Why LCD Density is set to 240 on the X. - Droid X Themes and Apps

This is a basic public awareness notice: What LCD density does and its drawbacks (the why it does what it does is not addressed b/c I have no clue).
We've all seen or heard about changing the lcd density property in /system/build.prop (and why it is better to edit this through the text editor via root explorer rather than use an app which is shown to be unstable). However, as most of us who have messed with it along with additional rows and columns on the home screens via Launcher Pro and ADW, the big problem is icon overlap or crowding.
Why is this?
I'm still trying to figure out how exactly a LOWER value of LCD Density results in a DENSER display. It doesn't make sense to me. However, it is inescapably linked to letting android keep a 4x4 display as SQUARES for each icon "block". Decrease the # and those squares get tighter width-wise. I'm just not certain then how it works with varying the # of rows and columns.
HOWEVER, in order to prevent overlap, the screen NEEDS to be in 4x4 with an LCD density of 240. That is, to keep the blocks square.
Otherwise, prepare to tweak and fiddle with your homescreens so your icons and icon text don't resemble scrambled mush, and what looks good in portrait won't necessarilly look good or the widgets won't be the same size in landscape. And vice versa.
So, like many other things, fiddling with this property (while cool.... I've finally settled for an lcd density of 210 with homescreens rocking in 6x6 using launcher pro plus) there are trade-offs.
Be aware, and have fun tweaking your settings.

Have you found anyway to avoid the slight blurring of Ui elements when not set to the default density?

I also tried 6x6 with 210 running LPP but my widgets (beautiful Weather, Switch Pro) wouldn't stretch the width of the screen.
I'm back to 4x7 which looks the best, but that doesn't make sense to me either!
EDIT - I have landscape mode disabled because it lags on LPP at the moment. I also don't have text displayed for my icons so if I could just get everything to line up correctly, I don't think the overlap would be that bad. I just can't figure out why the widgets don't stretch (I do have auto-fit checked).
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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You have to use Launcher Pro plus to stretch widgets.
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I know. I tried and it doesn't work. Any ideas?
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groovejedi said:
I know. I tried and it doesn't work. Any ideas?
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....It does too...

Okay, WHAT is the widget that is the text-only battery charging status? I've looked for "battstat" on the market and no joy.

SirBrass said:
Okay, WHAT is the widget that is the text-only battery charging status? I've looked for "battstat" on the market and no joy.
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That's what it is... BattStatt Free by Tomas Persson

MrDanger said:
That's what it is... BattStatt Free by Tomas Persson
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Finally found it. Searching for battstat is no joy, but searching for battstatt returns the app. The search feature in the market is seriously jacked in that way. A regular google search does its job, but google's market app doesn't? wtf google?

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That Analog clock , what is it ? where can i get it ? how is it called ?

Okay...perhaps I should have been more specific. It doesn't work for me. Im glad it works for you but I have tried and tried and cannot get widgets to stretch the width of the screen if I have more than four columns.
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groovejedi said:
Okay...perhaps I should have been more specific. It doesn't work for me. Im glad it works for you but I have tried and tried and cannot get widgets to stretch the width of the screen if I have more than four columns.
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You do have Launcher Pro Plus right?? (Just checking because you can only do it with the paid version)
To be able to stretch it.. you have to press and hold it like you are going to remove it.. then release it. The widget will then be highlighted and at the bottom right of the highlighted widget.. you will see an area for you to drag and resize the widget. After you have resized it, press the back or home button.

Thank you for clarifying...it worked! I feel dumb for not trying that begot so I appreciate it! My dimensions are now 5 x 7. Im going to have to experiment and see what kind of dimensions work best. What are you using?
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groovejedi said:
Thank you for clarifying...it worked! I feel dumb for not trying that begot so I appreciate it! My dimensions are now 5 x 7. Im going to have to experiment and see what kind of dimensions work best. What are you using?
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I'm actually at 5x6

You know.. I just played around with the homescreen rows and columns and I have come to find that... 5x10 is pretty good!! (That's 5 columns x 10 rows)
Yes you have the possibility to overlap... but the row alignment are so small... that you can easily move the widget up one and it looks it would on a 4x4

Is there a way to resize the icons?

and1grad said:
Is there a way to resize the icons?
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You do have Launcher Pro Plus right?? (Just checking because you can only do it with the paid version)
To be able to stretch it.. you have to press and hold it like you are going to remove it.. then release it. The widget will then be highlighted and at the bottom right of the highlighted widget.. you will see an area for you to drag and resize the widget. After you have resized it, press the back or home button.
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I quote myself

Apologies. Saw how to do it right after I asked. Scrolling down helps. SMH

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Android Phone 7 icons for our Phone

I like the Android Phone 7 icons http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781455 bust since there made for HDPI Evo it overlaps on our phone, can anyone make a custom pack to fit our phones screen?
Heres some i've made to better fit our screens. I also included PSD's of both icon types with all the images I used.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Note: They come out slightly fuzzy (you can see the fonts) and thats the fault of Desktop Visualizer. Some say there is a work-around using the (Large) widget and resizing down an image with larger dimensions, however i've tried and cannot get them to line up correctly as these do. However, I think it looks good enough for daily use.
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Heres some i've made to better fit our screens. I also included PSD's of both icon types with all the images I used.
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Note: They come out slightly fuzzy (you can see the fonts) and thats the fault of Desktop Visualizer. Some say there is a work-around using the (Large) widget and resizing down an image with larger dimensions, however i've tried and cannot get them to line up correctly as these do. However, I think it looks good enough for daily use.
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They look great! i really dont mind fuzzyness as much as i hate the overlapping, thanks alot man
Can you flash this from recovery mode
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Image sizes
3x1
480 x 200
1x2
160 x 400
2x1
320 x 200
1x1
160 x 200
Use Desktop Visualizer(large) for the widgets, then resize them down to the desired size.
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@raymond4 - No it is a zip file of icons that you use with Desktop Visualizer.
@jasonevil - While yours are sharper, they do not align correctly. We need to figure out the best of both worlds.
That looks great! What do you mean by "desired size"? Do I just adjust the size in DV with the dimensions you provided?
I'm sorry if my questions have already been answered but I just want to be clear
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@raymond4 - No it is a zip file of icons that you use with Desktop Visualizer.
@jasonevil - While yours are sharper, they do not align correctly. We need to figure out the best of both worlds.
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hmm...didn't notice that before, you can't tell it when you view the actual phone.
i'll probably have to go through the apk's code to see exactly what each widget resizes the images to, to get it exactly right, now this is going to bother me lol
anyone got a copy of the apk, for some reason i couldn't pull it earlier :/
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That looks great! What do you mean by "desired size"? Do I just adjust the size in DV with the dimensions you provided?
I'm sorry if my questions have already been answered but I just want to be clear
D6E
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i did the images double the sizes of what you'd need so that when you resize down, they will stay sharp and not have blur. using dvr's large widget and resizing them down to either 3x1, 1x2 etc....depending on what image you are using...
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i did the images double the sizes of what you'd need so that when you resize down, they will stay sharp and not have blur. using dvr's large widget and resizing them down to either 3x1, 1x2 etc....depending on what image you are using...
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If you send me the icons, regardless what size, I will resize them and keep them as sharp as can be email me using the contact form on my site in my sig, attach your icons in a zip.
It's free
Hey guys, so I think I figured it out. Ive resized them to be both sharp AND align correctly. What do you guys think?
I can share the new PSD in a few...
Please do share, it looks awesome! How are you getting rid of the labels? I'm setting them up as Widgets with DV.
Thanks!
GREAT!
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Hey guys, so I think I figured it out. Ive resized them to be both sharp AND align correctly. What do you guys think?
I can share the new PSD in a few...
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Excellent work, waiting for them to be available!
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Please do share, it looks awesome! How are you getting rid of the labels? I'm setting them up as Widgets with DV.
Thanks!
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I tried this and discovered that you can leave the label blank and set the background to transperant. Not sure if that messes up any formatting though.
Deleted the tag and Bingo! thanks!
jasonevil said:
Image sizes
3x1
480 x 200
1x2
160 x 400
2x1
320 x 200
1x1
160 x 200
Use Desktop Visualizer(large) for the widgets, then resize them down to the desired size.
Download
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These Look awsome!
Complete newb to the DV app here...but definitely intrigued, so I downloaded and installed.
How do you get the app to identify a zip file to pull icons from? Is this something that needs unzipped from a PC beforehand? Thanks in advance!
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Is this something that needs unzipped from a PC beforehand? Thanks in advance!
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Yes ......
ragu78 said:
Yes ......
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Thanks! +10char
To all wanting the updated set of icons & template that are both sharp and align correctly -- Android Phone 7 (MDPI)

Multicon Widget - More Icons on Your Home Screen

Restricted by the 4×4 home screen you are having now?
Not anymore! Multicon Widget is a perfect solution for you! It allows you to add more applications, shortcuts and others such as Airplane Mode On/Off, Auto Syn On/Off, Wi-Fi On/Off, etc!
1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4 (Left to Right)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Taken from http://droidbar.net/2010/11/multicon-widget-more-icons-on-your-home-screen/
Multicon Widget Developer's Web Page: http://h9kdroid.com/multicon/
Multicon Widget Developer's Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/h9kdroid
Used this some time ago, very usefull
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I was looking for 1x1, 2x1, 3x1 and 4x1 options, strangely only the opposite are there.
schriss said:
I was looking for 1x1, 2x1, 3x1 and 4x1 options, strangely only the opposite are there.
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I believe you can manually change the Columns and Rows in the Edit Mode.
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I believe you can manually change the Columns and Rows in the Edit Mode.
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Yes, but it still won't allow 2x1, 3x1 and so on, so I have to add multiple 1x1, but I don't know if multiple 1x1 don't take more resources than single 4x1?
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Thank you very much, this app is so usefull.. love it!
Funny, why at all is it not allowing portrait 4x1 widget?
Hi
Nice widget!! Good work!
One question: Is there a possibility to change the icons of the chosen programs within the widget? That way I could customize the look of every icon.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Ascenca
Installed 15 minutes ago. Don't know how I did without it!
Wish I could disable workspaces in Sense now, as two have become superfluous.
Hey... Nice app...
But I don´t want to have 4*4 but besides don´t want to have 8*8... I want to have 6*6 on my screen... can you make that? Maybe in the next release of Multicon? Would be so nice...
this app + SENSE + LCD Density-180 = ....AWESOME...!!!
azzzz said:
this app + SENSE + LCD Density-180 = ....AWESOME...!!!
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How lcd density makes it better? Never tried it.
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schriss said:
How lcd density makes it better? Never tried it.
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Not really...but I like having more space on the homescreen...Density cuts the text on the ICON so this app remedies that problem...
EDIT:
Is there a way to change stock icons for wifi/airplane/brightness/etc toggles? Thanks again for this great apps. I love it.
How do you have 5 buttons on slider in the right.
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How do you have 5 buttons on slider in the right.
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It's the LauncherPro dock.
Thx been using since got android very cool as not only more space but grouped better too.
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can we add folders ?
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It's the LauncherPro dock.
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Thanks for the info !!
Can we add shortcuts for folders or may be in next version ?
Excellent app. Thank you very much.
Only request I would have is for more horizontal configurations by "default" (instead of stinging along a bunch of 1x1). Anyhow, very nice app, freed up a ton of space and improved the appearance of my home screens.
I agree with the horizontal configuration. One other thing I think would be nice is if the icon you select would highlight like the regular icons.
To "" - Awesome application. Everything is OK, but.. Can add icons automaticly, not one by one? I have more than 100 little icons on just one screen, and add every one of them is much time eating Samo function, that add all installed applications would be very high rated.

Sleek Sexy Hi-res Custom Icons *UPDATED* 19/2

Hey guys, ive made myself some custom icons as i wasn't really happy with what was out there. Ive set them up with Desktop Visualizer so they are bigger.
If anyone else is interested id be happy to upload them and share them to the community.
im also in the process of making a hancent theme to match, and the app market
If anyone does end up wanting them and you need a icon i'll make it for you, only if you request it like this
Application name
[image/link to icon]
Colour you would like (if other colours end up being made)
So i guess this is my contribution to the community lol
My home screen setup with them
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Actual size of icons in .psd, so you can have them pretty big on the homescreen if you want.
INSTRUCTIONS
You'll need
- Home Screen replacement adwEX / Launcher Pro ect... ( I use adwEX so ive only tested on that)
- Home screen setup to 10x10
- Desktop Visualizer + config tool (both free in market)
- Folder Organizer (optional)
First setup your home screen to 10x10 and install DVR
Copy all the .pngs to the dvr folder on your sd card
Long Press the home screen and create a dvr config widget, place it in the top left corner and tap on it, set it to 10x10, exit out. Move it to the bottom right tap on it. It will confirm itself. You can delete that widget off the home screen now.
Long Press the home screen and create a DVR widget 2x1 for the size on my home screen or resize the widget 4x2 to have it double the size, or 8x4 for a HUGE one.
Tap on the widget to set it up, under "icon" select image and navigate to the dvr folder and image of choice.
Under action you can choose what you want the widget todo, ie; Launcher an app.
Leave the label blank, and touch effect to whatever colour you like. (im using blue)
When you are done, tap OK and your new icon/widget will be set up.
If you have folder organizer you can setup the app draw icon to link to the app folder via "other/folder organizer link/applications" in the DVR action menu. ( its how i have it setup)
uploading
Apps:
twitter
facebook
Messaging
Phone
Music
Calender
google talk
App Drw
Browser
Camera
Clock
Contacts
ebay
G Mail
Gallery
Google Maps
Hancent
Market
Nab Bank
Navigon
Photoshop
Root Explorer
Skype
Titanium Backup
Task Killer
Uninstaller
VLC Remote
Xda Forums
You Tube
Zedge
Games:
Angry Birds
Dungeon Defenders
Fruit Ninja
nfs Shift
Gameloft icon for folder link
For the contact template, just place your photo and resize in the photo layer, it will automatically mask out the sides, save as .png.
Click me to download 2x1 / 4x2 / contact templates
Individual Icons can be grabbed from my dropbox gallery
2x1 http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/19166075/1/natious_icons_2x1?h=1552ca
4x2 http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/19166075/1/natious_icons_4x2?h=65d52a
I think dropbox down samples the images?
If you download all i ask for is a simple thanks
Ill upload the 8x4 sizes soon
Looks nice! Good work!
Thanks man I would love to have this icons it looks really sweet and I suggest if your willing to make colors and icons for people go ahead and make a little guide for people thats not to formilar with desktop visulizer
Like wat widget one to select and stuff like 2/1 or 2/2 middle you know lol
I always use it for my themes
But this is great work and looks great im sure you will get alot more people wantinf this omce they see all the setups and stuff they can do with them thanks
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wow..that's great icon, i like it
waiting themes for it
Thanks this is a great guide and kewl looking themes
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This is amazing work, great job.
Ill be giving this a go later! Could you post your banners for 'recent apps' etc?
And for your ADW theme, the link below should give you all you need to work your magic.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/07/adw-launcher-theme-template/
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GANJDROID said:
This is amazing work, great job.
Ill be giving this a go later! Could you post your banners for 'recent apps' etc?
And for your ADW theme, the link below should give you all you need to work your magic.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/07/adw-launcher-theme-template/
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Hy, thanks for the link, the titles are just done with minimalistic app, and the font I'm using for is called eurostile extended
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natious said:
Hy, thanks for the link, the titles are just done with minimalistic app, and the font I'm using for is called eurostile extended
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Would you be able to upload the font?
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great looking icons..
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Would you be able to upload the font?
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No, as its considered as warez :/, but im sure if you google youll be able to find it.
I'd love to get this for my Tab (XXJID), but whenever I install a launcher (Launcher pro or ADWex) my tab reboots after a few minutes and is stuck in a boot loop.
Only way to fix this is removing the launcher in safe mode.
Do you have any idea how i could get this to work?
Does anyone know the actual pixel sizes for all the different sizes for desktop visualizer widgets on the tab?
leus_phress said:
I'd love to get this for my Tab (XXJID), but whenever I install a launcher (Launcher pro or ADWex) my tab reboots after a few minutes and is stuck in a boot loop.
Only way to fix this is removing the launcher in safe mode.
Do you have any idea how i could get this to work?
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That's odd man, are they versions from the market
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Does anyone know the actual pixel sizes for all the different sizes for desktop visualizer widgets on the tab?
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120x102px @ 2x1 if screen is set at 10x10, it varies from whateva you set your screen row/colums as
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natious said:
That's odd man, are they versions from the market
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They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
leus_phress said:
They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
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Not really sure then
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leus_phress said:
They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
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Do you get this with any home app? Sounds damn strange :/
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Can't seem to recreate your theme
I've done the DVR config, set ADW EX to 10x10 then set the Widgets up to 2x1 but the icons are too big to fit 5 in a column. Any ideas where I've gone wrong?
Edit: fixed this by enabling 'auto stretch wifgets' in ADW settings
Also, where do we need to put fonts for Minimalist Widgets to be able to use it?
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GANJDROID said:
Do you get this with any home app? Sounds damn strange :/
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Well so far I've tried ADWLauncher Ex, ADW.Launcher, Launcher Pro and GO Launcher EX.
So far GO Launcher EX is the only one that at least works for almost a minute, before the Tab reboots and is stuck (started through the finished installation notification).
Pressing the home button does nothing except vibrating sometimes.

Post your screen shots of Launcher 7

I recently tried this launcher and quickly enjoyed the simplicity wp7 offers but don't want to go to wp7 phone any time soon.
Most of my icons are from the metro ui packs but didn't go with metro ui because the tiles look smaller while launcher 7 tiles take up the right amount of room on my screen.
For the live weather tile I use fancy widget pro you have two options for the weather widget and works well for me.
Update- launcher 7 now has landscape support which is good and much better live contact tile image updates.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here's my set up now let me see yours!
I know everyone likes different go set ups, but to me why would you want to have icons so big that take up a good 2/3 rds of your screen? Unless you don't like wallpapers?
"Ephesians 6:12"
selders59 said:
I know everyone likes different go set ups, but to me why would you want to have icons so big that take up a good 2/3 rds of your screen? Unless you don't like wallpapers?
"Ephesians 6:12"
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Hahaha, I don't emphasize on wall papers so I just made my 1x1 tiles clear and so far it works well for me since i made my important apps tiles huge and keep most at the very bottom of my list.
FROIS 2 icons and random pictures I edited to match the color tone.
Anyone know a good looking analog clock widget that fits well on the 1x1 tile?
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Negrito said:
Anyone know a good looking analog clock widget that fits well on the 1x1 tile?
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Like this one at the bottom.
Its the stock clock widget from cm7 just make sure you choose to cover whole tile with widget when choosing
Meh, that face is too plain. And the theme I'm running doesn't size the stock clock well. But thanks for the response.
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Negrito said:
Meh, that face is too plain. And the theme I'm running doesn't size the stock clock well. But thanks for the response.
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No problem, I would check out the market for lite version clocks and see what works as long as they are similar in size there shouldn't be a problem. the dev is working on a way to crop images and widgets for tiles, hopefully it will come out soon
Thanks to this thread I tried this launcher. And I must say. I love it. I love the animations and the look of windows phone 7...
Nothing too fancy yet...
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Wow launcher 7 has really stepped up. These look great. I'm going to go try it again, and post my screen!
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Here is my screen.... I really like this launcher.
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Here is my screen.... I really like this launcher.
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Do you have chrome as your browser? And nice set up.
teh roxxorz said:
Do you have chrome as your browser? And nice set up.
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No I dont. Its the icon they have for it. I could change it to have the IE icon but i like this one better.
Where do u gt these diff tiles from
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Where do u gt these diff tiles from
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All you do is press the arrow to go to your app list, being there press and hold the app you want to be a tile, then you get to choose your tile size and picture. For pictures just look up metro ui icons in google/internet,ect and you set them and make the tile, hope it helps.
Changed it up a bit...
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Changed it up a bit...
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Where did you get that bar?
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Here's mine as of 3/24/11 I'll be updating with new icons today. Thanks to all the XDA members that provided us with icons.
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[Homescreen] "Hubs"

While originally created on my nook color, i have managed to port it to a friends gtab and galaxy s. just wanted to share it to other tablets
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full theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9qHjPzwWY
Here's a quick write up on how it was achieved.
Transitioning Wallpaper was made using this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
I created a folder for each "hub" containing appropriate wallpapers (ex. music, games, home etc.) and used the app to point individual screens to individual folders. I've changed the settings to rotate the wallpapers every 5 seconds and change upon double tap.
The "quick view" section on my "Home Hub" was achieved using minimalistic text and just expanded the dark background, overlapping the "weather" widget (beautiful widget>weather forecast)
Widgets used were from:
Pulse
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alphonso.pulse
Music
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&feature=search_result
Despite all these running on my nook, everything else is smooth and no noticeable impact on battery life (OC to 1.1 ghz).Anything else i missed please let me know.
Just saw the video. And wow. This is just brilliant. Reminds me of the LauncherPro wallpaper tab screens
Could you share some more info about the launcher and layout etc?
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sure. I'm using ADW EX with a 10x10 grid. I turned off all transitions as they seem to lag the screen a tiny bit. Those black bars were created using minimalistic text background and stretched to overlap the icons/widget.
So it could (in theory) work with normal ADW, but mod the backup file for 10x10
Using ADW EX for my honeycomb layout, and this would be a nice change. Ill try it out asap and post screens
And is it possibly for you to post your wallpapers you used? Just to get the size right and have a base to work from
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sure it can. however ive heard it does cause problems.
check this thread out for more info and i'll upload some walls later when i get the time
NVM figured it out : )
That looks absolutely brilliant...
I think I've found my weekend project for the Tab
Thought I'd post my results so far
I like the Portal 2 screen, glad the Darkedge theme comes in both portal colours still trying to find icons which suit each screen, but I'm happy so far.
Thanks again.
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Thought I'd post my results so far
I like the Portal 2 screen, glad the Darkedge theme comes in both portal colours still trying to find icons which suit each screen, but I'm happy so far.
Thanks again.
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Where did u get those big icons from and that font for the minimalistic widget, they look great ; D
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GANJDROID said:
Thought I'd post my results so far
I like the Portal 2 screen, glad the Darkedge theme comes in both portal colours still trying to find icons which suit each screen, but I'm happy so far.
Thanks again.
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Wow love your font. Good job!
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wow... nice work GANJDROID
Very inspiring... I might actually get moving on mine instead of admiring everything you lot are doing
For icons:
Home- Aeolus HD
Music- ThaShag
Portal- DarkEdge (blue and orange)
The font is Europe Underground Light
Glad you like it
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The "quick view" section on my "Home Hub" was achieved using minimalistic text and just expanded the dark background, overlapping the "weather" widget (beautiful widget>weather forecast)
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I don't understand how you expanded the dark background of on widget over another. I try and I just get the red shaded area showing me I can't do it. Please explain?
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I don't understand how you expanded the dark background of on widget over another. I try and I just get the red shaded area showing me I can't do it. Please explain?
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What launcher are you using? Maybe it doesn't allow you to overlap over other widgets
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VTLauncher its based off of ADW.
Update: after installing ADW EX there is a setting that enables widget overlap. Hopefully that helps others as well.
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any chance of sharing the wallpapers used? thanks ^^
Hi All Hubs Fans,
I'm newbie in Android, going to get galaxy tab plus in 3 day later but i still deciding shall i go for 7.0", 8.9" or 10.1" size? My country "Asia" Galaxy tab 7.0" plus came with phone call function and i prefer 7.0" instead of other because of the phone call function. But problem is did those Hubs software support 7.0" and i wonder how it look like seem the screen are smaller. I try search Google, Xda and Youtube, no single clue on it.
If anyone did apply Hubs over Galaxy Tab 7 plus, please share your screenshot and advise here.
Thanks in advance
Osward
My first atempt and "Hubs"
I really liked this concept so I decided to give it a try myself, this is what I got so far:
Also by sliding down on the dockbar you get an option to choose a screen to jump to:
As I said, this is a WIP but I'm quite happy with the outcome so far ^^

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