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Sweeter Home!

Has anyone downloaded the free preview for this app? It looks awesome and has a user edit built in.
Finally a different home setup that really changes the interaction.

Yep - MASSIVE editing abilities. Great start and should hopefully get better. The app scrolling is faster than the standard Android home in my experience, no lag at all! Few force closes while editting here and there but mostly remembers what you edited when it relaunches. Calendar seems broken for me, only shows a handful of what appointments I actually have coming up. Still in Beta though so with improvements could be exceptional.

Tried it out last night, not really my cup of tea. I like Open Home much better. Also, it force closed on me countless times, untill it just got too annoying and I uninstalled.

OK this thing has some pretty great potential. I'm going to build some screens and upload screen shots later. EG, no need for folders, you can create a realtime scrolling tray and drag apps into it.

Good stuff so far. Shows a lot of potential. I think you should be able to span background wallpapers like in normal home, and not just the same image stretched for every pane. I think there also needs to be more controls over the layout options. Good start. I wish the other home alternatives had this kind of customization.

Maybe I'm just lazy or maybe it's that I've gotten used to using dxTop, but the layout of it is horrendous! I mean, I even think all the screens of aHome is better than that. Up, home, right, home, left, home, etc. I found it annoying within the first 5 minutes.

its not about UI right now
this has more potential than all the other home screen changing applications which mostly all they do is change icons...and added extra screens, this goes beyond it and makes your G1 efficient and business savy, recent calls, texts, etc all in front of the screen.. like yes it has UI problems, but the potential of ACTUAL customization is beyond these other applications, and they charge..
with their lite versions etc.
it has made the home page a personal thing, and isn't that what we all love, personalization.

reynchan said:
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For introductions, that's all it's about. I'm not talking about themes or anything else, but the layout is crap. The idea may be good and maybe if those tabs stayed on each screen so you don't have to constantly go back to the center to get anywhere it would be more efficient. But, as it stands if I'm not impressed by how it looks, I'm not even going to waste my time in testing it out...same as how I won't give a website a chance if it's appearance is lacking. First impressions are everything.

so im guessing, judge a book by its cover.
i agree with the UI being hideous.
but compared to ahome, dxtop and open home, all they're done is the same thing, a couple widgets, extra pages (that just move differently from each other) and changing icons. that's it..
yehs, sweeter home is not good to look at, its the ugly duckling right now, but with all its features and the developer open for suggestions and implementing things, it's far better than the other home applications.
i gave it a chance and tested the product out before making any ASSUMPTIONS and i like the features but not the UI, but everything is a work in progress and the developer actually went beyond just chaning major icons, adding an extra page and widgets like what OTHER HOME applications have already done.

I make no assumptions, merely observations. I don't like the UI and attraction is the first step to any partnership. I never said I wasn't willing to give it a shot later, you assumed that. I said as it is now, it sucks.
From my experience with dxTop, the UI works with the theme I have on my phone. There are no extra downloads or specifics that I have to implement. I'm not saying it's the best, but that's a lot better than any of the others are doing.

Tried it, a little too much for me.
I like it simple. Open Home for me.

Here's screen 1, 2 and 3 I've set up so far. Few bugs I've found (app TRAY has started duplicating the actual apps in it for every new tray added, not sure why)... anyway, looks pretty good and once more stability and features are released this will be my default home I think...
Left is SMS's with quick links to contact apps below.
Middle is (top) most used apps, (middle) all apps, (bottom) communication apps, (here's where I want more app trays but won't really work atm, I want a utils tray, games try, notes tray, and comms tray with all apps on a different screen).
Right is contact list.
--- Photobucket died right when I updated the images, stand by --

I think I figured out the tray duplication thing, just gotta test it. RENAME the trays! LOL.
EDIT: updated screen above. Got extra trays working - all scroll horizontally. Added labels to app trays and added labels to SMS and contacts list.
Next: "all" apps tray on the lower screen, and skin the calendar (even though it's broken) on the top screen...

I tried getting this app last night and a few times today but I keep getting "download unsecessful".

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There we go...
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Wow, I definitely need to sit down and make some pretty stuff like that. You think you could link the wood wallpaper?

I put a quick vid on youtube too so you can see it in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPK35NQFSs
Wow, I definitely need to sit down and make some pretty stuff like that. You think you could link the wood wallpaper?
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Can't find it man, I think I got it from http://g1wallz.com/ - or maybe in the wallpapers topic on here? I'll upload it later when I get time.

See, I cant find it in my market. Im assuming that Im having so much trouble with my market because I have an ADP Phone? I cannot purchase, Ahome or Open home (the paid versions dont show up)

i can't find it on market either- i did yesterday but it gave me download unsuccessful. since then i can't find it- maybe it has been taken off for fixing or something?

I tried backing it up with Astro but couldn't do it.
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sweeterhome.preview1 - Doesn't do it for you? There's a new version, I'm about to update.
EDIT: You can now long press in a tray to bring up shortcuts. Nice. Works with Anycut too, not BetterCut though
My working shortcut options:
Any Cut
Astro
Bookmark
Bookmark2
Contact
Gmail Label
Music Playlist
Note Everything

List of apps you suspect are slowing down your phone

Is there a common list of applications that are known to stay resident and either slow down the performance (or secondarily, drain battery power)?
I've been trying to figure out why my phone, at times, slows down to an almost crawl. At first I suspected aHome, but having removed and reinstalled it, no dice.
I know there's an app review thread, but they tend to be based on initial impressions. Do we have a list anywhere of the apps that are resource hogs?

I know for a fact the browser can slow the phone the eff down when the cache gets too big. Flushing the cache can do wonders for the speed of the entire OS.
AndNav2! slows the phone down too (while it's running that is). But it's quite an advanced app, so that's understandable.
Wallpaper Set & Save can slow the phone down a bit too, indirectly, if you use it to set a heavy/large PNG pic as wallpaper. The regular wallpaper app compresses the wallpaper image to avoid this.

Yeah a large cache does slow the phone down even w the cache on the sdcard.

mannyb said:
Wallpaper Set & Save can slow the phone down a bit too, indirectly, if you use it to set a heavy/large PNG pic as wallpaper. The regular wallpaper app compresses the wallpaper image to avoid this.
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No kidding! Wow, thanks mannyb, that made a big difference in performance. The G1 is now more responsive. I had flushed the browser cache, as well as maps, twidroid, and several other apps. I was beginning to consider uninstalling dxTop looking at that app as the source of latency. It was the wallpaper settings. I used the wallpaper app instead and it made all the difference.
This is a very useful thread. Keep the tips coming in.

My only complaint would be the browser. Good lord does it kill the OS.

Actually, I've found wifi to significantly slow down the OS.

So how do you delete the caches on the sd card?
Is it just clear cache from browser setting
I was also wondering how to clear cache on other apps as well if installed on sd card

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No kidding! Wow, thanks mannyb, that made a big difference in performance. The G1 is now more responsive. I had flushed the browser cache, as well as maps, twidroid, and several other apps. I was beginning to consider uninstalling dxTop looking at that app as the source of latency. It was the wallpaper settings. I used the wallpaper app instead and it made all the difference.
This is a very useful thread. Keep the tips coming in.
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Yeah, it's unfortunate but it is a very noticeable difference if you're using a heavy PNG pic as wallpaper via Wallpaper Set & Save. Unfortunately you'll lose a lot of quality using the default wallpaper app, but sometimes it's worth it.

You don't lose much quality if you pre-size your wallpapers using GIMP, Photoshop or a comparable program, to the 640x480 wallpaper size.

jordanjay29 said:
You don't lose much quality if you pre-size your wallpapers using GIMP, Photoshop or a comparable program, to the 640x480 wallpaper size.
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Thanks that's what I was going to add in. Your wallpaper should be 640x480 - and keep the file size down. All my stuff is below 200K and runs fine.

jordanjay29 said:
You don't lose much quality if you pre-size your wallpapers using GIMP, Photoshop or a comparable program, to the 640x480 wallpaper size.
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Depends on what one means with "lose much quality" of course, but for me the difference in quality is huge, even if you're using a wallpaper that is 640x480.
See this for reference, same wallpaper (at 640x480), left one was set using the default wallpaper feature and the right one using Wallpaper Set & Save. Enlarged 400%:
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Huge difference in detail, color depth, crispness.

I feel that wallr (app) is slowing my phone down especially when you set it to change at your given interval.

locale. definitely locale.

Weatherbug slows it down a bit but oh well i love it!

Weatherbug unfortunately is going to be the next victim in my quest to speed things up. I love it as well, but it's constantly getting stuck or I'm getting the forced closed message.
And it hasn't had an update in ages - wish someone was actively working on keeping it more responsive.

Phonebook from VoxMobile and MyBackup are 2 biggest resource hogs that I know about. Both are worthless IMHO.

I know that clearing out SMS messages helps as well, but I'm reluctant to do it again until I have a good backup program. I did use txtbackup, but looking for something a little more robust first.

borodin1 said:
Phonebook from VoxMobile and MyBackup are 2 biggest resource hogs that I know about. Both are worthless IMHO.
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MyBackup? I haven't noticed it slowing down my phone unless its actually running.

giantcrazy said:
I know that clearing out SMS messages helps as well, but I'm reluctant to do it again until I have a good backup program. I did use txtbackup, but looking for something a little more robust first.
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http://www.cyrket.com/package/tv.studer.smssync
I believe this could be what you're looking for? Great gmail integration, labels your SMS and drops them in conversation view straight into archive.

giantcrazy said:
I know that clearing out SMS messages helps as well, but I'm reluctant to do it again until I have a good backup program. I did use txtbackup, but looking for something a little more robust first.
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MyBackup is great for SMS.. just dont backup/restore your gmail contacts with it if you're every going to sync with google again.. all kinds of headaches occur (I had to delete ALL of my contacts from google and start over..)

[Tutorial] How to remove the "Sense" from Sense

Hiya,
Like many others, I cannot stand the look/use of HTC Sense's overlay as a whole, i'm more of an AOSP/vanilla Android user.
The thunderbolt is a great device, but because it's the first dual signal LTE device, CM support for it is still being worked on (issues with the RIL), and because of that, the current CM build is still in an Alpha stage. Due to the alpha nature of it, I cannot use it for daily use (inherent issues with signal + phone not ringing), so I've stuck with a rooted version of the base rom, and I've slowly been working to get the "sense" feel out of it.
AFAIK, The major sense differences to AOSP can be broken up into 4 sections, namely the home launcher, lockscreen, contacts/phone, && calendar. Below I will detail what I did to my phone to get it back to as AOSP as possible.
Home Launcher
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The home launcher is your one stop location for all the apps and widgets you have installed. Customization of this is just as much a part of you as it is your phone. The default Sense Launcher IMHO leaves a lot of customization to be desired, which is why I switched over to ADWLauncher (market link: http://goo.gl/KRwbS) by Anderweb. This is actually a modified (more frequently updated) version of the launcher that comes with Cyanogenmod. With this launcher, you can give yourself the AOSP look, but also have enough extras to choke a donkey. Also, if you also install ADW Notifier (market link: http://goo.gl/Q41HQ) you can get visual notification counts for common apps (and some uncommon ones too!).
Lockscreen
The lockscreen is the first screen you see when turning on your phone, and chances are it's the screen you will see more than any other. The sense lockscreen has little customization, but not much. That is why I use Widgetlocker (market link: http://goo.gl/CKCxg) by Teslacoil Software. Widgetlocker lets you customize your home screen with anything you want. Widgets, shortcuts, sliders, etc... You can make it look like the AOSP exactly, or your own custom idea. The main thing here is you can make it however you want, so if you're looking for the AOSP look, this can give it to you.
Phone/Contacts
This one was way more tricky then you would expect. It took awhile, but I finally found a way to replace the Sense Contacts/Dialer with the AOSP version (replace being a loose term). The thanks for this one goes to the XDA user Named NarkTwo, who figured out the process to get this to work. Your phone will need to be rooted, and you will need the ability to change a directory to read/write along with changing the permissions for a file. This can be done using an app like Root Explorer, or you can use ADB if you prefer. I will be giving the instructions for downloading via your phone and using Root Explorer:
1. Download the Contacts.apk file here: http://goo.gl/FwdEk
2. in root explorer, navigate to your Downloads folder.
3. Long click on the Contacts.apk file and select copy.
4. Navigate to the folder /system/app
5. Click the "Mount R/W" button at the top
6. Click the "Paste" button at the bottom
7. Long click the Contacts.apk file and select "Permissions"
8. Set the permissions as follows:
*For Owner, check Read && Write
*For Group, check Read
*For Others, check Read
9. Press the "Ok" button
10. Reboot your phone
Now once your phone reboots, you will have the AOSP dialer/contacts installed on your phone, along with the sense version. Now all you have to do is perform the actions you would normally do (like click on a contact or show the pop out contact bar) and select the AOSP contacts/dialer app as the default to use for said action.
Calendar
Still working on this one. I've found a few possible ways, and I will test them out. Once I've found a suitable way to get this on the phone and working properly, I'll update this thread.
Messaging
Coming Soon....
Browser
Coming Soon...
Clock
Coming Soon...

Reserved....

Well written write up sir. I do however have to ask, why not just flash a senseless or stripped rom?

orion421 said:
Well written write up sir. I do however have to ask, why not just flash a senseless or stripped rom?
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Mainly because the unique ones are going through the same issues that Slayher is with CM (RIL), and the ones that are just "stripped" take over too much control of what is added/removed. I like doing it this way, so if someone only wants say, the dialer, they can do that single fix. Or if say, they only want a different lock screen, they can change that.
To me Android is about personalizing, and rather than have someone else pick what to add/remove, I can customize it how I want.

Cool thanks! I hate the sense dialer

Are you guys getting a weird background when looking at the list of contacts? It looks like that Sense colorful bubble background.

You can get the AOSP lock screen by removing /system/app/HTCLockScreen.apk.
To be safe, rename it to HTCLockScreen.bak.

I just found this post, and wanted to say, thanks. I really wanted to get the non-Sense dialer on my phone, and finally found a solution.

I love the Sense dialer. It is the ONLY thing I love about Sense.

BIG Launcher

Been playing around with the free version of Big Launcher a bit before I decide if it s worth making the $5 plunge for the Full Version,.. It just might have some potential on the Rooted Nook..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ua3VuZXMuYW5kcm9pZC5sYXVuY2hlci5hY3Rpdml0eSJd
Thoughts?

Looks nice and clean enough for the home screen. However the added functionalities (phone, contacts, sms) might make it a bit too bloated. At the moment I'm quite happy with launcher7 with minimalistic icons and visual effects stripped off.

Can you please post some screenshots or photographs on how it looks on the nook screen?

I just started playing around with the free version, so havent done much, but I think zecoj may be right. It looks good, but seems a little bloated..
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zecoj said:
Looks nice and clean enough for the home screen. However the added functionalities (phone, contacts, sms) might make it a bit too bloated. At the moment I'm quite happy with launcher7 with minimalistic icons and visual effects stripped off.
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Yeah, I like the way l7 looks, but have been too lazy to mess with getting it set up, lol

IndyRoadie said:
...have been too lazy to mess with getting it set up, lol
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Agree, its configuration interface is quite unintuitive to work with but once it's set up and backed up in TB, all is well.

Hum... Doesen't suit's me.
Wastes too much screen area.
Thanks for the screenshots, anyway!

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I'm trying to minimize memory footprint and keep things simple on my NST. I've gone for a "Launcherless" approach, trying to avoid ever seeing the Launcher as much as possible. I don't like to spend a lot of time playing with the device. I try to focus on USING it for reading and productive things. The last thing I want to do is make my nice little Android device look like a poor wannabe imitation of a Microsoft product!
1. Most of the time, I use my reader for ... reading. I use the Mantano Reader to completely replace the B&N Home, Library and Reader apps:
2. When I'm doing something else, I usually only use a handful of apps (4) bound to the B&N QuickMenu using Nook Touch Tools:
3. If I need any other apps, I go to my ADW Launcher EX home screen. Very rarely do I get this far, and anything else is in the app drawer:
I could use ADW Launcher to save a bit more memory, but ADW EX lets me get those big icons. It's a pain to configure since some of the menus don't show (white text on white background), but I've figured it out with a bit of poking around. Once I've done the basic setup, changing things around is simple and quick.
I've previously used FolderOrganizer to get quick menus on the Notification screen, but I didn't like having yet-another launcher running in the background.

bobstro said:
I'm trying to minimize memory footprint and keep things simple on my NST. I've gone for a "Launcherless" approach, trying to avoid ever seeing the Launcher as much as possible. I don't like to spend a lot of time playing with the device. I try to focus on USING it for reading and productive things. The last thing I want to do is make my nice little Android device look like a poor wannabe imitation of a Microsoft product!
1. Most of the time, I use my reader for ... reading. I use the Mantano Reader to completely replace the B&N Home, Library and Reader apps:
2. When I'm doing something else, I usually only use a handful of apps (4) bound to the B&N QuickMenu using Nook Touch Tools:
3. If I need any other apps, I go to my ADW Launcher EX home screen. Very rarely do I get this far, and anything else is in the app drawer:
I could use ADW Launcher to save a bit more memory, but ADW EX lets me get those big icons. It's a pain to configure since some of the menus don't show (white text on white background), but I've figured it out with a bit of poking around. Once I've done the basic setup, changing things around is simple and quick.
I've previously used FolderOrganizer to get quick menus on the Notification screen, but I didn't like having yet-another launcher running in the background.
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Definitely plan on trying out Mantano..
As for Launchers, I go back and for between ebooklauncher, and ReLaunch. There are features of both I really like, just wish I was experienced enough to try and combine them, lol

Mantano
Yes, you should definitely try Mantano - best pdf handling i found so far.
Ah, thanx for the launchet - it looks nice and tidy!

Mihome And the app drawer .[Just an Idea]

Ok , this may be too simple and silly idea. you may have already done this . but just sharing which might come handy if you haven't figured out how to manage lots of app on the Mihome ..
workaround for the app drawer :
Just put all apps in one folder and place the folder on the dock in the middle , name the folder Apps , and there is a plus symbol where you can pre select apps to add in the folder (you dont have to move every single app to the folder) , just select all the apps and .. Ta -Da ..
Here is the MIhome with app
drawer
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I think this may not worth a new thread or i think this should be on the apps and themes section but i am not sure what will be better so just posted in the general section ..

Hehe, I personally did something alike on my MIUI. Similar that is.
The fact that MIUI launcher lacks drawer is an interesting concept for some and a pain for others that are used having a drawer for everything and using home screen just for a few things. I think there was a launcher based on MIUI launcher that offered a drawer, but a little different. Far as I remember the items showed up "listed" instead of grid, but I think that was pretty much it.
I don't think they will ever implement a drawer since its one of their visual trademarks

MidnightDevil said:
Hehe, I personally did something alike on my MIUI. Similar that is.
The fact that MIUI launcher lacks drawer is an interesting concept for some and a pain for others that are used having a drawer for everything and using home screen just for a few things. I think there was a launcher based on MIUI launcher that offered a drawer, but a little different. Far as I remember the items showed up "listed" instead of grid, but I think that was pretty much it.
I don't think they will ever implement a drawer since its one of their visual trademarks
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miui is like ios but with the functionality and customizations of android .. But the incomplete translation is just too much irritating..

Somewhat agree. Not as far as iOS because we can't distinguish an OS by the lack of drawer, but yeah, I always had a feeling MIUI and iOS shared a similar user experience on the home screen level. Perhaps goes a little further like settings (allowing customizing app options on the settings that is). MIUI is unique in a way, but very "this is pretty much it" on the other hand. The themes are a big plus otherwise I wouldn't see anything special. I hope they add some more features or customization options, but I get the feeling they are marching slowly implementing new things.

To be honest, the concept of an app drawer was always something I never quite understood ever since I stated using android.
Pressing that app drawer button is just one step more to access my apps. It just slows me down. Sure, I have my favourite apps, but putting then on the home screen leaves a duplicate in the app drawer. Now I have them twice. Makes no sense.
MIUI just simplifies that and at the same time gives me the ultimate freedom how I want to organise my apps.
The home screen in MIUI is a real "home" screen as I can put my most used apps there. Lesser used apps I put 1 screen right, or left, or in a folder. Heck, folders to categorise apps makes sense in MIUI, making folders on a regular android home screen? Nope. When these apps are not important, why even pull them out of the drawer?
Actually, can anybody give one reasonable argument why having an app drawer is better/easier/faster compared to the MIUI launcher?

stothegee said:
Actually, can anybody give one reasonable argument why having an app drawer is better/easier/faster compared to the MIUI launcher?
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When you have 150 apps and dont feel like putting all of them in folders or looking at a sea of apps on your main screen.

peachpuff said:
When you have 150 apps and dont feel like putting all of them in folders or looking at a sea of apps on your main screen.
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I actually feel it's the other way around. When you have less than 50 apps it's easier to navigate thru a single app drawer; but when you have more than 150 it's easier to navigate when apps are separated by folders and you categorize them intuitively.

ej8989 said:
I actually feel it's the other way around. When you have less than 50 apps it's easier to navigate thru a single app drawer; but when you have more than 150 it's easier to navigate when apps are separated by folders and you categorize them intuitively.
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Which is why we're both using android and have a choice in what we prefer and what works best for each of us.