Hello everyone, new guy here.
I hope I'm in the right place. Yesterday after a couple of days debating I went with the RUU path. I updated my HTC One X (att) to JB thinking it was the best way to avoid any issues. Well I must say I'm happy to see improvements with Sense but my issues lay with Launchers. Previously I used Next Launcher (I had very simple backgrounds and themes, I only preferred it for the freedom it gave me with icon and widget placement. Maybe a few other perks). Anyhow, now that I've updated to JB these launchers no longer work properly. I've tried Nova, Next and Go EX. None of them apply completely. One example would be Next, I install a theme, go to settings to apply it and it says "preview cannot be found" (or something like that). It does apply to some degree, I can change the dock icons to the themes design but only a few of them. All in all, it seems as if the theme gets half of it right. I also tried to use Go SMS, and it also wont apply completely.
So I hope this isn't all child's play, other forums chewed me up and said these are toys and lame and all that stuff... If anyone has any ideas or solutions it would be greatly appreciated. As of now it seems as if I am going back to Sense for the time being.
I'm also considering rooting. I really just don't like the phones stock look. So if this is a good solution, let me know.
Thanks, The New Guy.
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So after having the Vibrant since the day it was available, I'm finally giving TouchWiz a try upon install of Bionix 1.8. It doesn't seem to be slapping me in the face but is there no way, even usinig third-party apps, to edit the icons for the apps JUST in the dock? Or any morphs available that do this? (compatible with 1.8 of course). I did my searching and couldn't really find anything so I'm sorry if it's been asked. Even went through the Home Screen thread to see if any users had done so and just saw a bunch of launcherpro setups haha.
EDIT: Also, what if I wanted to do it myself? Any direction would be appreciated.
Hey guys,
I was playing around with the phone last week, downloading some icons for launcher pro and such, trying to get rid of the HTC lockscreen which I hate.. for some reason launcher Pro would not launch anymore and doesn't show in the app drawer. When I use home switcher, it activates it, but setting it to defaults results in crashes.
I got annoyed looking to see if cyanogen is already working with the 3d evo, and while I see their site says they do, I can't see the files...? I rooted my HTC Hero in the past, and even though I don't remember the full process, I was very happy at the end. I want to do that the same for this phone.
Ok, so here comes my general questions:
* cyanogen - is there a stable one for the 3D evo, or not yet?
* Launcher Pro - is anyone familiar with this issue, and will rooting the phone help?
* Minimalism - I want to change the looks of icons on my phone (not just the launcher shortcuts, but the actual icon in the drawer). I saw some app for that somewhere but I can't remember what it is.. anyone? Also, if possible, I would like to change the looks of the widgets.. again, read somewhere it's possible, but how complicated / time consuming is it?
* lockscreen - don't want it, I hate that freakin' ring, I just want a lock pattern or code. What can I do about it, and if I root my phone, does it go away?
Roms - besides cyanogen, which I liked a lot on my old phone, are there new Roms (especially ones with a minimal feel to them) that are stable and good? I really don't need anything car related (I live in the city) or sports related. I know this is getting very specific, but assuming there are others like me out there, what do you use? I'm just looking for a direction with these last remarks.
Ok, as always, thanks a lot!
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CM7 is still in alpha for the Evo 3D, 4G and 3D don't work, but development is still ongoing...
personally, even though I was a CM7 user when I had the Evo 4G, I gave MIUI a chance on the 3D, and I'm extremely happy, and the ROM is incredibly customizable (themes, lockscreens, fonts and icons are all easily switchable, and you can mix and match elements from different themes from within the ROM).
granted, there's no 4G or 3D on MIUI either, so if you want to use these features, your only option right now is a Sense ROM.
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
herousr said:
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!
empiire said:
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.
fpineda101 said:
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've been tryng for days to get the Razr M launcher, apps & circles widget set up on my original Razr running JB. I have seen several posts on how to do this, but all of the guides seem to be outdated for ICS. I have found downloads of what claim to be the proper launcher, with a supposedly whitish background for the google bar, but when I actually try to get it set up, it shows up clear like the old one. Also, things like the messaging.apk and the quickview.apk just flat out fail to install no matter what. I'm just having all sorts of crazy problems. I've been through 3 full data wipes, and just have no idea where to go from here. Anyone have a current, JB compatible, guide on how to do this the right way? I'm really frustrated
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I've been tryng for days to get the Razr M launcher, apps & circles widget set up on my original Razr running JB. I have seen several posts on how to do this, but all of the guides seem to be outdated for ICS. I have found downloads of what claim to be the proper launcher, with a supposedly whitish background for the google bar, but when I actually try to get it set up, it shows up clear like the old one. Also, things like the messaging.apk and the quickview.apk just flat out fail to install no matter what. I'm just having all sorts of crazy problems. I've been through 3 full data wipes, and just have no idea where to go from here. Anyone have a current, JB compatible, guide on how to do this the right way? I'm really frustrated
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You should have to try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213858
Thanks for this. It seems to have worked. One question though, instead of the nice, new Google search bar at the top with the microphone, I get the old one that has 2 Google logos, and it can't be removed. Any reason for that? Also, the Quickview never seems to work, no matter what notifications I get, there is never a badge over any apps for the count. I would really like to fix those two things. Thanks
Zorn_ said:
Thanks for this. It seems to have worked. One question though, instead of the nice, new Google search bar at the top with the microphone, I get the old one that has 2 Google logos, and it can't be removed. Any reason for that? Also, the Quickview never seems to work, no matter what notifications I get, there is never a badge over any apps for the count. I would really like to fix those two things. Thanks
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Can't do any thing for 2 Google logo. But you can replace quick view with this...
http://d-h.st/mVF
circles widget with nova launcher
Is there anyway to run circles widget on nova launcher? I know moto cracked down on sites hosting the files
I was wondering because that is what I had been using up until today. Just rooted and installed CM11 1/19. I was playing around with their stock launcher and finding that there are somethings I didn't like, almost thinking of going back to my old one, but that's it - it's old. As I played, I found that CM's laucher doesn't seem to do all that I'd like it to, do I'll probably switch to nova or another one.
Also, I have the dark theme selected for the messaging app, but it still comes out light. any ideas as to why that might be? I"ve started to play with some styles that will change that, but it also changes other things that i don't like enough to keep it. Just have to keep looking and playing.
Later