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I used to use "Speed dial" on my Mytouch and I have tried it. I also tried the native "direct call" shortcut and they are too small to see.
My phone freaked out and went on the fritz. I go a new one today and that whole "back up my apps" thing didn't work.
I HAD an app on the N1 that let me put like a 2x2 widget/icon on the home screen and when you pushed it it said "Call, Message,Email,etc". I cannot for the life of me find this in the Market. any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. Any cut only makes 1x1 icons as well.
..can´t help you, but I would like to have that too - a nice speed dial app for N1
Bump. Anyone have any ideas?
The easiest way to speed dial, is to create shortcuts on the desktop for specific contact phones - the shortcut will also get the contact's image and name, so it easy to work with.
Then, one click, and it calls the contact, without any extra menus/questions.
renboy2 said:
The easiest way to speed dial, is to create shortcuts on the desktop for specific contact phones - the shortcut will also get the contact's image and name, so it easy to work with.
Then, one click, and it calls the contact, without any extra menus/questions.
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Please re-read my post. I am currently using that method, but on the Nexus one the icons are so small because of the resolution of the screen. It makes them very hard to see. I am looking for a 2x2 option instead of the default 1x1. Thank you for your reply!
try NubDial from the market.
i am using that on my N1.
Thanks. Looks cool, but not exactly what I'm after.
I personally love the speeddial function in acontacts, but if you already found what you're looking for then that's good. Still, 2x2 on your homescreen is huge
2 x 2 isn't huge on the Nexus. I think it is the resolution. I had one I was using and my first Nexus one crapped out. I sent it back and Android did not back up all of my apps as had hoped so...no gotta. but still, I haven't found one.
Anyone?
Found an app called "Quickdial". Pretty close to what I wanted. I just wish I could make each contact a link or it operated as a widget. Cool app though.
Old School Speed Dialer
You could also try Old School Speed Dialer. With it, you speed dial by just bringing up the dialer, entering the speed dial shortcut number, then hitting call. Saves on home screen space.
system6 said:
Found an app called "Quickdial". Pretty close to what I wanted. I just wish I could make each contact a link or it operated as a widget. Cool app though.
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We just released a speed dial widget, Sign. Sign will let you you call or text any of your contacts by simply drawing a gesture (signing) directly from your home screen. It also prevents misdials/incidental calls which are more prevalent with direct dial icons. There's more information here.
Anyways, give it a shot and let us know what you think.
Speed Dial in market from CRinUS makes a larger icon you might be able to see. Kinda blurry if you look at it up close though
Every time I try to put the motorola contact widget on the screen it just stays as a blank contact. Any one else having this problem?
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Explodee said:
Every time I try to put the motorola contact widget on the screen it just stays as a blank contact. Any one else having this problem?
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You'll probably need to be more specific. Are you on 2.1 or 2.2? Are you using the stock Moto Launcher, or a home replacement such as Launcher Pro or ADW?
Rooted 2.1 with stock Blur launcher only modified to have glowing borders.
Yeah here too... When I've tried to use it it says need to "Make the widget larger to add more tasks"...
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Is it the widget that's crapping out? Or something else?
So what if you long press on it and drag the border to make it larger? I have it disabled, so can't check...
I had the same issue with the widgets. What compoundedthe issue was I started using ADW and lost the motorola widgets. I found a app called Bettercut that let me put direct dial or text right on the desktop with the contact picture. Works great and I can add direct text shortcuts which is something I use a lot. Best 2 bucks I spent
meshdub said:
So what if you long press on it and drag the border to make it larger? I have it disabled, so can't check...
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It just makes the blank blue contact picture larger.
Are you using custom launcher or Blur? It might not be playing nice with a custom one...
meshdub said:
Are you using custom launcher or Blur? It might not be playing nice with a custom one...
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I'm using Blur with colored png's. And Bettercut is basically the same thing as the shortcut widgets.
eh just saw you said that earlier in the thread, sorry..
I get the same problem when I try to use the moto contact widget while running ADW Launcher. When I revert to stock Blur, it works fine. Chances are the minor theming to BlurHome that you did, might make it think its not stock and therefore wont work? just a guess...
Flashing SBF and re-pushing my modified Blur makes the widgets work now. I don't know why they were crapping out on me...
You probably have the contact linked and its not pulling the pic. I had that problem with most of my contacts linked to fbook profile. The only way I could save a pic to the phone contact was to unlink the contact, add pic, then when I used in a widget it would have photo or not be blank.
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Nope, none of my contacts are linked to Bookface. Only my Google account. And it would blank out every contact I tried to put on the screen. But like I said, the SBF flash fixed it. I don't know why that happened because I put my themed BlurHome back on the phone and the contact widgets are still working. Same thing was happening with the news widget too.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who hates the iphoney icons...I tried a couple things, but even using bettercut, the launcher still boxes in the icons, which is a pain for apps with long titles.
I'm in bed now(wife's orders), so I'm going to look in the morning, but has anyone else tried looking?
I posted a MOD in this forum that is the stock Android 2.2 Launcher. It works great in my opinion.
ADW Launcher , on another note, I think the bubble around the icons are built into the code for the app. I don't know how HTC did it so it's very likely that I'm wrong.
travisjames said:
I posted a MOD in this forum that is the stock Android 2.2 Launcher. It works great in my opinion.
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luncher 2? and we should be able to get that to stick now
i just want the bubbles around the icons gone, everything else im fine with. Is there any way to access the myfavs thing? I probably would just switch to launcher pro if i could do that
Either ADW or LP will let you set the buttons to the left and right of the app drawer button to whatever you want. Just set one of them to the "Faves" app and the other to "Phone" and you'll have the same functionality again.
I personally don't mind the boxes around the icons as much but I hate the espresso rectangular launcher, it's so plain and ugly. I want the traditional launcher and no myfaves crap.
I dont mind the icons, but I had that the lower right key is for Favs. I dont use Favs. If I could change that I would be golden. I use and love all the Sense widgets so I dont want an alternative launcher.
I have to get a few things done for work, but as soon as I finish I'm going to pull the launcher (rosie.apk?) and poke around. It's not just a graphic file because it cuts off text if it's too long. This is probably going to take a while, but I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end.
I paid for launcher pro because I used it on my nexus and g2, but the htc widgets are very well made, and I'd like to use them. It's just painful looking at these icons.
PolishDude said:
i just want the bubbles around the icons gone, everything else im fine with. Is there any way to access the myfavs thing? I probably would just switch to launcher pro if i could do that
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I'd be able to make a metamorph in about a minute to change that for you. All you need to do is substitute a transparent PNG for that icon background.
floepie said:
I'd be able to make a metamorph in about a minute to change that for you. All you need to do is substitute a transparent PNG for that icon background.
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Yes and no, in the stock launcher, icon text wraps to the next line. In rosie, this is not true. It just gets cut off. You can make the png transparent, but there's a very good chance it's going to get cut off still. I found some xml files in rosie.apk but didn't have enough time to look at them. I'll explore a little more once my kids go to bed.
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Either ADW or LP will let you set the buttons to the left and right of the app drawer button to whatever you want. Just set one of them to the "Faves" app and the other to "Phone" and you'll have the same functionality again.
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I love ADW on my G1, but after putting it on the MT4G, I've noticed that it doesn't run all the widgets... is that because they are sense widgets?
cal3thousand said:
I love ADW on my G1, but after putting it on the MT4G, I've noticed that it doesn't run all the widgets... is that because they are sense widgets?
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That's correct. HTC widgets require the htc framework.
Is there a way to change what the myfavs button to the right does?
timbo1083 said:
Is there a way to change what the myfavs button to the right does?
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Most likely, yes. Root was JUST achieved though, so it's going to be a little bit before this stuff starts happening. Next week will be a busy week in these forums for sure....
InGeNeTiCs said:
Most likely, yes. Root was JUST achieved though, so it's going to be a little bit before this stuff starts happening. Next week will be a busy week in these forums for sure....
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Check out the hero section they have a mod to change the far right button so maybe following that example something can be done to this!
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So I found some files of interest while rooting around this morning. In rosie.apk, there are 6 files of interest, the icon borders at rest, selected, and pressed, icon background at rest and selected, and the icon backgrounds at rest, selected, and pressed.
common_inputfield_press.9.png
common_inputfield_rest.9.png
common_inputfield_selected.9.png
common_panel_navbar_button_press.9.png
common_panel_navbar_button_rest.9.png
common_panel_navbar_button_selected.9.png
I made them transparent and used the sdk to change them back to .9 files, but for some reason I don't have r/w access to /system/app/. I'll have to look that up.
How the heck do I set a correct 100% good looking authentic wallpaper? I've tried dual wide HD (2560x800) wallpapers, HD (2560x1600), (1280x800), and many other different combos, but I just don't understand how the Android wallpaper system works.
First of all, the "set as" function by the gallery is absolutely terrible. It only lets me select 40% of my picture and crops out the rest! WTF!
Next, i've tried alternatives such as the app "Wallpaper Set and Save" from the market, and sure it definitely looks a lot better, but it isn't able to do the perfect job either, the top and bottom of the pictures I have get cut off while the width surprisingly works well.
What is the correct way to get a good wallpaper on honeycomb!?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture&feature=search_result
This will change how your TF uses wallpaper.
I was able to fill the screen to proper preportions a photo of my wife, then set it to not slide. My 5 screens flow by as the picture stays still.
This free app will help you do so much I think it's worth a shot.
Agreed, MultiPicture Live Wallpaper but please, next time do a SEARCH before you post. There are literally dozens of topics dedicated to this aspect already.
Please help keep the forum clean.
I've tried that app before, the thing is, I want my wallpaper to "pan" across the (3) homescreens I use, it's just that I want it to do so while having the correct aspect ratio. I don't want one static image for each homescreen.
u can use an app named Wallpaper Wizardii , U can find it in the market
I wanted to start a thread to share info about the new launcher Aviate. There's no shortage of threads on requesting invites, so let's not do that here.
If you have Aviate and are actively using it, come here and share.
Thanks!
-bk
**Please do not use this thread for requesting invites!**
I've been using it for a day now and I find it curiously intriguing. It's a totally fresh user experience that feels a little like Google Now to me.
Frankly, I never thought ANY launcher could pull my attention away from my custom-crafted (ok, OCD-crafted) user experience I designed using Nova Launcher. I have the same design on all of my mobile devices and it feels like part of my DNA.
Can't say yet if Aviate will be a permanent replacement for my Nova-based home, but I seem to be staying with it.
Just saw the video presentation. I'm looking foward to have a little more feedback about this app.
I liked the fact that it categarises apps and I disliked (as in google now) the fact that you must have your gps on in order to take full advantage of it. Makes a lot of sense and it's very useful but I don't like the idea of sharing my whereabouts all the time...
Been playing with it since yesterday as well on my HTC One.
Like it so far, like the idea of the activities changing during the day. Not sure how it's controled though. Today ie, I set it to Work, and when checking my phone later on, it was set on Home... don't know why.
Of course the custom side of it is quite limited, I assumed it will be better with later versions.
Haven't figured out yet how to get shortcuts to contact phone numbers implemented in Aviate.
Any ideas?
Don't have "morning" and "night time" screens. Only "home" whole day. Any solution ?
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billykxda said:
Haven't figured out yet how to get shortcuts to contact phone numbers implemented in Aviate.
Any ideas?
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The only method I have found is to add a contact widget. Not perfect, but close.
I also haven't figured out how to save a bookmark icon to my favorites section on the home screen.
Another thing I would like to do is switch between the light and dark theme automatically based on time of day.
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minkmeister said:
The only method I have found is to add a contact widget. Not perfect, but close.
I also haven't figured out how to save a bookmark icon to my favorites section on the home screen.
Another thing I would like to do is switch between the light and dark theme automatically based on time of day.
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Thanks for the response. This is a deal-breaker for me, as I need easy access (direct-dial shortcuts) to my frequently-called contacts. I wrote to the Aviate team. I'll report back.
I think I like this launcher
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I think I like that screenshot!!!
TeflonMyk said:
I think I like that screenshot!!!
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I was able to get an invite for aviate and loaded it up and started setting it up, when I started to wonder if this was the launcher for me. I loved the idea of chameleon launcher back when it came out, how it changed your home screen based on time of day. This seems similar in many ways. But then it dawned on me, I generally do a lot of the same things on my phone no matter where I am. That being the case, would someone like me benefit from this type of launcher?
I have uninstalled and moved on.
Not being able to do direct dial shortcuts the way I want is a deal-breaker for me.
Plus, I found that I really don't need access to different apps at different times of the day. I like always knowing where they are - all the time.
More power to those that find they like Aviate. For me, it was a swing-and-a-miss.
Hi. Just found this thread. I'm loving Aviate so far and, I'm sure the customisation will improve in future releases.
I would like more customisation of the 'spaces' (manual addition/removal etc) and better theming support. Overall, I like it a lot and in sticking with it, at least, for now!
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i use it on my gtab 2 (p3100), and it seems like it can be viewed on landscape mode. is there option to able to see on landscape mode?
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i use it on my gtab 2 (p3100), and it seems like it can be viewed on landscape mode. is there option to able to see on landscape mode?
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I'm not seeing anything for landscape mode, probably another reason it is only supported on phones at this time. Does anyone know how to clear a location; as I accidentally clicked a nearby location now it keeps defaulting to it...?
opt05 said:
I'm not seeing anything for landscape mode, probably another reason it is only supported on phones at this time. Does anyone know how to clear a location; as I accidentally clicked a nearby location now it keeps defaulting to it...?
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That's exactly the same issue I'm having. Clicked on a local gift store and now I'm getting reminded about an 'occasion'. Actually it hasn't come up today so maybe it just disappears after a day or two. No way to clear manually...
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How do people change the theme (mainly colours) of the UI? I can't figure that out. Is there even any Aviate settings anywhere? I must be blind or something
Thanks!
Aleq said:
How do people change the theme (mainly colours) of the UI? I can't figure that out. Is there even any Aviate settings anywhere? I must be blind or something
Thanks!
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Menu > Settings > Light/Dark Theme
opt05 said:
Menu > Settings > Light/Dark Theme
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Pressing Menu button on my device reveals menu with "Settings" option (nothing else). But that takes me to the System Settings (Wifi, Bluetooth, Sound, Display, Storage, ...) So you do have Aviate specific Settings... hm!