I have to express my amazement with how good the skin\launcher is compared to touchwiz it really feels more professional and elegant rather than a theme for a childs toy.
Anyone else feels the same?
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c900712 said:
I have to express my amazement with how good the skin\launcher is compared to touchwiz it really feels more professional and elegant rather than a theme for a childs toy.
Anyone else feels the same?
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Me too, the only thing I miss from TouchWiz is the alphabetic list in the apps drawer as it is much easier to navigate than pages of apps in all other launchers!
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Me too, the only thing I miss from TouchWiz is the alphabetic list in the apps drawer as it is much easier to navigate than pages of apps in all other launchers!
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you do get that in Sony.. Just need to click the right hand top corner button..
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Me too, the only thing I miss from TouchWiz is the alphabetic list in the apps drawer as it is much easier to navigate than pages of apps in all other launchers!
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If you hit the button on the top right of the app drawer, there's options for organisation. Got mine on alphabetical, there's a few others too.
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If you hit the button on the top right of the app drawer, there's options for organisation. Got mine on alphabetical, there's a few others too.
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ruwsoft said:
you do get that in Sony.. Just need to click the right hand top corner button..
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that's not what hes talking about.. know the s3 launcher? you can organize your apps to be a alphabetical LIST to scroll up and down, not pages to scroll right and left.
For me the Timescape skin is mostly why I went for a Sony phone over a Samsung because of the dark, elegant interface. It is a perfect business phone. Also I might be the only one here to arrange my apps in order of most used.
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Dock with sms
Looks good will try
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Does it support ffc?
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Does it support ffc?
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Not yet. Still have to learn how to do that.
Thanks for the reply imma give it a shot.
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Looks great! Flashing now
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Nice work Dan, may have to give it a spin.
Are the new darker themes going to be flashable themes or are you going to release a whole darker rom?? Thanks
Rom ie awesome! Simple and beautiful. Going to test battery life today!
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Like this Rom!!!
Hey great work i like it so far!! by the way love the MT4G Bar!!
when you say 'touchwiz free' what do you mean exactly? just no tw launcher? or all tw apps as well? i'm going to test it out regardless, but tw contacts is the only thing i'd miss...the only thing samsung did right imo.
hey
instead of contacts icon, can you tell me how to put a sms icon there?
thanks
awaisuk said:
hey
instead of contacts icon, can you tell me how to put a sms icon there?
thanks
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It uses Launcher Pro.
You should be able to long press that Contacts Icon to bring up the "Edit Dock Shortcut" Pop-up window.
then,
tap "change shortcut"
then "Applications"
Then "messaging"
bstromberg said:
when you say 'touchwiz free' what do you mean exactly? just no tw launcher? or all tw apps as well? i'm going to test it out regardless, but tw contacts is the only thing i'd miss...the only thing samsung did right imo.
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Removed everything except the tw contacts the the tw wallpaper chooser.
awaisuk said:
hey
instead of contacts icon, can you tell me how to put a sms icon there?
thanks
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You cant unfortunately. The icons in the dock are part of the .png file. You can change the shortcut, but not the actual icon itself.
nelson0140 said:
Are the new darker themes going to be flashable themes or are you going to release a whole darker rom?? Thanks
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I think Im going to theme the whole ROM. This will be my first attempt at the theming game, so it may take a little while.
this looks pretty nice. im liking the Einherjar releases more and more. currently rolling Trigger 2.0.1
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I think Im going to theme the whole ROM. This will be my first attempt at the theming game, so it may take a little while.
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An accurate battery mod would be ideal. Also, never been a fan of the tw notification bar. Too much color.
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bstromberg said:
An accurate battery mod would be ideal. Also, never been a fan of the tw notification bar. Too much color.
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Accurate battery is a must have. Im going to start on the status bar and notification drawer this week.
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Hey guys. Not trying to flame as I use Loki, but seriously you're putting out way too many roms and you need to consolidate because it's getting a little ridiculous.
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A quick and maybe dumb question: Is there a way to arrange icons in the homescreen just by sliding one on top of the other, like the iPhone?
Thanks in advance!
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Thats exactly what you do.
Press and hold the icon the drag it round to where you want it then let go.
Drag it down to the bin icon to remove it.
To place an icon on the home screen, go to the apps screen and press and hold the icon you want on the home screen. Only let go when you see the home screen appear.
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Sorry if I haven't made myself clear, what I mean is if it's possible to drag an icon on top of another so they switch places.
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as far as I know it is only possible in the TouchWiz App Launcher (when you are in the edit mode),
but you can't change places on the homescreen like on the iPhone. (not with standart launcher)
This was something I was surprised by as well... it's like having one of those puzzle sliders at times to get everything where I want it!
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This was something I was surprised by as well... it's like having one of those puzzle sliders at times to get everything where I want it!
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Exactly!
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Davey Boy said:
This was something I was surprised by as well... it's like having one of those puzzle sliders at times to get everything where I want it!
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Indeed
Even more annoying to me is the fact, that folders don't close when the home button is pressed / an app is launched. I think that's quite irritating...Oo
Is there any way to change the menu bar.. i'm not satesfyed with the shortcuts..
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Is there any way to change the menu bar.. i'm not satesfyed with the shortcuts..
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What do you mean by the "menu bar"?
I guess he's talking about the bar at the bottom.
Yes, it's possible!
Press the Applications icon at the bottom, then press the menu button, press on edit, and you are now able to drag new icons to the bottom bar.
Thank you!
I gotta say... I REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS PHONE!
After discovering this, I'm not gonna change my launcher yet, I got a paid version of LauncherPro, but i like the horizontal scrolling in the appdrawer.
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I guess he's talking about the bar at the bottom.
Yes, it's possible!
Press the Applications icon at the bottom, then press the menu button, press on edit, and you are now able to drag new icons to the bottom bar.
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stianjaco said:
Thank you!
I gotta say... I REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS PHONE!
After discovering this, I'm not gonna change my launcher yet, I got a paid version of LauncherPro, but i like the horizontal scrolling in the appdrawer.
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You can set the appdrawer horizontal or vertical with launcherpro so you can still use it
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blackcmos said:
You can set the appdrawer horizontal or vertical with launcherpro so you can still use it
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Please tell me how to do that, cause that's not possible in my version?
I was using using go launcher at that moment its looks just like launcher pro but u prever go launcher
Sorry for the inconvinience
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blackcmos said:
I was using using go launcher at that moment its looks just like launcher pro but u prever go launcher
Sorry for the inconvinience
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That's okay mate, just thought I was retarded Has looked in every menu hehe.
really not one at all???? isn't that like standard to have a album or photo widget
I actually miss the photo widget too. They pulled a lot of widgets I used to use.
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I just noticed this.
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Photo, tasks, notes...all good widgets
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Along with system apps I don't want, I usually delete stock widgets as well. Why would you want that crap slowing your phone down? Just place a shortcut to the gallery on your home screen.
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
Along with system apps I don't want, I usually delete stock widgets as well. Why would you want that crap slowing your phone down? Just place a shortcut to the gallery on your home screen.
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Because I'm different then you and like different things.. And that is OK.
So, deal with it and shut up.
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Is it possible to slow this phone down. Got a lot of stuff on mine and it still flies.
the widget def wouldn't slow down this fone, not with 2 gigs of ram
Rippley05 said:
Photo, tasks, notes...all good widgets
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I believe you can get a usable htc notes widget on the d3rp rom.
I do miss the tasks widget. I like the htc app, but have to use a gtasks widget now.
msimindlessmsi2 said:
Along with system apps I don't want, I usually delete stock widgets as well. Why would you want that crap slowing your phone down? Just place a shortcut to the gallery on your home screen.
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lol um wut? my evo lte never even slowed with the abundant **** i had on it let alone this phone..so your comment just makes you look like a jackass shut up already everybody's different
IMO, I think they've taken a lot of the widgets that weren't as mainstream as they used to be off. This was all part of the design process to slim down Sense.
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IMO, I think they've taken a lot of the widgets that weren't as mainstream as they used to be off. This was all part of the design process to slim down Sense.
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Which is beautiful. I love the striped down, minimalistic look. But... Photo widget.
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I agree and that photo album widget or whatever it is on the lockscreen says you can browse photos but I have yet to accomplish that without unlocking to home page :crying: Kinda useless on the lockscreen in my humble opinion. I guess a developer could tweak it so it could be put on a main screen but then again I don' see any user options either. Uh...
There are a couple in the playstore that are kinda cool. I have been keeping my eye on this one and it looks promising as far as user options and tweaking. It looks like it recently got tweaked for 4.2.2 so it is up to date in that regard. I am going to check it out and see how it runs on 4.1.2.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nenBsYW5ldC5waG90b2dyaWR3aWRnZXQiXQ..
budroux said:
I agree and that photo album widget or whatever it is on the lockscreen says you can browse photos but I have yet to accomplish that without unlocking to home page :crying: Kinda useless on the lockscreen in my humble opinion. I guess a developer could tweak it so it could be put on a main screen but then again I don' see any user options either. Uh...
There are a couple in the playstore that are kinda cool. I have been keeping my eye on this one and it looks promising as far as user options and tweaking. It looks like it recently got tweaked for 4.2.2 so it is up to date in that regard. I am going to check it out and see how it runs on 4.1.2.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nenBsYW5ldC5waG90b2dyaWR3aWRnZXQiXQ..
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Ah yes, Photo Grid widget. I used it on AOSP ROM's for a while. just wasn't quite the same though. haven't used it in a while though, maybe some updates did it some good, I'll try it again I guess.
I did try that photo grid and it is pretty cool. It did appear laggy a few times and it did force close a couple of times. Hopefully we can get our phone updated to 4.2.2 and then this will be a great option. Anyways we gave it a try....
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
LOTS of customizations.
Resizing of all third party apps
Resizing of the desktop and drawer
Font customization
Lollipop animations
Custom Google search widget
Custom animation speed
Forced landscape mode
And many more. ..
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hendog4385 said:
LOTS of customizations.
Resizing of all third party apps
Resizing of the desktop and drawer
Font customization
Lollipop animations
Custom Google search widget
Custom animation speed
Forced landscape mode
And many more. ..
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there is no questions any custom launcher bring added functionality. I personally can't live without a 5x5 grid, badge notification on almost any app and a vertical scroll drawer. The lollipop animations are also pretty cool
You my friend must be using a different version then all of us. So many features. Blows tw away by miles.
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So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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Are you joking? You must be joking
So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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Thanks, that was the kind of answer I was hoping for.
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So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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That's awesome that you did that.
My personal favorite is assigning Shortcuts to App Icon swipe up. (Direct Dial Wife on swipe up of Phone Icon)
Araltd said:
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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Changing icons individually or as a pack, multiple docks, transition effects, size of icons can be changed, swipe action for individual icons, folders can be changed, several add ons suchs as unread counts, now comes the final question - did you use the pay or the free version. A lot of the really cool stuff is only available in a paid version and trust me it is lightning fast compared to touchwiz.
I'm using nova prime. I'm still learning, this is the first time I've ever used anything other than what was baked into whatever Rom I was using. My last phone was the s3 and Darth stalker had the Xperia launcher I think... I've been using touchwiz was the last month, I just didn't like the menu (app draw) key on the right side.
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I'm using nova prime. I'm still learning, this is the first time I've ever used anything other than what was baked into whatever Rom I was using. My last phone was the s3 and Darth stalker had the Xperia launcher I think... I've been using touchwiz was the last month, I just didn't like the menu (app draw) key on the right side.
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Well it looks like nova has been great for you. Even answered your question in the other thread for what you wanted. Say NOVA IS GREAT. SAY IT. LOL
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I tried it a few times. I'm with op can't see any real.benefits.
Only launcher that I used for more than 1 hour was the Aviate one.
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Nova restore option is anoother HUGE plus
I love the back-up restore option with Nova prime that I can use to quickly restore all my short cuts and widgets. Even between devices. I would use for this alone.
Araltd said:
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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OP you may want to try "Go Launcher EX" its more user friendly in my opinion. I love it because the them options and whatnot with it are endless.
I seriously love Nova launcher it's always been my go to and I've tried quite a few. I wish it was possible to pin action memos as a widget though. It's not enough to get me to stop using Nova, but damn that would be perfect if it was possible.