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Froyo Car Dock Customization?

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but can someone tell me how to add apps to the empty spots on the second screen of the new car dock? Thanks.

Anyone know?

I second this. Looks like you should be able to add any shortcut you'd like.

Maybe that will be fixed in the official release of Froyo

bcpk said:
Maybe that will be fixed in the official release of Froyo
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I sure as hell hope so.

or maybe they are there for certain apps to take advantage of? which apps i have no clue
just a guess.

i agree, they put those spots there, must be for a reason. I would love to be able to add shortcuts to navigate to common places like home. If this is possible there will be no need for me to attempt making my own car dock app.

jamezracer said:
i agree, they put those spots there, must be for a reason. I would love to be able to add shortcuts to navigate to common places like home. If this is possible there will be no need for me to attempt making my own car dock app.
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There is already a good one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bigfwoosh.customcarhome

Even if its not directly settable I'm sure its moddable

3Shirts said:
There is already a good one: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.bigfwoosh.customcarhome
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doesn't look like that is for our resolution though

Even with the final, official release of Froyo, the Car Dock app still has these unused slots. There doesn't appear to be any way to customize the empty buttons. What gives here?

I tried looking for the car home code on googles git hub.
Did'nt find it but it should be there...somewhere.
I was thinking one of the chefs can add some code to populate the blanks and give us an updated apk we can all use
Some interesting things.
1) car home added to the sdk
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...6;hp=139e33243bbe92858f39919c220a4d65fe8790bd
This also tells us that its built by the sdk.mk build file
2) the "sdk" git project
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/sdk.git;a=tree
3) all the projects
http://android.git.kernel.org/

Grrrrrrrrrr.

[REQ] Notification Pull Down Power Buttons Ala Galaxy S

Hi I was watching a browser speed test video on androidcentral and they had a galaxy s phone and when they pulled down the notification bar at the top were a set of power buttons letting you turn on blue tooth, wifi or gps from any screen (really useful IMO)
So i ws wondering if this was part of touchwiz or an app or something we can port to the droid x. I find myself wantng to turn on wifi bt and gps alot in apps and ont want to go to the home screen to do it. i think this is so cool, anyone can elaborate?
thanks!

i believe it's part of touchwiz and it IS very handy. i don't use it all the time but it's a lot easier than finding the screen with the quick toggles.....if you're even using them.

Yea my friend has the one for T-mobile and i didnt' know it till i pulled down the notification bar, and I thought the same thing...sooo useful. I use my phone for navi a lot and it's annoying to go through screens to find the widget.

Quick Desk Beta
Check out the app Quick Desk Beta its essentially the same idea but instead of pulling your notification bar down you double press your home button and it pulls up a transparent screen that you can put any widgets on like wifi toggle or your music player. I used it all the time with my D1 when id be on a web page and forget to turn wifi on or want to listen to music while on the web but not want to go home and find the widgets then back to browser. I just got the DX and haven't tried it yet on it im still figuring out all these new moto blur things but i would think it should work with the DX. Hope that helps you out alittle

gerelee said:
i believe it's part of touchwiz and it IS very handy. i don't use it all the time but it's a lot easier than finding the screen with the quick toggles.....if you're even using them.
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tvith said:
Yea my friend has the one for T-mobile and i didnt' know it till i pulled down the notification bar, and I thought the same thing...sooo useful. I use my phone for navi a lot and it's annoying to go through screens to find the widget.
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yes extremely useful indeed, i need to have this!
1barlog17 said:
Check out the app Quick Desk Beta its essentially the same idea but instead of pulling your notification bar down you double press your home button and it pulls up a transparent screen that you can put any widgets on like wifi toggle or your music player. I used it all the time with my D1 when id be on a web page and forget to turn wifi on or want to listen to music while on the web but not want to go home and find the widgets then back to browser. I just got the DX and haven't tried it yet on it im still figuring out all these new moto blur things but i would think it should work with the DX. Hope that helps you out alittle
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thanks i will check it out, but i do once in a while use the double tap of the home button for voice dial on my x, but that shouldnt b needed anymore once we get froyo and the new voice search app from google.
i still would like to have this in notification bar and wonder if it could be done as an app or as a theme mod or what. IF anyone has any ideas how this can be ported? maybe i can request a port in the DX android dev forum?

Yes a friend and my inlaws have the Galaxy and I would love to have something like this for the X.

Check out the app Quick Settings. Lets you put whatever settings in there you want. It's not as pretty, but really useful.
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Smart bar works pretty good.
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I would really love this too. I know the Galaxy S has it and certain ROMs have it but I'm not willing to root my DX quite yet.

i use quick settings as well, works really good.
Also you can download the app called Homesmack which can allow you to program the search hard button on the X to bring up the quick settings app. pretty convenient when i want to turn on wifi or bluetooth etc on the fly and saves space on home screens

amontem said:
I would really love this too. I know the Galaxy S has it and certain ROMs have it but I'm not willing to root my DX quite yet.
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which ROM has these????

tttuning said:
which ROM has these????
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It is not apart of any Droid X ROM or theme yet... it is likely that Fission may get this mod though.
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I use Power Control Plus - can't post a link yet, apparently, but it's easily googled.
It's awesome.

this is the only feature i miss from when i had my Captivate.....i can only hope the guys at team defuse can get this to work on the X!

I use MySettings. It works very well.

Updated car home app

Just thought I'd link to the updated car home app that we don't automatically get because we are not a nexus. It features auto bluetooth connectivity, custom icons, multiple screens. It's quite nice IMHO.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8kgy9mek9o6b2

I assume all I'd need to do is uninstall the old one and install this one? Does it need pushed to /system/app?

Lightning Blue said:
I assume all I'd need to do is uninstall the old one and install this one? Does it need pushed to /system/app?
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All I did was change file type to .apk. install. Set to default. Used titanium to remove the original..
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I missed this too, thanks for the link! I'd been using Car Home Ultra out of the market, which has really too many features for what I needed.

Lightning Blue said:
I assume all I'd need to do is uninstall the old one and install this one? Does it need pushed to /system/app?
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Nah, just install as a regular app and when u launch car home it will prompt you as to which one to use (old or new), and set it to default to new.

Hey, that's great -- I was really missing the Car Home app from my Nexus One. Thanks very much!

[Q] HTC Task Widget

Alright here is the case my mom had a htc task widget on her My touch Slide with t-mobile. She loved it. Well she just upgraded to the HTC Sensation. She has the notes widget, she doesn't like it. She wants her task widget back. I have found on here people with htc desires with it and an apk. would this work on a sensation here is the link to what i am talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901145

You have a widget that looks just like this on HTC Hub
It's called Notes.

He did say his mother didnt like notes though
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kurtmiller89 said:
Alright here is the case my mom had a htc task widget on her My touch Slide with t-mobile. She loved it. Well she just upgraded to the HTC Sensation. She has the notes widget, she doesn't like it. She wants her task widget back. I have found on here people with htc desires with it and an apk. would this work on a sensation here is the link to what i am talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901145
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download and give it a blast, if it doesnt work then uninstall, but i feel the resolution will be an issue as the sensation has a higher res the desire.

Utking said:
He did say his mother didnt like notes though
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For some reason, I've read it backwards
BTW, the task widget in that link works, but it's buggy.
It's not built for Sensation's screen...

alright if i download it how do i in stall it to the phone? i have never done an apk or what ever it is

kurtmiller89 said:
alright if i download it how do i in stall it to the phone? i have never done an apk or what ever it is
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Once you download it you'll need to put in on your memory card. After that you'll need a file manager (install ES file explorer or Astro file manager from the market). Than use the file manager to navigate to the apk on the memory card and start it
But you won't like the widget... The buttons are messed up.
Better get something different from the market

Hey thanks to all who answered me, sadly i do have to say it did not work the buttons were off center and it was a bit small but when you clicked the add button and then done it would not add a task but thank you for all your help it will help from here on. I am going to try and find another version. MUCH APPRECIATED

kurtmiller89 said:
Hey thanks to all who answered me, sadly i do have to say it did not work the buttons were off center and it was a bit small but when you clicked the add button and then done it would not add a task but thank you for all your help it will help from here on. I am going to try and find another version. MUCH APPRECIATED
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Is there any way to modify the apk to align the buttons? I have been messing around with the .xml Any help would be appreciated.

djide said:
Is there any way to modify the apk to align the buttons? I have been messing around with the .xml Any help would be appreciated.
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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but want to throw out an offer here rather than starting a new thread. I'd be willing to pay someone if they could get the task widget fixed to run on the Sensation. As stated in the thread, it works but its buggy. If interested, shoot me a PM.

Oh man, thats one of my favorite widgets from HTC. Hopes someone can modify it...

mine too! now i'm cnm 7.1.0.1 and the only thing that i realy miss is the htc note widget. how can i get it back?

Back to Sense ROM it's the only way to have sense widgets working.

I love that little apk too but sadly not able to use it on my sensation.
However, you can try TO DO LIST WIDGET (by Chrisbailey).
I use to replace Work 2.0. You need to change the default setting a little to make it look like Work. (The settings is very visualized and easy to setup.)
Although its not 100% the same (looks and functions similar enough though).

[HOW TO] Set a custom launcher as default home application

Soon after I bought the fire HD6 I quickly realized that upon installing an alternative launcher, the device would not allow you to set that launcher as default. Today I figured out a way around this issue and put together a quick video showing all the steps. This tutorial should work for all Fire devices spanning from the Fire HD6 and HD7. Before going through the tutorial I suggest you get ADB set up and working on the computer for your Fire device. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6_2GoSz5N4
Help setting up ADB in Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJlmTtLsIg
Following this guide will make it so you cannot use the Amazon Book app. A way around this issue would be to side-load the Kindle app. But not any Kindle app, a hacked version I made with a different signature and package name. That way your device will allow the installation and will not downgrade each boot. Download the APK below to get your books working:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx_94ujbh0qobVBJbWFyVzNzeUU/view?usp=sharing
Now you will be able to access your books.

You're awesome! Thanks! :laugh::good:

This works great, thanks!
Anyways to change the wallpaper?

D600abc said:
This works great, thanks!
Anyways to change the wallpaper?
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No problem! I do not know how to do that yet. I hope it is plausible

Thank You! This was driving me crazy
Since Amazon "upgraded" the OS to Fire 4.x.x this has been a problem.
You are a gentleman and a scholar. Works for unrooted kindles as well.
Thank YOU!!!

RyanNerd said:
Since Amazon "upgraded" the OS to Fire 4.x.x this has been a problem.
You are a gentleman and a scholar. Works for unrooted kindles as well.
Thank YOU!!!
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no problem (;

Could you share what exactly you changed in the hacked Kindle app? AFAIK it's a pretty old version and I'd like to have a more recent one on my Kindle. Thanks a lot either way!

crytic said:
Could you share what exactly you changed in the hacked Kindle app? AFAIK it's a pretty old version and I'd like to have a more recent one on my Kindle. Thanks a lot either way!
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I basically just changed the package name and resigned it so that it will think it is a different app so it allows you to install it. I used apktool to decompile but had problems compiling till I removed some services from the Manifest file. I tried newer versions but could not get them to run without force closing.

Unable to set launcher
Hi, I followed your tutorial, now I am unable to see my kindle on adb devices list.
Can you please help me out with this.

pulnarayana1 said:
Hi, I followed your tutorial, now I am unable to see my kindle on adb devices list.
Can you please help me out with this.
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try taking a look at this developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/connect-adb.html

I set up KK Launcher as my launcher but it cannot get it to rotate to landscape mode at all. Is this a problem with other launchers you guys are using or is it just me?

argrr101 said:
I set up KK Launcher as my launcher but it cannot get it to rotate to landscape mode at all. Is this a problem with other launchers you guys are using or is it just me?
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I use Apex and I can not get it to rotate either.
The best solution I've found so far is the app "Ultimate Rotation Control". It will allow you to manipulate the display as you see fit and even set parameters per app.

I got GEL working, but cannot set background pictures... Anyone else able to?

bilago said:
I got GEL working, but cannot set background pictures... Anyone else able to?
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I believe this requires root.

I recently purchased a Fire HD 6 and this worked perfectly for me. Thank you for this. I chose to use Nova Launcher Prime as my default home launcher.
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I forgot to revert to the stock dash before the last update (yesterday) and now I don't have ADB access. It just shows the device as 'offline' so I can't get it back to the stock dash and it's stuck at the Fire loading screen. It's the same in Windows/Ubuntu. Just a notice for anyone else to undo the custom dash before proceeding with the update.

gavin19 said:
I forgot to revert to the stock dash before the last update (yesterday) and now I don't have ADB access. It just shows the device as 'offline' so I can't get it back to the stock dash and it's stuck at the Fire loading screen. It's the same in Windows/Ubuntu. Just a notice for anyone else to undo the custom dash before proceeding with the update.
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oh god, you scared the **** out of me for a second - I had gotten the update but had never used adb since then. tried just now, and ... nothing.
but! then I remembered, I had turned adb off on the HD, lol. turned it on and all is well.
I am running Nova launcher, and have the real launcher permanently blocked, along with a few other things:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58360063&postcount=5
maybe your problem is something else? (or hopefully, maybe like me, just pilot error and usb debugging was turned off.)

I don't remember turning debugging off. I wouldn't have had any reason to disable it. I just assumed it was reset by the update. Either way, I had to do a factory reset to get it working again. To be honest, the custom dash was mostly a novelty. I'm happy enough with stock. Being able to use Google apps is all I'm worried about.

No body else appears to have mention having problems making widgets on your home screen. Every time I place a new widget it, just takes me to the main setting screen and on going back home there is no new widget.
I have been assuming that this is something else that requires root, but I thought I'd better check.

Thanks for kindlehack.apkill give it a try, ps use nova beta for wallpaper