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Change Folders Icons on Home Screen

Hi guys,
I've been trying to find out how to do this without using an app like BetterCut or something like it.
I like the simplicity of the folders icons on my home screen, but I want to change the plain manila folders. Is there a way I can find some icons and push them to the phone. The last thing I want is another app to do this for me. I rooted my phone so I didn't have to use apps to customize. I know apps like Folder Organizer can do something similar, but this is not what I'm talking about. Every thread I've searched and read through doesn't seem to get it.
Any help or direction would be much appreciated.
Also, I'm running LauncherPro.

I would like to find out how to do this without an app. Does anyone have instructions on how to manually change icons and folder looks on home screen and in app drawer?

[Q] How to access Androids Standard 2.1 Gallery?

Hi guys!
Now that we have 2.1 and Androids nice gallery, is there any way to get a simple shortcut to the android standard gallery in the app drawer instead of Mediascape?
I know its there because some Apps that let you choose pictures for whatever reason use it and not Mediascape, but I have not found a way to simply open it from the app drawer...

i have found the APK for gallery but doesn't seem to work, have a play see if you can get it working?
http://www.techcredo.com/goodies/Nexus-One-Cooliris-3D-Gallery-App.rar

No luck here...
dammn SE, could have at least given us a choice

Lol man just download ADW launcher and create a shortcut fot the Gallery activity
it actually works
people in this forum seem to surrender too easily

Or you could just add the Picture Frame widget to one of your home screens. Clicking the widget takes you to the 3D gallery.

Picture Frame takes you only to the 3D Gallery once and when u select the pic u want to use u cant go to gallery again just by clicking on PF widget. What to do then? I want that gallery and not mediascape

I swear I saw it one of the eary vids of 2.1 :s
Sent from my 1.6 X10a using XDA App

Creating a shortcut to the gallery activity works nicely, thanks mate!
Would be nice to have it appear in the app drawer though...

But is it possible to get the shortcut over to the standard SE launcher in 2.1? I kinda liked the new default launcher, well compared to the old one in 1.6 :-D

Ooinaru said:
But is it possible to get the shortcut over to the standard SE launcher in 2.1? I kinda liked the new default launcher, well compared to the old one in 1.6 :-D
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Most of all because it looks more like ADW

stock music
IS THERE the stock music player in 2.1 or are we still stuck with timescape

I think its this app: http://www.cooliris.com/mobile/nexus-one/
I already tried to install it but it fails to update or start.

They are all there, just hidden that is all.
the APK's are sat in system/app/ in the root directory and the handset.
All you need to do is make a link to it and and you will have them there.

Oh thanks Chewitt, I didn't know there was a built-in media player in 2.1. That one works fine and is very fast! Fu mediascape
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yeah its called Music.apk

ctrl folder gives you link o 3d gallery and a folder option

[APP] Gallery and Music Launcher for Xperia X10 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=826311

Also with LauncherPro
A. Now, that we have 2.1, I recommend using LauncherPro instead of ADW - it is much more powerful
B. As suggested for ADW - if you want to create a direct link for the original gallery APP and the original music app, just create activities shortcut (you will find the gallery and music apps in the activities list).
Regards,
Tal.

Ooinaru said:
But is it possible to get the shortcut over to the standard SE launcher in 2.1? I kinda liked the new default launcher, well compared to the old one in 1.6 :-D
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install either launcherpro/ADW dont set them as default home. turn off phone/restart select home and not either of the installs (launcherpro/ADW) you've done. now your in the standard home page select the shortcuts you want to drop on one of your 5 screens and its done. i've got the gallery/picture frame and music player, then uninstall launcherpro/ADW, your shortcuts will stay but the option to find them will be gone from the shortcut maker menu

i think this will work
http://www.appbrain.com/app/gallery-shortcut/jp.co.miyavi.android.galleryshortcut
or try the apk on xeviro's post

what app and widget organizer do you use?

for app organizing i've found some apps. the one I use automatically organizes my downloads, but i would like an organizer for my widgets. for exemple an app has 3-4 widgets, and if there is an organizer to show the app and then the widgets it has I would like to have it!

no need, sort alphabetically
widget i arrange them the way i like it, and resize it the way i see fit on the screen

let see if I can explain I press menu->add->widget and here i see all the widgets alphabetically. I ask if there is an app that creates a folder with all the widgets for the same app.

CM7 roms does this.
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AppWidgetPicker does exactly what you want but you need to be rooted to be able to push it to /system/app

it's a great find
however, i'm afraid that might slow down the system even more when trying to bring up the list of widgets available
i have waaaaaaaaay too many apps installed, everytime i try to add a widget it takes a loooong while to come back with the full list, as it needs to scan an populate the widget pick list
so if i add such an app, it will just add even more complexity to the pick list
scan, then filter, then populate, then group
.... not really in the mood of waiting 2 minute for the widget list to show up

[Q] Stocks app shortcut missing from app drawer

I cannot find the shortcut for the stocks app from the app drawer. I can get to it by creating a widget on the homescreen, or from the Apex launcher, but not from the stock launcher.
Anybody else facing the same issue?

It's the same thing for Polaris Office too. Weird.

pratik5705 said:
I cannot find the shortcut for the stocks app from the app drawer. I can get to it by creating a widget on the homescreen, or from the Apex launcher, but not from the stock launcher.
Anybody else facing the same issue?
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I did this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26193552&postcount=2
to put it in a folder on my Home Screen.

Weird. I wonder if this is just a bug, of if AT&T hid this on purpose (and if so, why?).
I assumed there was no app for viewing MS Office documents, and went ahead and installed Office Suite (which I had luckily gotten as an Amazon "free app of the day" a while back). It wasn't until today that I tried to open an Excel document, and I was given the choice of opening with Polaris or Office Suite. I was like WTF, Polaris is there, why isn't it in the app drawer???

pratik5705 said:
I cannot find the shortcut for the stocks app from the app drawer. I can get to it by creating a widget on the homescreen, or from the Apex launcher, but not from the stock launcher.
Anybody else facing the same issue?
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Yeah...I can't seem to find SoundHound in the drawer. Sucks because I actually want to use the app and can't access it. It doesn't let me delete and download in Google Play.

dietanson said:
Yeah...I can't seem to find SoundHound in the drawer. Sucks because I actually want to use the app and can't access it. It doesn't let me delete and download in Google Play.
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If you open the Music app, Soundhound should be listed there. Seems liked they tried to unify things a bit by throwing Soundhound, TuneIn, etc. under the Music app. Also, if you install Pandora or other music apps, it should automatically add a shortcut in Music (at least it did for me), and you can also add other shortcuts manually. But that doesn't fully explain why TuneIn can be found in the app drawer, and not Soundhound.

[Q] No widget found

I am sure this has a simple solution but I am a total noob at this. I recently rooted my Samsung Mesmerize and installed Avatar ICS ROM. I downloaded the Circle Battery Widget from the Play Store. It shows up in my Apps panel instead of Widgets. I can add it to my homescreen but when I go to configure it an error pops up.
"Unable to configure, no widget has been found! Please add a widget on your home by Menu/Add/Widgets"
I have searched here and other forums and have found nothing. Can someone head me in the right direction?