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Is it possible to add more space to the desktop?

So as you all know, we have the center, left, right portions of our desktops. Is it possible to add additional space? I am sure this would require serious editing of the source code or whatever. Has anyone explored this idea?

I don't need anymore space, as I keep the apps that I use most of the time on the screen but the ones that I don't I just use the pull up menu.
left screen: work related stuff 4 things
center screen: standard phone stuff 7 things
right screen: fun and games 3 things

bodyman said:
I don't need anymore space, as I keep the apps that I use most of the time on the screen but the ones that I don't I just use the pull up menu.
left screen: work related stuff 4 things
center screen: standard phone stuff 7 things
right screen: fun and games 3 things
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i dont really need more space either, but my thought was that once the widgets idea is expanded upon, we will need as much space as we can get. nevertheless, i think some people could make do with more space.

If the right people hear this idea.....we might get something
unfortunately....i am not one of those people...

yea I always thoguht 5 screens would be hot...an up and a down from the center home screen.

More Space would be cool, I like thee ability to make Folders and put them on the desktop, or even just create folders in the the applications scroll up, So II can seperate games from Utilities, and etc..

More Space would be cool, I like thee ability to make Folders and put them on the desktop, or even just create folders in the the applications scroll up, So II can seperate games from Utilities, and etc..
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It is possible to create folders on the desktop... Just long press on the screen, choose shortcut and then folder...

Okay so we never accomplished an answer if the desktop can be extended? I know it can't be as simple as going in to change some numbers around, but is it possible for this to get done?

I'd prefer a winmo like 'cube'. Either the 4 sided style where you only have left/right and can spin a full 360, or the 6 sided dice style where you can spin a 360 in all directions(this could be a pain tho).
...But alas, I'm am also merely a dreamer with no dev skills wse :/

Yeah that would be pretty cool, but still have to figure out if its possible lol

i use folders to organize my apps works really well, what i would like is ability to put folders in folders, and to put folders in the application,
i think if we have more horizontal panels it would look more like the iphone, i like the top and bottom like the touch cube from WM

i'd just like to see a way to make the icons smaller so we can fit more on the screen. i think 4 on a row would be a good amount tbh.
probably wouldn't be that difficult to do either, once we get the xml files sorted out.

Meltus said:
i'd just like to see a way to make the icons smaller so we can fit more on the screen. i think 4 on a row would be a good amount tbh.
probably wouldn't be that difficult to do either, once we get the xml files sorted out.
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We already have 4 on a row, though?

rogro82 said:
It is possible to create folders on the desktop... Just long press on the screen, choose shortcut and then folder...
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Can I rename that folder? Like games, and another Apps.
Shaggy
P.S. Nevermind, open folder, long presson folder name lets you rename. This is awesome, exactly what I was looking for, makes 6 icons on my desktop into 1.

Custom Rom's for you.

This thread is for anyone that wants a more customized rom.
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I will take any rom released on xda for the dream and customize it to ur liking.
If you don't want the msg/mail widgets or a song played during the boot of ur hero rom I will do that as well.
I won't theme a rom for you nor will i create a rom from scratch, i will only modify it to ur liking.
If this sounds like something that you would want just contact me via twitter or email when you know what you want.
Message me the apps you dont want or apps you want added to the rom.
Twitter - follow me on twitter and post a tweet so i can read it when im not at my computer. Thanks.
Gmail - [email protected]
If this isn't the right spot for this thread mod's please move it, I'm just trying to make things easier for the more noobish people in this forum.
Update: There is a rom at the bottom of this page with some specs if you want to try it.
Thanks and happy flashing.

Well, I guess that's a nice thing to do. Thanks for sharing. Although, I would be interested in a nice tutorial on how to take a ROM off XDA and modify it by removing/adding components... Lemme know if you can help.
Thanks again for your helping intentions!
Long live Android and the community

yea, actually being able to compile a full rom pack for fresh regular wipes complete with apps and whatnot would be killer. I'm sure there's a guide to compiling your own package somewhere though. This totally is the dev department =P Check the huge list of q&a

I'm just want people who get frustrated easily to be able to have the same benefits as the rest of us. You just tell me the rom you want, we'll chat for a little and i'll tell you what apps i can take out and you can ask me to add some apps into the rom..if you want a theme i can help you pick the best one for you and other things along those lines. I already have a few requests and I'm going to sleep now but I will try and get you guys ur roms as soon as I possibly can.

I could use (a lot of people who do embedded systems stuff could use, actually) a cupcake rom with the serial port enabled, TTYMSM2. This would allow hooking up th Dream to a number of devices (Including a sonar if you want to do the Dark Knight scanner thing ).
Ideally it should have variable baud rate but if thats not an option, a lot of stuff (DGPS, sonars...) still runs at 9600 baud.

So would it be possible to get Ion with the htc dialer and htc mail app(exchange)?

I have a few requests that i will be getting to tonight. I will try my best to get them done in speedy orderly fashion.

JeffGale said:
I have a few requests that i will be getting to tonight. I will try my best to get them done in speedy orderly fashion.
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Can I get a maxisma v2 rogers rom with rosie? I can wait haha I'm just busting your balls! Lol

i would just like a how to on making a lock screen

This is an update from drizzy that i modified a bit for a friend..
-for weather or flip clock use the android widget
-no mail/sms widgets
-updated onscreen keyboard just have to enable it.settings->Locale & Text-> Disable Touch Input
-Some extra games you can delete them from Settings->Applications->manage applications
-other fixes that seem to make it quicker.
-don't overclock, enjoy.
Update.zip

idc what rom it's running on (i'm on cyan 3.9.1 i believe), i just want the camera from wherever you can get it from that has the "store location in photo/pictures" option.
this would be a dream come true. lol
i looked for an app that offered it but seen nothing. =/

pictures store on ur sd card in DCIM/100 Media and wont go anywhere as long as you don't format ur fat32 partition..im not sure where else you would want them to be stored though.

JeffGale said:
pictures store on ur sd card in DCIM/100 Media and wont go anywhere as long as you don't format ur fat32 partition..im not sure where else you would want them to be stored though.
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I think he means one that embeds the current GPS data into the image.
So, when he takes a picture it will embed the data of *where* the picture was taken.

Ide like to see some of the hero widgets, like photo album, and the large calendar, and the twitter widget, work on the JACxHERO v1.3 rom
That would be pretty cool, Just all the HERO widgets in general work on the JACxHERO 1.3 build
that would be cool

Background phone
Is there a way to get the background of the contacts, fav, ect.. To black with white fonts. I'm running JacXHero 1.1 with themed palm-hero V3r2.
Thanks
P.S also how can I get TouchPal to work it always gives me an error.
Thanks again

Nedlinin said:
I think he means one that embeds the current GPS data into the image.
So, when he takes a picture it will embed the data of *where* the picture was taken.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. Thanx Nedlinin, I guess I phrased it wrong. Lol
Acutally, if it's easier, you can maybe point out a tutorial or tell me how I could pull out the camera apk from 1 rom and install it in another.... (?_?)

jgu71424 said:
Is there a way to get the background of the contacts, fav, ect.. To black with white fonts. I'm running JacXHero 1.1 with themed palm-hero V3r2.
Thanks
P.S also how can I get TouchPal to work it always gives me an error.
Thanks again
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Yeah thats possible, i'll work on that when i get back from vacation..I'll take care of you. To get touchpal to work u just have to have touchpal the only one checked. Then ur set, no errors.

is it possible to customize a fast lag free rom and have it look like the hero.....i like the way the text messages and icons look also like the dialer and the menu.....but hero is so slow sometimes.....thx...

let me get Drizzy's NewVision_2.8 with bluetooth and paid apps working, or Drizzy's NewVision v3r2 with bluetooth and the keyboard working.

i would like a rom that when installed would add 96mb of RAM, would give me the ability to fly as well as to teleport. also i would like it to include a notification ringtone sampling the episode of the boondocks where ed and rummy try to kidnap oprah and ed says "*****es love smiley faces."
just kidding though the last would be cool lol.
but seriously though you are doing a great service for the community. keep up the great work and don't lose your patience.

How do I remove themes ?

I would like to save a little space on my leo by removing the themes that I do not wish to use. Rather than wandering through the file system looking for files to delete I am wondering if there is an easy way of doing this.

StartMenu / Settings / Home
i see a list of themes with the option to delete.
Error message when I try to delete any:
These system files cannot be deleted.
I am using Energy.Leo.23673.Sense2.5.MaxSense.Jul.30

things that come in your rom cannot be deleted.
another approach is to replace the files with an "empty" file (no data, just same name.)
however, the themes you are talking about...i cannot imagine that they are taking up much space, really, so not sure if it is worth all the work.

ah i see. right. i will take a look at how big they are. since they are just themes and we can add themes as we like why are the rom ones sacred ?

Sensation Settings Questions

New to the Sensation, 4 hrs. Testing side by side with the G2x. G2x I've only had for 10 days...so I'm no expert on that...or Android.
Had a couple of questions about the Sensation
1. Is there a way to get the camera to save to External SD card? Can't find it.
2. Any way to customize Sense, further than Skin? I was looking for things like Change the look of the clock, or even the size.
3. Ringtones/Notifications: I didn't find a way to assign a ringtone to a person..or a notification to an event. They are just basic over all assignments. Am I missing something?

alodar1 said:
1. Is there a way to get the camera to save to External SD card? Can't find it.
2. Any way to customize Sense, further than Skin? I was looking for things like Change the look of the clock, or even the size.
3. Ringtones/Notifications: I didn't find a way to assign a ringtone to a person..or a notification to an event. They are just basic over all assignments. Am I missing something?
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1. That's where they are automatically saved to. sdcard>DCIM
2. Widgets. Hit personalize & select widgets & then look through all the HTC widgets
3. For specific person ringtones you set that in their contact. They have to be contacts saved to phone/gmail/whatever & not SIM contacts. As for notifications & all that go to Settings>Sounds
Take a look at the manual, it may help you out with further questions
European
http://www.htc.com/www/userguide.aspx?p_id=399
US
http://www.htc.com/us/support/sensation4g-tmobile/downloads/

alodar1 said:
New to the Sensation, 4 hrs. Testing side by side with the G2x. G2x I've only had for 10 days...so I'm no expert on that...or Android.
Had a couple of questions about the Sensation
1. Is there a way to get the camera to save to External SD card? Can't find it.
2. Any way to customize Sense, further than Skin? I was looking for things like Change the look of the clock, or even the size.
3. Ringtones/Notifications: I didn't find a way to assign a ringtone to a person..or a notification to an event. They are just basic over all assignments. Am I missing something?
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Sensation saves pics to sd card by default since the internal memory is not used.... you're confusing the g2x with the sensation on that one.
as for the ringtones go to contacts then pick a contact and it says ringtone under options

Static Weather Files - Saves 50meg!

Here Are Some Static Weather Files I Made ..
Might seem a little more boring then the reg. mp4
However seems to load faster and you save big on space!
Saves You Over 50meg of space!
And Still Gives you Some Cool Weather Pictures To Look At
If someone can make a update zip for this I will
link to it .. I can not seem to get one to work
Directions ..
1. MAKE BACKUP ~ Use Root Explorer to Copy all files in: /system/media/weather/ .. To a Safe Place!
2. Use Root Explorer to delete all files in: /system/media/weather/
3. copy all files from zip to: /system/media/weather/
Click Weather/clock to see what it looks like

lol well done but.. the whole point of having an htc is because of these awesome weather animations.. i think the 50mb is pretty much worth it lol
just my opinion

Good job man. Some people do prefer to save space.. where space is limited