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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769138
this looks promising if a dev can tweak it to work with xperia
I really like the idea of categorizing the app drawer, its something that the Iphone has that i wish would migrate to android phones aswell
You can create categories in Adw launcher... Not exactly the same as this but same idea..
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Hey man, have you tryed ADW launcher, has pretty much all the functions cited in that post...
I like it very much, it doesn't have screen # limitations and looks very good with cool themes for free in the market...
hope I could help...
I love the stock sense ui, but I really miss the scrollable dock I had on my launcher pro ui setup. Anyone know of a mod that will replace the sense dock with something more launcher pro-esque without sacrificing access to the sense widgets?
Thanks
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I know this is like beating a dead horse and yes I do understand that for some reason people like Sense that much more....but what widget is it that you really want that is available in Sense but not Launcher Pro? I say this as someone who was a huge fan of Sense until I actually set up Launcher Pro with the dock and icons and widgets I wanted at which point I could never see myself going back to (at least the current version of) Sense.
Rather than starting the old debate, I mean this more as an offer to help you find a compromise.
I had launcher pro on my epic before I took it back, and really loved it, it was the lite (free) version, so have it didn't have all the widgets avail on the donation version.
I love the live weather clock, the book mark page, the enhanced music player, and the friend stream feed.
I actually just looked at the widgets you get with the donation version, and they seem to cover every thing but the sense clock. Are there free apps that will provide equivalent to the htc sense apps that I could use with launcher pro?
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kanethal said:
I had launcher pro on my epic before I took it back, and really loved it, it was the lite (free) version, so have it didn't have all the widgets avail on the donation version.
I love the live weather clock, the book mark page, the enhanced music player, and the friend stream feed.
I actually just looked at the widgets you get with the donation version, and they seem to cover every thing but the sense clock. Are there free apps that will provide equivalent to the htc sense apps that I could use with launcher pro?
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for a sense clock download fancy widget from the market. works exactly the same, looks exactly the same
There are quite a few weather and clock apps. Beautiful widgets stands out but there are others like Fancy Widget as well. The bookmarks I'm not sure about since I use my browser's bookmarks. There is a Friends widget with LP but I never used it since those kinds of widgets demolish battery and I prefer to just check that stuff from Facebook or whatever. There are quite a few music widgets as well and many are much nicer than the Sense one as well.
Honestly your best bet is to get the full LP. It's a very good app and worth the tiny price. Between their widgets and all of the ones (free and paid...mostly free) in the market, there shouldn't be anything getting in your way. I'd rather just pay for LP and have all of my options than try to hack Sense to be as flexible as LP. Sense is a decent bit of polish on the base Android OS if you like how it looks but it is hard to customize and it is missing some of the best parts of third party launchers. Check out the screenshot and LauncherPro threads in this subforum and you might just find some things that make Sense look boring.
If you really do need something from Sense, you will probably need to give up the scrolling dock but there are some nice themes to make it at least look better than the default scheme.
Thanks guys, the info is exactly what I needed
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Did a search for 'fancy', 'fancy widget(s)' and didn't see anything relevant, is it listed under a different name?
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I've been using Xperia X10 for 2 months but until now I can't find better and cool LAUNCHER.. Installed ADW Launcher, Crazy Home Lite, dxTop Lite, Helix Launcher, and Home++. And, I also installed JuiceDefender..
JuiceDefender for me SUCKS. I used Home++ plus JuiceDefender and WOAH my battery drained from 75% at 11pm to 45% at 8am.
What do you think is the best Launcher and battery saver?
Or just ditched battery saver and just to stick with Launcher only.
Thanks a lot!
If you have 2.1 You should get LauncherPro Plus (paid version).
It comes with HTC-like widgets that are AMAZING!!
It is also much more customizable
I'm just using 1.6 version.
And also does the HANDCENT SMS will drain my battery even more?
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zune 1 is gr8
ADW for me, always has been and always will be I think.
I used to be an ADW girl myself, but after the 2.1 update,
it's all about Lancher Pro Plus (paid)... Just awesome!!
Lancher Pro Plus (paid), hands down. Tried it and I 'm going to pay for it. Simply the best.
EDIT: Paid already
Tried it yesterday, I really don't get the hype.
Luancher pro plus paid as everybody said the best apps for 2.1 i wanted the update for my xperia x10 only coz this apps and games with capability of 2.1
Where can i get LauncherPro Plus?? I cant find it in Market! Ive 2.1! Thanks!
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Tried it yesterday, I really don't get the hype.
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It's gotta be the HTC-like-widgets.. Scrollable Contact bar is amazing, and so is the calendar. Even when you re size them, they still look amazing.
You can also make them look more beautiful by going to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
Also you can have up to 15 icons in the dock and place whatever you want in the dock in which ever order (ex. move the app drawer button the left).
It pretty much also comes with the same features as ADW Launcher.
Just play around with it.. You'll know what I mean
Count me to the ADW fanboys, too, please. I love it's customizability. Great piece of software.
in my opinion, Launcher Pro looks nice, offers a lot of customization, but ADW offers drawer transparency, which mean you can see your wallpaper or live wallpaper when viewing your application.
I don't know if the same can be applied with Launcher Pro.
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It's gotta be the HTC-like-widgets.. Scrollable Contact bar is amazing, and so is the calendar. Even when you re size them, they still look amazing.
You can also make them look more beautiful by going to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
Also you can have up to 15 icons in the dock and place whatever you want in the dock in which ever order (ex. move the app drawer button the left).
It pretty much also comes with the same features as ADW Launcher.
Just play around with it.. You'll know what I mean
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Thanks, but Pure grid calendar does me just fine, I don't Twit, FB or have any need for such features, and I certainly wouldn't want 15 icons on my dock.
Can you tell me how with one dock, you can change which apps are on it?
helix launcher 2. save me some batteries.
i tried launcher pro this morning and i was not impressed with the battery consumption at all. it drained like 5% in 15 min with my music playing vs helix's 5% every 30-40 min or so
i use LiveHome u can change everything including fonts etc without the hassle of using root explorer etc has live wallpapers support 7 screens if u wanted lol change size of fonts on desktop and in drawer colors everything which adw dosent do plus more but everyone has there own taste this is just mine.
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Thanks, but Pure grid calendar does me just fine, I don't Twit, FB or have any need for such features, and I certainly wouldn't want 15 icons on my dock.
Can you tell me how with one dock, you can change which apps are on it?
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Lol okay, fine you win! I guess it's just a matter of opinion
Anyways to change an app on the dock, you long hold it -> Change Shortcut, and then once you have chosen the app, you can then change the icon and everything else
Hey shukla, I have launcher pro. How worth it you think the plus is? You have amazing screen all the time. You should do a video on launcher pro
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I'm just using 1.6 version. How can I update mine to version 2.1?
ADW here but i'm still curious why people are using Launcher Pro.
Well, i like my desktops clean so, i have only 5 widgets 4x1 on the bottom of the screen + 2 multicon 1x3 on the sides of 1st and last screen so, i don't care about Launcher pro apps/widgets .
I also like the swype gestures on ADW.
I have swype down to switch to dock and swype up for preview.
Almost no need to press the hardware buttons
I'm currently using 5 home screens with 7 Widgets. The scrolling isnt as smooth as I hope it to be. Just want to see how many other people have.
Services also hovers around 100-130
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That's not too many at all. But the smooth home screen scrolling comes when you turn off live wall paper and use a static one. That's what I've found matters, not the widgets.
This is what I have on my Nexus S, with ADW.Launcher EX:
1st. power control widget,switchpro widget, flashlight widget, gv widget
2. facebook, twitter
3. none.
4. google search, buncha shortcuts for folder organizers.
Buttery smooth.
one thing i forgot to mention is that on all other android phone's i've used, launcher pro and ADW make the home screen scrolling buttery smooth. but the stock launcher is never as smooth, even brand new with nothing loaded.
i believe it's something that the dev's did to enhance these aftermarket launchers, so its highly recommended to use one of them over stock.
If im using launcher pro, is it best to delete all the widgets in the stock launcher or wont it matter?
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If im using launcher pro, is it best to delete all the widgets in the stock launcher or wont it matter?
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yes definitely delete all items off the stock launcher as i'm pretty sure that still is in the background so the less resources it needs to keep in memory the better since you're not using it anyway.
I have 7 widgets: 2 1x1, 4 4x1, and 1 4x2. I'm also using the clock live wallpaper. Scrolling is smooth as butter on stock. No roms, optimizations, or 3rd party apps. Perhaps the live wallpaper I've used (clock, microbes, and nexus) didn't use much resource.
I use several Widgets, Facebook, twitter, clock, NHL gamecenter, tweetdeck post, and use the matrix live wallpaper on bone stock and scrolling is smooth for me ad well.
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RogerPodacter said:
yes definitely delete all items off the stock launcher as i'm pretty sure that still is in the background so the less resources it needs to keep in memory the better since you're not using it anyway.
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OK does anyone know how to launch the original launcher instead of launcher pro? Tried looking in settings but can't find it.
Edit: Found it. Thanks
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What are the best Calendar apps or widgets, of any variety and quickly why?
If the app costs $, be sure to say so!
I'm compiling a list of threads that will help people find the best apps/widgets of each category. Will recompile when done so your help is greatly appreciated!
LaucherPro!
Plus version has a calendar, contacts ans sms widget
PowerNote for notes and widget, has a nice UI
Smart ShortCuts creates shortcuts of apps by catergory
BuzzBox for news!
Beautiful Widgets! Has a niiice weather unlock animation and a clock with themes.
That's all I can tell as for the best in my opinion...
Cheers!
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I really like business beta. Simple, and has a nice month view.
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drthunder said:
I really like business beta. Simple, and has a nice month view.
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thanks foro the business beta suggestion. it is on my nadroid fired up and ready mate!
Smooth Calendar
Small simple and it works
Jorte , different views, week and month View with textiel. Many settings. I will check out the other suggestiona
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Back again, just tried business calender beta. Nice app. but in my opinion Jorte is much better: more readable textiel in week view for example.
Pure Calender Widget
Pure Calender Widget, costs about € 0,79, but it works nice, very much functions, sizes, etc. I'm working with it for a long time now, and the dev is answering and trying to help if something comes up...
Greetz,
kwarkje
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Pure Calender Widget, costs about € 0,79, but it works nice, very much functions, sizes, etc. I'm working with it for a long time now, and the dev is answering and trying to help if something comes up...
Greetz,
kwarkje
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Agree with Kwarkje, find pure calendar widget the best solution for me, multiple widget sizes, skins and quick add event function,
Regards,
BladeMaestor
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I've used Smooth Calendar for over a year because it's simple and looks good. I just recently switched to Jorte for something different and I like the layout of both the app and widget so far.
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My favorite is colorize widget. It has an agenda widget just like sense and also has facebook and twitter widgets similar to the friends stream in sense. Best of all its free.
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Jorte , different views, week and month View with textiel. Many settings. I will check out the other suggestiona
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Jorte by far.. LOVE the look and teh fact it has just about every widget size you can imagine
Android Agenda Widget is a nice scrollable agenda widget. It has a mind-boggling array of settings and potential customizations to make it look just how you want.
Jorge gets my vote. Great Widgets and settings.
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working on jorte
i found jorte to be giving too many options to customize, which suits every screen
Do you have .apk file for Jorte?
edit: ok now ive got .apk file thanks you
kwarkje said:
Pure Calender Widget, costs about € 0,79, but it works nice, very much functions, sizes, etc. I'm working with it for a long time now, and the dev is answering and trying to help if something comes up...
Greetz,
kwarkje
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+1. Amazing piece of software. Has the only scrollable month widget I know of.
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I used Jorte but everytime I apply some zip files thru recovery, Jorte not working
brandenk said:
My favorite is colorize widget. It has an agenda widget just like sense and also has facebook and twitter widgets similar to the friends stream in sense. Best of all its free.
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Really nice, hadn't found about this one yet
I like Pure Grid Calendar Widget for a nice customisable calendar style widget. The only thing that would make it better is if you could switch between an agenda view and calendar, like the Launcher Pro Plus widget.
Oh yeah, and it costs €1.49