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Force dialer to default to favorites

Anyone know if there is a way to do this with stock app?
When i hit phone, it is annoying to always be on the dialer screen. Yes, I can speed dial a couple contacts, but I have a favorites list of 20 or so, and I would like to land there first.
Any ideas other then an alternate launcher? Would an alternate launcher even do this?

That was a nice feature of the iPhone. 99% of the time I am calling 1 of the people on my favorites list as well, this would be nice if it was possible.
I do not know if it is or not.

Would also appreciate this setting.

A work around that might be useful:
From your home screen find a screen that is fairly empty and long press like you are adding a widget. Select "Shortcuts" then select "Direct Dial" Choose someone from your contacts list. You now have a direct dial shortcut to that contact on your screen.

yeeter said:
A work around that might be useful:
From your home screen find a screen that is fairly empty and long press like you are adding a widget. Select "Shortcuts" then select "Direct Dial" Choose someone from your contacts list. You now have a direct dial shortcut to that contact on your screen.
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I actually did that. I even made my own icon that matched the Launcher Pro icons and added it to my dock. It direct dials my best friend.
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Not a bad idea but not really a solution/work around for a shortcut to your top 10-20+ favorites.

I agree - not a good solution if you have many on a fav list. For a 2 or 3 I just use speed dial from the dialer.

Has anyone tried Dialer One?
(from the thread looking for an alternate dialer) I'm too new they don't trust me with linking to it.

Another possible alternative is to add a Folder Widget end select "Starred Contacts" from the list.

Screen shot
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What app do you use to grab a screen shot?

Regarding Screen Cap:
If you are rooted there is a market app. Another way is to use the ddms.bat tool that is in the SDK - it launches the Dalvik Debug Monitor on your computer and this can do a screen cap (Menu - Device - Screen Cap)

quarlow said:
What app do you use to grab a screen shot?
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no app when I took that. It was using the android sdk to do it. Guide on how to do it is found here: http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/07/21/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-android-based-phone-from-windows/

Launcher Pro ( the paid version ) also has a favorites widget that will let you configure either full screen or 1x4.

Why not just use dialer one? You can do exactly this with dialer one + you can do so much more, like custom backgrounds and change all the text colors etc.

I just added the folder of starred contacts. Really nice, actually.

best cal widget

looking for a good cal widget. Love the htc sense one but im using launcher pro. so cant use it anymore, like the LP cal widget but a little big.
tried smooth calendar. its ok, but looking for other options
any other suggestions.

Pure Grid calendar widget
very customizable, size, tons of themes, and when you click it, it takes you too your google calender ect.. i use it.
its only like $2 in the market, make sure its the grid one, not just the one that says calender.

wow awesome app just what I needed looks amazing
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SlideIT by rooted evo

i like jorte since u can see your events in the boxes each day and u can customize all the colors and make it transparent
http://www.appbrain.com/app/jorte/jp.co.johospace.jorte

iTouch24 said:
i like jorte since u can see your events in the boxes each day and u can customize all the colors and make it transparent
http://www.appbrain.com/app/jorte/jp.co.johospace.jorte
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+1
10chars.

calendarpad.... for the win

Jorte works great for me.

I just use Android Agenda Widget or CalWidget. But those are agendas, not calendars. :/

Pure Grid Calendar here too, can't beat a transparent background over your custom wallpapers. (Using their messenger with transparency too). It's great using LauncherProPlus & set columns & rows to 7x7 with the calendar widget set to 4x3 with 4 weeks display and resized to share the same screen with more widgets as well.
cheers
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Android agenda widget. I think I've tried everything else but keep coming back to this. Very easy on the eyes and free!

I use the Pure Calendar Widget and Jorte itself for scheduling appointments. They both have great customization.

lowspeed said:
calendarpad.... for the win
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+1 For the win!!

mikebz5 said:
+1 For the win!!
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This is what android should have had in the first place.

Using Pure Grid as well. Looks great in Launcher Pro.

For a 1x4 agenda view widget that show your next 3 calendar events use Smooth Calendar widget. Free in Market.
It also shows today's date as the main icon (like iCal on Mac)

[REQ] What Clock widget is this?

does anybody know what clock is the person using on the screenshot below?
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it looks like minimalistic text but i cant tell if that is a preset or if its a whole nether widget.

platypuss94 said:
it looks like minimalistic text but i cant tell if that is a preset or if its a whole nether widget.
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I doubt it since minimalistic text won't let you move things around and there is no divider

simi clock? Or make your clock widget?

kpjimmy said:
simi clock? Or make your clock widget?
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it is definitely not simi clock and make your clock widget won't you let you custom fonts, as you can tell, the person is using a custom font.

its simiclock ...

F4M0U569 said:
I doubt it since minimalistic text won't let you move things around and there is no divider
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I want to say minimalistic text. And there's a screenshot on the market that does have a divider in it.
And the app added option to add fonts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21373345&postcount=1671

kpjimmy said:
I want to say minimalistic text. And there's a screenshot on the market that does have a divider in it.
And the app added option to add fonts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21373345&postcount=1671
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No, here is why..minimastic text won't let you move things around i.e hours, minutes, months..etc just like "Make Your Own Clock" widget..I have already tried making my clock to look just like that using minimastic text and i cant seem to manage to get it just like that

hi, You can use Ultimate Custom Clock which is superb in my opinion

I thought that looked really cool so did some searching. Perhaps Advanced Clock widget?

i vote for minimalistic text

It's a really nice widget!
I'd like to get ahold of that myself.
What's the verdict on what it is?

You can make that with Make your clock widget.
Here's a little gallery, you can finde more templates online from within the app.

It's Make Your Clock Widget app.
This is my screen:

I got that clock widget, its name is One More Clock, you can download from the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sunnykwong.freeomc&feature=search_result&hl=en
Enjoy and hit the THANKS button if this help in anyway!!

App like simi-folder - floating shortcuts?

Hi folks,
I'm looking for an app where if I press a shortcut (from Pie specifically), it will bring up a bunch of pre-defined app shortcuts.
Simi folder works well, but the problem for me is that it positions itself oddly. Its fine if I launch it from the dock row of icons (which I actually want to replace) but because Pie is built into systemUI, it positions itself near the status bar.
I dont want something that swipes from the side of the screen or similar. I just want to press a button and have the icons pop up, preferably in a predefined location, but at least not at the top of the screen
This is what simifolder looks like (as launched from home screen)
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which would be perfect, except the problem is if launched from Pie, its at the top of the screen, which is annoying.
Does anyone know of similar apps that would do this, launchable from a custom shortcut?

Did you already try out PopUp Widget?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.popupWidget
Quite nice, maybe for you...
Video link http://youtu.be/dvXCBL9tDZc
This is what can be done with PopUp widget too...
Popup Color - Android Homescreen Tutorial: http://youtu.be/11rV9_pbL10

AA1973 said:
Did you already try out PopUp Widget?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.popupWidget
Quite nice, maybe for you...
Video link http://youtu.be/dvXCBL9tDZc
This is what can be done with PopUp widget too...
Popup Color - Android Homescreen Tutorial: http://youtu.be/11rV9_pbL10
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No but it does look good... I could make a nice UCCW widget for the apps I want to launch.
Open to other ideas too.
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I prefer Zooper, but I am just in the first steps with popup widget. UCCW should work, too.

AA1973 said:
I prefer Zooper, but I am just in the first steps with popup widget. UCCW should work, too.
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This app is simply brilliant.
Yeah works with UCCW.
Triggered from pie....
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Seems you're having fun with it. That's cool ?

AA1973 said:
Seems you're having fun with it. That's cool ?
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Yeah it's improved my life
haha

[APP][BETA][7.0+] Panels

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Panels is a customizable sidebar. The app allows you to add a bunch of always-on-top panels with apps, shortcuts, contact and widgets.
In Beta stage.
Panels on Google Play
Features
• Quick access to apps and shortcuts
• Widgets
• A-Z app drawer
• Contacts
• Notification badges[Android O+]
• Accessibility shortcuts
• System settings shortcuts
• Adjustable item count (rows and columns)
• Colors schemes - background, text, icons
• Position - Left, Right and Bottom
• Gestures
• Icon pack support
• Autostart on boot
• Blacklist
• Backup/restore functionality

Thanks nice app?

hackercelik said:
Thanks nice app
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Glad you like it!

How do i resize panels?

Zlob said:
How do i resize panels?
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There are Rows and Columns sliders in Setting -> View

Fossor coding said:
There are Rows and Columns sliders in Setting -> View
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Thank you, great app! Love the widgets part!

Thanks for the great app, need some more help
Thank you so much, bought the pro version without second thought..! :highfive:
Just need one help,
I want the trigger to appear only on the home screen , so I'm trying it through Tasker by sending the intent to hide/show the trigger. I'm using the information you had provided in the FAQ's section question "Can Panels be used with automation apps?" but I don't see it happening. Find the attached screenshots for more information.
Can you please help me to achieve this?
One observation is, I also use the wheel launcher full app, so when I hide the triggers(wheel & panels) both are appearing!! on the screen when any of the app deactivated and activated(from the setting menu). For me this is not correct, it should be like the a trigger should appear only when the respective app is activated and deactivated.
Please let me know if I need to provide any further information.