand?
More questions:
- can I somehow change the view in Gallery to list (with small thumbs maybe)? The only two options are grid and filmstrip and they both suck for browsing movie clips.
- how can I add mobile data on/off shortcut to the notification drawer? I know I can modify the quick settings section, but that just adds an unneccesary step. Vanilla Android has that!
- can I make the font in the status bar slightly bigger? It's too tiny.
wrt34u7 said:
I'm new to phone modding, so please be forgiving.
I just flashed Slim-i9100-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334 and I want to be able to use Google Play etc., so I downloaded Slim_aroma_selectable_gapps.4.3.build.2 and I want to make sure everything goes smoothly.
So, should I just go to recovery and flash the zip? That's it? Should I wipe both caches beforehand?
More questions:
- can I somehow change the view in Gallery to list (with small thumbs maybe)? The only two options are grid and filmstrip and they both suck for browsing movie clips.
- how can I add mobile data on/off shortcut to the notification drawer? I know I can modify the quick settings section, but that just adds an unneccesary step. Vanilla Android has that!
- can I make the font in the status bar slightly bigger? It's too tiny.
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You should of flashed gapps straight after flashing the rom. It should be ok to just flash gapps tho.
There might be a gallery on the play store for that but not sure.
Im dont use Slim but its base is cyanogenmod. You should have a toggle there with your network name? If so that is your data toggle.
wrt34u7 said:
I'm new to phone modding, so please be forgiving.
I just flashed Slim-i9100-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334 and I want to be able to use Google Play etc., so I downloaded Slim_aroma_selectable_gapps.4.3.build.2 and I want to make sure everything goes smoothly.
So, should I just go to recovery and flash the zip? That's it? Should I wipe both caches beforehand?
More questions:
- can I somehow change the view in Gallery to list (with small thumbs maybe)? The only two options are grid and filmstrip and they both suck for browsing movie clips.
- how can I add mobile data on/off shortcut to the notification drawer? I know I can modify the quick settings section, but that just adds an unneccesary step. Vanilla Android has that!
- can I make the font in the status bar slightly bigger? It's too tiny.
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yes flash gapps from recovery, always wipe cache and dalvik before is best practice. Data on/off on notification, that should be there in slim (if I remember rightly) You could check out widgetsoid to put toggle on home screen, I find this quite useful for seeing at a glance what is going on and abilty to change immediately as needed. You may also want to check out Tasker (paid app) I wouldn't be without it, then you can easily automate data on/off for what ever you like - example: screen off/data off - screen on/data on, browser on/off/data on/off etc.
Yes, you can make status bar bigger from within slim settings - change dpi to 240 (which will restore your phone to original screen size), if you wanted to get more technical you could use xposed settings with per app settings module, this works a dream for me, then you can set ui to 240 for example and other apps as you like them.
Also - quick pic may be a suitable solution for your gallery issue, I find this a good app.
Hope this helps
Happy modding!
Thanks for the replies. I have another problem and I don't want to make another thread, so here goes (it's a bit complicated, so bear with me):
I flashed the aroma gapps ROM and the installation process went fine, BUT it somehow corrupted my presonal/contact data. I would get "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped." and "Unfortunately, dialer has stopped." errors. Maybe because I didn't wipe cache/dalvik?
Anyway, I read somewhere that to fix that you should disable and clear cache/date of:
- DRM Protected Content Storage
- Media Storage
- Dialer
- Contacts
- Contacts Storage
Which is what I did, but I think I did one too many things. The errors are gone, the contacts list is fine, I can send SMS and call no problem.
But now when I connect the phone to my PC, I can't see any folders in Windows Explorer! I can see the GT-I9100 icon in My Computer, I can see "Internal Storage" and "SD Card" on it, just not any contents. 0 folders, no hidden ones either.
Also I can't see any ringtones in the Settings->Sound->Phone ringtone menu, same goes for Notification sound. It only lists "none" as an available tone. Yeah.
HI, Today i have successfully installed slim-4.3 build 2.1 unofficial on my HTC HD2, after successfully installing SlimBean aroma gapps build 2 through recovery, there was no gapps package application in my launcher , what will be the problem ?
Slimbean 4.2.2, contacts and dialer apk of stock 4.1.2
Is there any way to have the contacts and dialer apks of Stock 4.1.2 can be installed/flashed in slimbean 4.2.2.
would be nice if there's a prompt reply.

[Q] Themes with folders?

I got Themer today, and I really love how a lot of them look, but I ended up sticking with my plain stock because I like to have most things on the home screen in folders. I tried making a folder, but it didn't work.
Are there any themes that incorporate folders? Did I just do it incorrectly or are they not an option? I realize you can go into apps, and then use the categories, but I'd much rather have them on my home screen.
Plus, if I have an app, like my flashlight, that I really need on my home screen for accessibility, it's kind of obnoxious against the pretty, cohesive theme, and sticks out. If there was a folder I could stick it in on the home screen that matched the rest of the theme, it would look better. Does that make sense? I might just be rambling now.
It's a really cool app though, I like that you can do these things without rooting, I didn't realize that was possible. (My noob is showing... )
Lumosx said:
I got Themer today, and I really love how a lot of them look, but I ended up sticking with my plain stock because I like to have most things on the home screen in folders. I tried making a folder, but it didn't work.
Are there any themes that incorporate folders? Did I just do it incorrectly or are they not an option? I realize you can go into apps, and then use the categories, but I'd much rather have them on my home screen.
Plus, if I have an app, like my flashlight, that I really need on my home screen for accessibility, it's kind of obnoxious against the pretty, cohesive theme, and sticks out. If there was a folder I could stick it in on the home screen that matched the rest of the theme, it would look better. Does that make sense? I might just be rambling now.
It's a really cool app though, I like that you can do these things without rooting, I didn't realize that was possible. (My noob is showing... )
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Hi Lumosx,
With Themer, there are multiple ways of adding folders.
First, you can drag and drop apps from the app drawer onto one you've already added. To do this:
1. Drag an app onto the app drawer that you'd like in your folder.
2. Then drag another app next to it; a popup may appear asking you to unlock widgets.
3. Select Yes and open the Desktop menu and deselect Lock homescreeen Icons.
You're now able to drag icons into one another, creating folders accordingly.
Alternatively, you can use Smart Category folders. These are the categories you see in the app drawer, and adding one of these does come with some advantages. To add one:
1. Long press on the homescreen > Advanced > Desktop > Unlock homescreen Icons.
2. Long press on the homescreen > Smart Categories > choose your preferred category.
3. Tap the icon > Select the overflow icon (3-dot icon) > Manage, in order to manually add/remove apps.
Now this category will be saved for every theme that you use.
To change the look of a folder (with both methods), long press on the icon > Edit > then select an icon either from selected packs or a simple image. Let us know if you need to find an image/icon to match your theme.
Hope this helps!
-Marco
I got it to work, thank you very much! I'm very happy with it now.
One more question: The only issue I have now is that there's one particular widget that tells me it's already added when I try to put it on the screen, but it's not actually there. Do you know what the problem could be? It came with the phone (Walkmate) if that matters.
Lumosx said:
I got it to work, thank you very much! I'm very happy with it now.
One more question: The only issue I have now is that there's one particular widget that tells me it's already added when I try to put it on the screen, but it's not actually there. Do you know what the problem could be? It came with the phone (Walkmate) if that matters.
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What's your device and the widget called? We want to see if we can replicate this issue.
Also does it happen with all themes or one specific theme?
Lastly, is there room for the widget? What may happen is that a widget might take up the whole screen, not allowing for any widgets to be added. Deleting all the widgets on the page and try to add this widget will help us figure out what's causing the problem.
I have a Galaxy S3, the widget is Walkmate. It should fit, it's small and I have at least half the screen free. I tried when the screen was blank as well. The theme is Frosted Glass. I tried using a random theme as well and it still didn't work (it was Hi-Tech).
It's not a huge issue or anything.

Very slow font loading

Hello,
I used themer on CM11 for some months but the last month I had an 4.03 which isn't supported.
Yesterday I flashed CM12(android 5.02) and I started to use themer again. The problem is that in this latest version of themer when I try to change a font, the loadind of fonts is very slow and very often crash the app. Sometimes after 3-5 minutes I can see the list and choose a font, but this is very slow and I need to change fonts(to support my language) very often. I tried another app which loads a fonts list and it does it almost immediately, so doesn't seem to be device's or rom's problem.
Is there any faster way to change fonts of a theme? For e.g by editing an xml file or something?
dancer_69 said:
Hello,
I used themer on CM11 for some months but the last month I had an 4.03 which isn't supported.
Yesterday I flashed CM12(android 5.02) and I started to use themer again. The problem is that in this latest version of themer when I try to change a font, the loadind of fonts is very slow and very often crash the app. Sometimes after 3-5 minutes I can see the list and choose a font, but this is very slow and I need to change fonts(to support my language) very often. I tried another app which loads a fonts list and it does it almost immediately, so doesn't seem to be device's or rom's problem.
Is there any faster way to change fonts of a theme? For e.g by editing an xml file or something?
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Hi there,
Unfortunately Themer only works well when changing the fonts within Zooper. Everything else could lead to crashes. If you would like to change the fonts (for widgets only), placing new ones inside the /sdcard/ZooperWidget/Fonts folder. If Themer is still crashing we recommend unistalling the app, deleting the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder then resinstalling Themer.
Hope this helps!
Marco
Sorry, I've misleading you. In fact, the problem is when trying to load the font list within Zooper. This is very slow and cause themer crashes, or hot reboot sometimes.
dancer_69 said:
Sorry, I've misleading you. In fact, the problem is when trying to load the font list within Zooper. This is very slow and cause themer crashes, or hot reboot sometimes.
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Could you please provide us with the steps you used so that we can try to replicate this issue?
Thanks
ThemerSupport said:
Could you please provide us with the steps you used so that we can try to replicate this issue?
Thanks
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I didn' do anything special, and this happened in all themes with zooper I tried. For e.g I just tried on "Orange Glow" theme.
-open advanced menu
-choose unlock widgets
-tap and hold on a zooper widget
-select configure
-select widget disign(or something, I haven't english UI)
-choose a text element
-select text font element
at this last step I get the "loading" popup dialog for a long time. Sometimes after more than 2 minutes the font list is displayed, but usually themer crashes before that.
This time I tried on a saved version of the above theme and the font list displayed a lot faster. So seems that this happens with fresh downloaded themes, not the saved versions of them. It happens only one time(now) though.
EDIT:
I tested it one more time and it happens again. So the problem exists and with saved version of theme.
EDIT2:
I attached the log when I'm trying to change font(this time the font list appear after 2 minutes).
dancer_69 said:
I didn' do anything special, and this happened in all themes with zooper I tried. For e.g I just tried on "Orange Glow" theme.
-open advanced menu
-choose unlock widgets
-tap and hold on a zooper widget
-select configure
-select widget disign(or something, I haven't english UI)
-choose a text element
-select text font element
at this last step I get the "loading" popup dialog for a long time. Sometimes after more than 2 minutes the font list is displayed, but usually themer crashes before that.
This time I tried on a saved version of the above theme and the font list displayed a lot faster. So seems that this happens with fresh downloaded themes, not the saved versions of them. It happens only one time(now) though.
EDIT:
I tested it one more time and it happens again. So the problem exists and with saved version of theme.
EDIT2:
I attached the log when I'm trying to change font(this time the font list appear after 2 minutes).
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Thanks for the detailed info - I've passed it onto the development team, will let you know soon if there's a fix!
- Marco
dancer_69 said:
EDIT:
I tested it one more time and it happens again. So the problem exists and with saved version of theme.
EDIT2:
I attached the log when I'm trying to change font(this time the font list appear after 2 minutes).
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Hi,
Just to check, what device are you using? Also, what app are you referring to when you say that you tried loading another fonts list.
Thanks!
My device is an old Huawei Ideos X5, but with a custom CM12 rom. The app I used was a module app for xposed with name PerAppFonts. I haven't xposed installed though and I don't use this app/module, just use it to test how quick the font list loaded.

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This looks incredible, I'll be using this. Thanks mate
Im stuck at this step. If I press restore widget...I get to the RSS Widget Config. Pls guide
Setting up the Lolli-Tab home screen
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Tap: Tap to restore widget (middle of screen) and load the LT_Home_screen template from the SD Card option.
If this is a fresh installation of Nova Launcher grand it permission to Create widget and allow access,
Tap: resize or tap to start and load the LT_Home_screen from the SD Card option.
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Mokum020 said:
I will revise that step, it's unclear, sorry
If you load the LT_settings in Nova and exit the program, you already can tap: resize or tap to start (middle of the screen) and load the LT_Home_screen from the SD Card option in Zooper.
Please let me know if you got it setup
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Got it working now - was using Zooper Free and not Zooper Pro. thx
I'm struggling with sizing the Home Screen widget as Zooper widget sizes are limited. Nor does the Zooper scaling help.
Pls advise whether I'm doing cowrrect procedure.
1. Open a new widget
2. Select Zooper widget
3. select size (tried 1x1; 4 x 4; 4x2; 6x2 )
4. Then tap to resize or start
5. select sd card/LT Home Screen
6. Exit
Where do I go wrong?
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All working . Thx
Hey Mokum,
Very nice theme!
I'd like to use it on my 10inch Asus Transformer, but I don't get the homescreen so crispy as you do.
Is that because of the dpi? Or the resolution?
Please reply!
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I looked it up for you and it's '1280 x 800 pixels (~149 ppi pixel density)'
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Separate widgets?
Hello,
fantastic job, even the other system info widget on the other thread, and very accurate explanation about how to configure everything.
From my point of view I see only one problem: such widgets are perfect for landscape but practically unusable for portrait, and having a Tab S 8.4 the last one is my most used mode.
I don't know if I'm asking too much or you already have tought about... Maybe you like my idea and you'll decide to do for yourself first
1) What if you make many different widgets instead of a big one? In such way you would give maximum modularity to them. It would be possible to use in portrait too, people could change order, etc.
The same for the info widget on the other thread.
2) What if you add customization using ZWUtilities even with these widgets like Meteo, Music, News, Calendar etc.?
3) What if you make at least "blank" 4x1, 4x2, 4x4 widgets, where "blank" means pastel coloured header with 3 stripes on the left upper corner, and white or dark background below... Luckily always with ZWUtilities customization to have a coherent theme.
To be sincere, I'm already trying to extrapolate elements by the big widget you already made, simply I personally miss the time to go fast on this job, so if you like the idea and you want to extend by yourself your own work I'll be happy too
However, really congratulations again for what you already made! And sorry for my english, isn't my primary language and I hope my ideas was enough clear.
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