Stock unrooted sprint LG G3
They seem a little inconsistent. Some have a shadow, most don't. And I think the shadows are in different directions on some icons (although it's hard for me to tell for sure right now).
meyerweb said:
They seem a little inconsistent. Some have a shadow, most don't. And I think the shadows are in different directions on some icons (although it's hard for me to tell for sure right now).
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Funny, inconsistent was the first word that came to my mind as well.
I find the best Icon Packs in the Play Store are SUPER consistent.
Yeah I just made them with the stock launcher feature that allows you to use any image in your gallery as an icon lol its a pretty cool feature and I updated my play store icon.
New icons
Some different ones
What is this stock launcher feature you speak of?
scottspa74 said:
What is this stock launcher feature you speak of?
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Long press on an icon on your home screen and let go and there will be a purple icon on your app icon, just click it and you can set the icon as any image in your gallery
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Can the Bootloader ever be unlocked?
tweaker101 said:
Can the Bootloader ever be unlocked?
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I'm probably going to take mine back if it can't, too much bloody bloatware and poor app drawer
Bloody hell ppl,have a little patience.The tab's only been out a few weeks.Give the devs time to crack it.I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end
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Questions in the general area. Development stuff in the development area. K?
Bloatware? Seriously? This tablet as among the lowest actual 3rd party bloatware I've seen lately. On top of that the app drawer is one of the best features of this tablet. We clearly both bought ours for completely different reasons. If you don't like 3rd party apps, you can actually uninstall them. If you're talking about wi-fi checker and the remote...I don't know what to say.
The app drawer is pretty poor, there is no way to have the icon view in alphabetical order without manually re-ordering all the icons - only the list view which is not as efficient.
The Sony icons are ugly too, on my homescreen there are about 5 blue/purple sony icons and the rest are the nice app icons and it looks a bit odd.
This with the wi-fi bug disconnection bug is making me think I should have just gone for the galaxy tab 10.1
Dunhamzzz said:
The app drawer is pretty poor, there is no way to have the icon view in alphabetical order without manually re-ordering all the icons - only the list view which is not as efficient.
The Sony icons are ugly too, on my homescreen there are about 5 blue/purple sony icons and the rest are the nice app icons and it looks a bit odd.
This with the wi-fi bug disconnection bug is making me think I should have just gone for the galaxy tab 10.1
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Have you tried installing adw ex? changes the look and feel of the tablet including being able to remove the top bar, which gives you more room. The app drawer is fully customisable then, too. You can also change the icons for the pre-installed software. Can recommend using the fluxed adw theme.
pcoulson said:
Have you tried installing adw ex? changes the look and feel of the tablet including being able to remove the top bar, which gives you more room. The app drawer is fully customisable then, too. You can also change the icons for the pre-installed software. Can recommend using the fluxed adw theme.
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++10 ADWLauncher EX is the bomb!.. i bought it way back for my phones, and i'm glad i don't have to pay for it again to install in my Sony Tablet..
So the stock wallpaper on the Galaxy S4 goes all the way to the notification panel at the top and makes it transparent which i love. I figured i would try and load a custom wallpaper and it would do the same thing, no go! This is kind of disappointing that the stock wallpapers have dimensions that sideloaded wallpapers dont. Has anyone figured out a way to cover that area so it looks as nice as the stock wallpapers.
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So the stock wallpaper on the Galaxy S4 goes all the way to the notification panel at the top and makes it transparent which i love. I figured i would try and load a custom wallpaper and it would do the same thing, no go! This is kind of disappointing that the stock wallpapers have dimensions that sideloaded wallpapers dont. Has anyone figured out a way to cover that area so it looks as nice as the stock wallpapers.
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This is well known, Samsung has come out and told us you only get the transparent notification bar on their wallpapers. Their reasoning, which makes sense, is that they don't know what kind of picture you would be using, and certain backgrounds would make the navigation bar text unreadable.
The only thing I can think of is if you use Nova Launcher, you can enable "transparent notification bar" somewhere in the menu, that might let you do that with all wallpapers.
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This is well known, Samsung has come out and told us you only get the transparent notification bar on their wallpapers. Their reasoning, which makes sense, is that they don't know what kind of picture you would be using, and certain backgrounds would make the navigation bar text unreadable.
The only thing I can think of is if you use Nova Launcher, you can enable "transparent notification bar" somewhere in the menu, that might let you do that with all wallpapers.
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Wow you are a genius! i have had paid version of nova for A LONG time and never knew that. It worked perfectly!
Holsum said:
Wow you are a genius! i have had paid version of nova for A LONG time and never knew that. It worked perfectly!
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Glad it worked! Now I can use it when I pick up my S4 today
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Glad it worked! Now I can use it when I pick up my S4 today
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THe only thing that Nova wont do is the lock screen image. but im sure they will add it.
Holsum said:
THe only thing that Nova wont do is the lock screen image. but im sure they will add it.
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You don't need the lock screen with Nova. Lock screen is a different APK. You can still change the two by going into your settings -> My device -> Display -> Wallpaper and then pick Lock Screen or Home Screen.
Here is my issue. I've gotten my luck screen to be transparent v by luck. I tested that luck changed wallpaper and lost transparency. Anyone else run into this
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You could replace one of the stock wallpapers. I looked and they are packaged as drawables in the wall paper chooser apk (SecWallpaperChooser.apk). I may try to do it...it is essentially like making a theme.
BTW, the stock wallpapers are 1920x1920...I guess so they work in landscape?
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Even though ive changed to the google now launcher, a random selection of my app icons are still surrounded by white boxed edges. They look ugly. Is there anyway to fix this? You can see it on the chrome icon and play store icon.
Mozgus said:
Even though ive changed to the google now launcher, a random selection of my app icons are still surrounded by white boxed edges. They look ugly. Is there anyway to fix this? You can see it on the chrome icon and play store icon.
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Install Nova launcher and select kit kat or JB as the default icons after you activate it. Then go back into Nova settings and choose Google now launcher as your default launcher. After that the icons will stay the ones you choose. Or at least it works for me.
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Currently using Nova launcher with click ui icon pack. I think I prefer it.
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Well it didnt seem to have any effect even after reboot. I'm just going to use Nova. The icons look perfect on it and google now works anyway. I dont really need its launcher. Thanks.
Mozgus said:
Well it didnt seem to have any effect even after reboot. I'm just going to use Nova. The icons look perfect on it and google now works anyway. I dont really need its launcher. Thanks.
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I agree. Nova options really make it your own.
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Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
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RC
[Cruzer said:
;78017561]Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
Thanks
RC
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Yes, Nova has this feature - - which is great for friends with fumble fingers.
Why keep stock launcher when Nova has that, and more, like icon packs, shadows under icons, different transitions, landscape movement across screens...
I can see keeping stock firmware instead of custom ROM, but keeping stock launcher? Come on, don't be silly.
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;78017561]Does anyone know of a way to lock the stock launcher desktop. I know I can change launchers that have that feature. But I want to keep stock.
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RC
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Not that I have seen in settings.
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ChazzMatt said:
Yes, Nova has this feature - - which is great for friends with fumble fingers.
Why keep stock launcher when Nova has that, and more, like icon packs, shadows under icons, different transitions, landscape movement across screens...
I can see keeping stock firmware instead of custom ROM, but keeping stock launcher? Come on, don't be silly.
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I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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;78020383]I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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OK. I have tons several widgets - - including a fantastic weather one called Beautiful Widgets, as well as calendar, so I've never used stock OEM widgets, whether Motorola or LG.
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;78020383]I just want to keep it things simple as possible and fast. But your prolly right will try the launcher again.
EDIT: I remember why I couldn't switch. I can't use LG widgets with Nova launcher. So I'm trading one thing for another. I can live without desktop lock for now.
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At one time I remembered there used to be an option in Google play store to not add apps to desktop. I can't find it anymore. Odd
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You need to use shortcut master and go into the LG Home hidden settings
*Edit: now I can't find the setting I thought was there to look the launcher down to however you have it. So play at your own risk. Will post pics of what I meant below.
Shortcut Master, system apps, LG home, Hidden settings...
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Shortcut Master, system apps, LG home, Hidden settings...
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Thanks will give that a try
Hello everyone, I’m back in the Android family again and I see a lot has changed in the last 3 years. I went into the playstore and don’t see all of the apps I’ve purchased, and I’m assuming that’s because of Android OS compatibility. I was very happy to see some core apps I use were still there, but what happened to the launchers? The variety is nothing like it used to be. At one point in time, I had between 10 - 14 on my phone that were similar but also different for one reason or another. Thankfully Nova Launcher which is my number 1 pick is still available. I think Apex Launcher is also, sadly TSF Shell and Next Launcher are gone. I liked those, but I see Go Launcher is. Now I haven’t used that launcher in at least 7 or 8 years, because they began charging for things that used to be included for free. I remember when that was the top launcher and was worth using. The reviews I see are terrible to say the least. I tried to visit their website and got some message basically stating the site isn’t up as far as I’m concerned. What is going on here, and what could they possibly be selling for an in app purchase for $109? I would never spend that kind of money for an in app purchase. Are there any other good launchers available that I’m missing? I saw a couple of launchers that were based on Windows Desktop layouts, and a MAC OS layout.
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I didn't like how the stock launcher only gave you only a few applications to choose from on the top screen when you were in 'T' mode. I played around with Nova Launcher and changing the options to auto rotate seems to work pretty well. Let me...
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Omg thank you!!!
Here is what I'm using
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Here is what I'm using
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Microsoft Launcher seems to also work well with the Wing.
You will lose the Carousel Apps though in swivel mode.
But it seems to take care of the 5 second delay that KLWP has when launching Apps from the Home Screen.
Nova also takes care of that though
Wow that looks good. Is that KLWP also? I haven't played around with a build your own widget since UCCW.
Assassyn said:
Wow that looks good. Is that KLWP also? I haven't played around with a build your own widget since UCCW.
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Yes, mainly KLWP. Not really a widget but an entire theme built using KLWP.
It's a fairly steep learning curve, but works well on the Wing
niteowl360 said:
Yes, mainly KLWP. Not really a widget but an entire theme built using KLWP.
It's a fairly steep learning curve, but works well on the Wing
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Ok I'll have to read up on it. Don't want to get burnt out because I don't understand it completely.
Assassyn said:
Ok I'll have to read up on it. Don't want to get burnt out because I don't understand it completely.
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Lol Yes it's not the easiest to get to grips with. Cheers
Btw which launcher did you settle on in the end.
That looks really slick!
niteowl360 said:
Lol Yes it's not the easiest to get to grips with. Cheers
Btw which launcher did you settle on in the end.
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I switched to Nova to play around with KLWP, because I am not entirely sure if Win-X Launcher (NO ADS) is compatible. Its either that, and/or I really just don't know what I'm doing yet. I plan to learn more about to use it this weekend.
I use Total Launcher and have for years. It gives you a blank palette to place any widget, any icon, anywhere. Allows for windows with swipe actions. Use of any icon pack in the play store. Mix and match icon styles. Completely customizable. Works with KLWP and KWGT. Has Tasker plugins.
Overall, IMO its more freedom to customize than any other launcher. You be the judge. Happy Launching...