Has anyone received their beta verification email to link your play store account yet?
http://chameleon.teknision.com/
Nope not yet. Looking forward to testing it too on both my nexus 7 and the galaxy tab 10.1.
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Nope not yet. Looking forward to testing it too on both my nexus 7 and the galaxy tab 10.1.
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Me too...it looks really promising.
ETA: Issue resolved. Looking forward to being a beta tester.
Started beta testing today. Their forum isn't up yet so there's no way to report comments/issues officially other than emailing them which I don't think will be their preferred method moving forward.
Expected limited widget support at the start given that the intent of the beta is to flush out fundamental bugs first and there are some for sure. Rotating the device while the app tray is up for example results in corrupted screen. My laggy Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Honeycomb runs Chameleon faster than my Nexus 7 tablet does. On the Nexus 7 I'm unable to get the home button to bring back Chameleon. Etc.
Feature wise there's a long way to go too other than the obvious need for more widgets that will eventually come upon the release of their widget API. My laundry list of feature requests is growing including:
- Add ability to use custom wallpapers (ommited on purpose obviously to focus beta testing around main program and widgets)
- Add option to hide tile titles
- Email widget should display all messages, not just unread ones (if you read all your mail you're left with an empty widget with a humorous email ninja reference)
- RSS widget should display images too
- Weather widget should bring up weather animation or some form of forecast upon tapping it
- Buttons to left and right of the bottom dock waste too much space
- Bottom dock icons too large, margins should be adjusted to make bar thinner
- Gesture support sorely needed
- Should allow dedication of some tiles to the placement of application shortcuts, not just the dock
In terms of widget development hopefully at the very least they include in the final widgets for all of the stock google services like Youtube, Calendar, Drive, and Reader.
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Do we really need 7 home screens? Launcher devs are proud with their 11
homescreens. But, do we really use these home screens. I use only 3...
How about you?
I use 7 as I am on MIUI.
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Only 3
One dedicated to the parameters, the second, weather and time and the last to music widgets
I was down to one. I had four 1-row by 4-column instances of Widgetsoid running and had about 7 or 8 shortcuts to different apps and functions on each instance, for a total of about 30-some shortcuts.
Then the lag set in and I deleted the widgets.. now I'm up to four homescreens.
I'm using two atm
i use 4 or 5
i have 4 or 5 screens:
far left - system monitoring or controlling widgets
center - clock/weather/date widget, google search widget, folders
right - full screen calendar widget
far right - rss, evernote and social networking widgets
far far right - only if i find more widgets i might need...mostly only need 4 though
i use 7, all filled with htc widgets and some shortcuts
widgets:
- notes
- tasks
- calendar
- contacts
- bookmarks
- clock+weather
- clock(2 location)
for me 1 is enough, adding too many widgets on screen will drain my battery.
well i use 4 - one for todos, one for calender, one for some basic shortcuts and one for time and weather
2 - i like a minimalist look and has an easy access to everything that i use often
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2 - i like a minimalist look and has an easy access to everything that i use often
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That's my style too
One with my music player pro widget and one with shortcuts.
4 on my phone and only 1 on my tablet.
I'm only using two; one for my quick access stuff such as camera, music, and quick dialers, and the second for tools (shell, ssh, flashlight) and social stuff.
HS
Only 5 in my case.
I guess as many as The rom I using Willie ley me.
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3 with the middle as my primary
7 on my desire s!
5-Middle is home screen which only contains clock
left- (places screen) weather widget, navigation, maps, google earth and star map apps
far left- (system screen) set cpu, mini info, battery monitor
right- (internet stuff) google search, facebook, mail
far right- (media center) music widget, pandora widget, Netflix, drocap2, tunein radio and youtube
3
on my old hero running gingerbread, it forces me to minimize the contents the home app has to display so it does not lag too much
4, but only because I use MIUI. If I were using any other, it would only be 1.
Since I only recently jumped on TSF Launcher, I've found that I've already gotten used to the great looking 5x5 calendar widget that came with Touchwiz. Much to my chagrin, it's only available when using Touchwiz.
Most of the calendar widgets in the market are either list type widgets, or not sized correctly to be displayed on this giant screen.
Has anyone come across a calendar widget that they like for the Note?
Jorte Calendar has a 5x5 monthly calendar widget. It's popular although i think it's a bit on the ugly side in terms of looks...but with time I think a lot of customization is possible.
You're right about the ugliness - not even close to Samsung's widget.
Deslandes has one called PURE Grid. I use PURE Messenger a lot and the functionality is always fantastic and it looks great. The biggest issue is if you're using Exchange. It'll work fine with Google, but it can't read your Exchange calendar on a Samsung device yet.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar&hl=en
I personally love Jorte and don't find it ugly at all with some tweaks. A big requirement for me is that the widget has to be very functional. By making the widget completely transparent and using Google calendar colors, looks sweet to me!
Also, using the month+task view, I get all the information I need at once. The widget also adjusts to landscape view effectively.
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. The biggest issue is if you're using Exchange. It'll work fine with Google, but it can't read your Exchange calendar on a Samsung device yet.
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It says it works with Touchdown, so shouldn't that be fine for Exchange?
Android Pro Widgets ?
HD Widgets
Puregrid works great I have mine set at 5 by 5xxl-tablet. I mainly use just the week view but here's both. Puregrid is very customizable and a decent selection of skins, I'm rocking the ICS skin.
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try wizz, its free.
So I just converted from the iWagon to this beauty. LOVING the IR receiver for my TV and the UI for program tuning! MAN oh Man. I actually had a moment where I thought to myself I may be too stupid or old for this phone (I'm 28 har har). It's worlds above iPhone.
Speakers are amazing as well!
However....
I also own a Nexus 7 and I'm not sure if it's because my N7 is running 4.2 JB or what but there are some features that are sorely missed.
Love the dual status bar swipe (swipe left side of top bar and you get progam specific notifications, swipe right side and you get system settings type notes). Also missing is the widget for ANY OTHER EMAIL other than Gmail. Gmail has a nice 3x3 scale-able widget where you can view (and scroll) recent emails, however there doesn't seem to be one for OTHER email address such as Outlook or Yahoo. My N7 has this widget and my co-workers have it on their Note 2's. May be an HTC thing.
Also, I really love the visual style of Sense 5 and the information flow screen is pretty great. BUT, I feel that the Nova Launcher better suits my needs for the Dock icons. I want to be able to have 6 or 7 icons (phone, sms, music, chrome, camera, mail, apps) on the dock at all times. Sense 5 doesn't let you customize it. Annoying especially because I use Chrome rather than the stock browser.
I wish there was some way to have the Sense 5 flow style combined with the good parts of Nova Launcher... Anyone know of a way to do that? If there was a way to combine both seamlessly, I would be STOKED.
Anyways, needless to say I love this frackin thing. Can't wait to see what people come up with for personal customization.
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So I just converted from the iWagon to this beauty. LOVING the IR receiver for my TV and the UI for program tuning! MAN oh Man. I actually had a moment where I thought to myself I may be too stupid or old for this phone (I'm 28 har har). It's worlds above iPhone.
Speakers are amazing as well!
However....
I also own a Nexus 7 and I'm not sure if it's because my N7 is running 4.2 JB or what but there are some features that are sorely missed.
Love the dual status bar swipe (swipe left side of top bar and you get progam specific notifications, swipe right side and you get system settings type notes). Also missing is the widget for ANY OTHER EMAIL other than Gmail. Gmail has a nice 3x3 scale-able widget where you can view (and scroll) recent emails, however there doesn't seem to be one for OTHER email address such as Outlook or Yahoo. My N7 has this widget and my co-workers have it on their Note 2's. May be an HTC thing.
Also, I really love the visual style of Sense 5 and the information flow screen is pretty great. BUT, I feel that the Nova Launcher better suits my needs for the Dock icons. I want to be able to have 6 or 7 icons (phone, sms, music, chrome, camera, mail, apps) on the dock at all times. Sense 5 doesn't let you customize it. Annoying especially because I use Chrome rather than the stock browser.
I wish there was some way to have the Sense 5 flow style combined with the good parts of Nova Launcher... Anyone know of a way to do that? If there was a way to combine both seamlessly, I would be STOKED.
Anyways, needless to say I love this frackin thing. Can't wait to see what people come up with for personal customization.
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You can customize the dock. You have to open the app drawer then pull one of the ones off the dock and then add chrome. It's kinda stupid that you can only change them by opening the app drawer (as you know they just come back of you remove them while on the homescreen)
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You can customize the dock. You have to open the app drawer then pull one of the ones off the dock and then add chrome. It's kinda stupid that you can only change them by opening the app drawer (as you know they just come back of you remove them while on the homescreen)
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Hmm interesting. I see what you mean. So weird it has to go through app drawer... Still doesn't solve the 6-7 icons on Dock though...
i stopped using sense a few hours after i got the phone and went back to nova launcher. blinkfeed was cool for a few minutes but i dont see using it in my daily life. i also miss having drop down toggles for things like wifi but i installed widgetsoid for that. if sense were more customizable and less clunky i may have considered keeping it but nova just does everything i want and more.
cachookaman said:
i stopped using sense a few hours after i got the phone and went back to nova launcher. blinkfeed was cool for a few minutes but i dont see using it in my daily life. i also miss having drop down toggles for things like wifi but i installed widgetsoid for that. if sense were more customizable and less clunky i may have considered keeping it but nova just does everything i want and more.
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^^This..is exactly why I switched to using Nova again. I like being able to customize my stuff. I do miss the drop down toggles as well. That is my only true gripe about this phone.
Nova user too. I switch between the two and have Sense as default coz I'm still liking Blinkfeed. I don't mind the folders on the dock coz I can always switch to Nova.
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for me apex enhances my experience with the one,,, don't get me wrong i love sense 5 but apex gives me much more flexibility
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Nova user too. I switch between the two and have Sense as default coz I'm still liking Blinkfeed. I don't mind the folders on the dock coz I can always switch to Nova.
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you can set a shortcut to blinkfeed using nova launcher. just go to shortcuts > activities > HTC sense. thats what i did and i deleted all the additional screens so it just goes to blinkfeed. after youre done with looking at blinkfeed then you just press the home button to go back to nova.
cachookaman said:
you can set a shortcut to blinkfeed using nova launcher. just go to shortcuts > activities > HTC sense. thats what i did and i deleted all the additional screens so it just goes to blinkfeed. after youre done with looking at blinkfeed then you just press the home button to go back to nova.
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I have it the other way around. Sense is default, placed nova app on dock. Tapping Home takes me back to Blinkfeed then tap dock for Nova when I'm done with Blinkfeed
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I have it the other way around. Sense is default, placed nova app on dock. Tapping Home takes me back to Blinkfeed then tap dock for Nova when I'm done with Blinkfeed
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I have it set up the other way, but your way may even be better. Kind of like using blinkfeed as a lock screen, not really but like a landing screen.
Hi,
just got Themer, and I really like it!
But, I can't get Page Buddy to work (Samsung Galaxy Note 2).
Could it be because Page Buddy is a Samsung-only thing?
Thanks for any help!
barnum1 said:
Hi,
just got Themer, and I really like it!
But, I can't get Page Buddy to work (Samsung Galaxy Note 2).
Could it be because Page Buddy is a Samsung-only thing?
Thanks for any help!
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Are you trying to use Page Buddy withing Themer?
Yep, I had my Samsung setup so that Page buddy opened the S-pen page (when I took out the pen).
That does not work after using Themer launcher.
No big deal, but I was just curious if there was a work-around....
Galaxy Note 2 > 3
I am furious that samsung took away page buddy and esp. did not leave any alternative or better feature on it.
I hardly think note 3 is better phone; only the dimension & maybe the Full HD screen will the selling point FOR me.
Samsung tried widgets on s4 and failed, I don't know what magazine's all about.
Anyways,
Here's why and how note 2 is better(this is all customed to my usability and the level of descent use Note features) :
S-PEN
1. S-Pen button and doube-tap on screen launching quick s-memo. yes, it's not good as action note BUT i think the most would use really note more than jogging down e-mails & phone numbers, if anything they should have included such feature or option on quick s-memo function. The biggest upside is quick s-note is treated just like any other s-memo.
2. Pulling S-Pen reacts as your 4th-hardware key/switch. Meaning, you can arrange app icons & widget or if any, you want to hide away can be launch pull(without detaching S-pen) and tap an app can be your quick launch. I have direct call, small s-memo widget, google translater, and starbucks, alarm(3rd party - "Timely"-because you don't need look/search for regular Time app, if you pull notification bar down and tap clock on left top corner re-direct you to clock). Try using optimizing page buddy as Quick dial or Favorite Contact.
Earphone PLUG
1. Music widget
2. Movie & Youtube widget & etc.
recommended shortcuts always changes why not have your own secret happy(?) place to go when you plug your earphone or detach your s-pen.
*Apple DO NOT take away feature that doesn't work right away(only based on my guesstimation). Nor put any prematurely developed or tested app. I just think Page Buddy feature has a great potential.
The Planner Pro app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appxy.planner looks like a good substitute but the layout rendering seems buggy on the landscape layout of the Gemini.
I've yet to try it but for a long time on Android devices I have used Tiny Calendar
I've not had an major problems with it and my father gets on with it as well on his android mobile so I shall try it when I get mine. Hopefully it will work well enough
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I've yet to try it but for a long time on Android devices I have used Tiny Calendar
I've not had an major problems with it and my father gets on with it as well on his android mobile so I shall try it when I get mine. Hopefully it will work well enough
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Nice layout for calendar views. But Psion Agenda also allowed incorporation of To Do items.
For ToDo things I tend to use Google Keep now. With the benefit of it synchronising across all my devices with that account connected.
Thanks for the recommendation of Tiny Calendar. This is the best app I've seen for replicating the two-week custom view I use for Google Calendar on the web, and the widgets aren't bad either. It took me a while to find the customisation options (you have to force rotate to portrait using the Gemini App Bar) but now it's set up to my liking it's great.
I stopped using to-do lists years ago when I switched from EPOC to iOS and couldn't find a way to integrate them into calendar apps in the way Psion Agenda did. I generally use all-day calendar entries instead, so Tiny Calendar fits my use pattern perfectly. Anyone with similar needs might like to check out Calendar Widget which among other options gives a very nice semi-transparent agenda list on the home screen that makes very efficient use of screen real estate.
I have high hopes for the official Gemini Agenda clone when it finally sees the light of day. One of the joys of Psion Agenda, aside from its fantastic integration of calendar and to-do functionality, was that absolutely everything could be done without using the touchscreen. Android on the Gemini makes touch functions much more responsive than the old resistive hardware and stylus, but I'd sooner have the keyboard shortcuts back.
If Gemini Agenda can replicate that behaviour I'll be overjoyed. Those early screenshots certainly looked promising.
I can also recommend Jorte. It has a great Daily and Weekly layout including To Dos. Works well in the landscape layout.
This is probably the best Agenda substitute. It's the aCalender+ and even has an annual calendar view:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.withouthat.acalendarplus
The official Agenga app is now available.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pripla.gemagenda
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Pripla.PlanetSyncAdapter