First off, this is not a theme, there's nothing to flash so nothing can go wrong. All it requires is your time and effort.
Also, some users have reported that ADW EX restarts/crashes after the layout has been applied. Just as a heads up before you try this, make a backup if your current layout to be safe.
Like a lot of other people, I love the way Honeycomb looks, and as this isn't available to us (yet, hopefully) I decided to replicate it as best as I could.
BONUS! If you don't like reading, heres a video! Massive thanks to jinsoku3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7mbUyHfA8
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
http://www.mediafire.com/?55lu57ac8flu1a6
*MIRROR* http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F1TK5OEV - Extract to a folder on your SD card.
ADW EX
Visual Task Switcher
Organised Apps
Google Search
ADW Honeycomb theme (GFX version)
One More Clock Collection
Desktop Visualizer
Honeycomb Clocks
Pulse News Reader
Colorize Widgets
And your Tab
The above apps are/should all be available on the Market. A few are paid apps but should have free versions
ADW EX Settings (free ADW might not have some settings I list):
10 columns & 8 rows
Home orientation - landscape
Overlap Widgets - no
Auto stretch Widgets - yes
Main dock - hide to expand desktop
Dockbar - optional
app drawer doesn't matter as its not used.
Screen transition - 1
The other settings you can change to suit what you want
Now for the theme:
Make a 3x1 and a 2x1 DVR (Desktop Visualizer) widget on your homescreen.
3x1 widget: select the Google Search picture extracted from the zip. For the application, choose Google Search. Clear the label and no touch effect.
2x1 widget: choose the + picture from the zip and make it open Organised Apps. Clear label and no touch effect.
Place the Widgets at he top left and right of your homescreen.
Add the Honeycomb Clock to your homescreen. Resize to 3x3
Longpress homescreen, go to launcher actions. Add 'show/hide status bar' to your homescreen. Longpress on it, press edit, delete the labels, change the icons to the left arrow icon from the Honeycomb Theme. Add Visual Task Switcher to the homescreen, clear label and choose the fan looking icon from the HC theme icon pack. Longpress homescreen, launcher actions, 'shoe previews' clear label and choose the up arrow icon from the HC theme.
Arrange them on the bottom left of your homescreen.
Add One More Clock widget to ADW, press it, go to personalize clock, press menu, toggle visibility, back out to ADW, resize to 3x1, move to bottom left of your homescreen.
Copy those steps on all of your screens (if you want to/have the patience) and add the other widgets how you want them.
For the preview type Widgets, got to a free screen, add a 2x2 DVR widget, select the Browser icon, choose it to open the browser of your choice, clear label and no touch effect. Repeat with the apps you want
Hopefully that's not too long or too complicated. If you have any questions/don't understand a step, send me a pm and ill edit the post
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Thanks for the layout, it rocks!
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Perfect. Ill include ablink to this in my video.. I've been getting a lot of feedback
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Perfect. Ill include ablink to this in my video.. I've been getting a lot of feedback
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Haha, thanks. The shoutout means a lot, made my day when I heard it may include the video in the first post to fully see the results if that'd be ok?
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I can't wait!
I've tried everything to give my SGT the HC feel to no avail... This looks PERFECT! One problem... DB NEVER works for me... Any way I could ask for a mega upload, or something to that effect?
Thanks for all the hard work puttin' this together! Doesn't look like it was ANY kinda' easy...
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Haha, thanks. The shoutout means a lot, made my day when I heard it may include the video in the first post to fully see the results if that'd be ok?
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sounds cool to me i tweaked a lot today too probably going to make another on soon, im debating on flashing a theme to get the menu's black and blue, but i'm scared lol i have the Klean rom on Verizon
Anyone figure out how to get the bookmarks widget to look similar to what is posted?
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Anyone figure out how to get the bookmarks widget to look similar to what is posted?
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Its not a widget. Its just a picture from the Honeycomb browser widget preview, used Desktop Visualizer so its a shortcut for Firefox the same with the Market and YouTube images.
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I really overhauled a few things you guys will like on here, I was trying to post a new video with the new setup but the nightly build on my HD2 severely messed up my audio on video recording (damn it) Hopefully I'll have a new one up soon, ill get some screen shots and show you soon
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Its not a widget. Its just a picture from the Honeycomb browser widget preview, used Desktop Visualizer so its a shortcut for Firefox the same with the Market and YouTube images.
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Ahh i thought it was the colorized bookmark widget modified.
ok, I have two teasers, I did get to make a video, but like I was saying the recorder is all messed up, so check this out..
density 160, resized HC widgets a bit smaller to give it a less crowded feel, also redirected the home launcher button on the bottom right to take you home or lock screen, instead of visual task manager try perfect tast manager and set it to long press your search key, looks like HC to me
and Ganjdroid, the video ill be uploading tomorrow i did a little demonstration of how to setup your widgets, should be easy enough for everyone
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ok, I have two teasers, I did get to make a video, but like I was saying the recorder is all messed up, so check this out..
density 160, resized HC widgets a bit smaller to give it a less crowded feel, also redirected the home launcher button on the bottom right to take you home or lock screen, instead of visual task manager try perfect tast manager and set it to long press your search key, looks like HC to me
and Ganjdroid, the video ill be uploading tomorrow i did a little demonstration of how to setup your widgets, should be easy enough for everyone
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I have to say I like perfect task manager more than visual task manager but i can't assign it to a button on the desktop. Oh well..
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I have to say I like perfect task manager more than visual task manager but i can't assign it to a button on the desktop. Oh well..
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I found out about PTM yesterday and I also prefer it, but it sucks you can't use a shortcut for it
And thanks jinsoku, ill add it to the op when its up
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GANJDROID said:
I found out about PTM yesterday and I also prefer it, but it sucks you can't use a shortcut for it
And thanks jinsoku, ill add it to the op when its up
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Hi there I've been using your honeycomb layout for a day and it's good. Hit thanks too btw you can set up a shortcut for ptm.. under settings, check "switch task on app launch"
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I wanted to make it so the home button on the bottom left would either take me to the home screen or show previews so I made every other screen send me to home screen and the home screen to show previews. Just thought i'd share in case anyone else was thinking like me
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I wanted to make it so the home button on the bottom left would either take me to the home screen or show previews so I made every other screen send me to home screen and the home screen to show previews. Just thought i'd share in case anyone else was thinking like me
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Wow great minds think alike. I just did that awhile ago.
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FYI, if you're looking for Honeycomb wallpapers, search the Market for them.
And could someone be kind enough to mirror my zip? My laptop it borked so I'm unable to attach it to the post.
And I have also set it to return to default home then show previews since I made the post forgot to edit it lol
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thanks for this
ingenious work, ive been trying to do this on my own but it looked like crap so i gave up...
mad respect
couldnt find that left arrow icon tho, but i didnt need it
Did a quick review before class to show my gratitude
hope it gets you some donations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EXScZ_RH5o
sanjeezy91 said:
thanks for this
ingenious work, ive been trying to do this on my own but it looked like crap so i gave up...
mad respect
couldnt find that left arrow icon tho, but i didnt need it
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Yea neither could I. I just used a different one.
Ganjdroid - where did u get the image for the honeycomb browser?...i dont seem to have it on my sd card. Thanks
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There are threads for posting your screenshots but there are so many different launchers i figured i would make one for the one of the hottest launchers currently .. and that is for Launcher Pro .. i have been a longtime sense launcher person and finally moving over to launcher pro .. i think i found widgets to take over my sense widgets ... so this thread will also help those that are also looking for a change in launcher ...
All i ask everyone is to post your Launcher Pro screenshot only and please leave a small description under the pic of what u are using .. so we dont have tons of threads asking .. what are u using?
If at all possible even add links to where u received icons from etc .. if a simple search on the market doesnt bring it up ...
so lets all share our customizations !
Wanna themed version of launcher pro?
Another themed version of launcher pro
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1- beautiful widgets
2- pure calendar
3- apps organizer
4- launcher pro
5- nexus revamped live wallpaper
Nexus Live wallpaper
1- switchPro
2- pure music
3- mini info
1- pure messenger
1- jorte
2- audio manager
u see different docks on each screen because lancher pro has 3 scrollable docks .. i scrolled to a new one to show each one
* here are other new applications i found that are recommended
.. u can place widgets on your lockscreen
widgetlocker
.. widget launcher for contacts and applications
Launchx
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here are my current updates - September-9th-2010
Using Launcher pro with this theme:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727117
WidgetLocker and desktop visualizer to change icons in slider
sms unread count to get widget for missed calls with bubble notifications
battstatt
quickdesk that i can access from anyscreen , even widget locker by holding down the search button
switchpro for toggles
digiclock widget
Lithium music player, i love how the songs fade into eachother like iTunes and when your music is playing and u turn on screen it has its own lockscreen for easy access to fade into another song, change tracks, etc.
Betterhome
battstatt
jorte
random toggles by curvefish
http://www.appbrain.com/browse/dev/CurveFish
jorte
android agenda widget
smart shortcuts
audio manager pro w/ skin neon blue
skin: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.smartandroidapps.audiowidgetpro.themes.NeonBlue
storage widgets
http://www.appbrain.com/browse/dev/NetworkG3
mini info
task widget
gtasks by Dato
update: November 1st ... pretty much all the apps outlined above
calculator widget
quickdesk
typoclock
typoclock weather widger, not shown in screenshot
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Everyone, PLEASE TRY AND FOLLOW THIS FORMAT
I don't have much time this month, or I would write a short tutorial on how to get started. Maybe someone else can do that. But here is my setup:
The icons for the folders created by App Organizer can be found here:
http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:obsidianus
I'm also using LauncherPro. The icons in my dock are from a theme called ReText that was on the iPhone. The iPhone uses the .png extension, which is also recognized by the Android system. The theme can be found here:
http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16785319&p=1
It should come with the psd file for photoshop so you can write your own text. I never used photoshop before but I messed with it for 1-2 hours and figured it out. I re-made all those icons in my dock because the original files made the text look too small. If I change the wallpaper to a red theme, then I'm able to go back and change the first letter color to red (from the teal color you see). My icons I made for the dock as requested: http://www.2shared.com/file/yYKE-uPp/Archive.html
My actual dock is found in LauncherPro. It's the Froyo Wide dock.
My weather is Fancy Weather widget, but it's been pulled from the the market. I still prefer to use that because you can tap certain parts and it will open programs. My clock opens up my alarm. The calendar date opens my calendar. The weather opens up to a forecast.
Must have programs on the Android to be able to pull this off easier are:
LauncherPro
App Organizer
Then you can add different widgets from the market to fill out your screens. There are a lot of good hidden ones, so keep browsing till you see something you like. There are a lot of good themes out there that you can flash, but nothing I prefer to have on my phone for the long run. That's when I learned to do it on my own and just change icons and create folders.
I'm still working on this, but it's what I'm satisfied with for now.
I don't remember where I got the wallpaper, but I can send it to anyone who wants it.
Swyped from my EVO via XDA app
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whoops, in my hurry, i forgot to include details (thanks sweteg for noticing ):
i'm using battstatt for the battery counter, digital clock widget for the clock, and the news and weather widget for the weather. obviously, there's pandora, and the dock is from launcher pro. the icons are default launcherpro.
hope that helps!
My Screen
1) SwitchPro Widget 1.81 with 4G available for EVO only
2) Twicca twitter widget
3) Launcher Pro
Wallpaper - Vasto Lorde Ichigo - Bleach
Shift, it'd be nice if you post how you did everything and links if you can. I doubt the OP wants to turn this into another post a screen thread like in the sticky.
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Shift, it'd be nice if you post how you did everything and links if you can. I doubt the OP wants to turn this into another post a screen thread like in the sticky.
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whoops.. my fault. post has been edited
Haha np. I'm probably going to replace my mini info with the battery widget if it fits.
Kykiskly said:
1) SwitchPro Widget 1.81 with 4G available for EVO only
2) Twicca twitter widget
3) Launcher Pro
Wallpaper - Vasto Lorde Ichigo - Bleach
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What widget are you using to get the information in the top right hand corner?
sweteg said:
I'm also using LauncherPro. The icons in my dock are from a theme called ReText that was on the iPhone. The iPhone uses the .png extension, which is also recognized by the Android system. The theme can be found here:
It should come with the psd file for photoshop so you can write your own text. I never used photoshop before but I messed with it for 1-2 hours and figured it out. I re-made all those icons in my dock because the original files made the text look too small. If I change the wallpaper to a red theme, then I'm able to go back and change the first letter color to red (from the teal color you see).
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Can you upload your icons? I love the words instead of pictures and would like to get what you have on yours!
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Haha np. I'm probably going to replace my mini info with the battery widget if it fits.
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the widget is in different sizes, i have used mini info, and i think the widget size i have now (2x1) should fit.
screenshot 1
Chomp sms, Battery Widget, tempature in top left of notifications- Weatherbug Elite
screenshot 2
used Quickdesk Beta to accomplish this screen, top is Vlingo, modded Pandora (sorry can't share), switch bottom left Vlingo safe reader switch widget
ALL APPS FOUND IN MARKET, except the Pandora I am using
wallpaper-
Icons from mutiple themes at http://www.Macthemes.net
package of all icons I find useful http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FM89SAZY
koricua74 said:
What widget are you using to get the information in the top right hand corner?
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Is Devtools. I got the apk from previous roms i worked with my Hero back in the days. I find the apk very useful
Edit--Devtools apk attached --
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Is Devtools. I got the apk from previous roms i worked with my Hero back in the days. I find the apk very useful
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Thanks, Can you post up the apk?
Shot 1:
Digital Clock Widget
BattStat Widget
Modded Audio Manager Pro Widget (For transparency)
Weather and Toggle Widget
Shot 2:
Pure Messenger
Shot 3:
SwitchPro (4G, Wifi, Data, GPS, Sync, Airplane Mode, Reboot)
Modded Pandora (For transparency)
Shot 4:
Pure Calender (4x4 XL Widget)
Dock:
Glaskart Icons (2 of the 3 docks are not shown in the pictures)
- I had to open up an iPhone Cydia .theme and manually take the files.
Background:
Don't have a link for it, but found on DeviantArt.com
shift_ said:
I'm still working on this, but it's what I'm satisfied with for now.
I don't remember where I got the wallpaper, but I can send it to anyone who wants it.
Swyped from my EVO via XDA app
edit~
whoops, in my hurry, i forgot to include details (thanks sweteg for noticing ):
i'm using battstatt for the battery counter, digital clock widget for the clock, and the news and weather widget for the weather. obviously, there's pandora, and the dock is from launcher pro. the icons are default launcherpro.
hope that helps!
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How'd you get the news and weather widget transparent? Metamorph?
screenshot 1
Chomp sms, Battery Widget, tempature in top left of notifications- Weatherbug Elite
screenshot 2
used Quickdesk Beta to accomplish this screen, top is Vlingo, modded Pandora (sorry can't share), switch bottom left Vlingo safe reader switch widget
ALL APPS FOUND IN MARKET, except the Pandora I am using
wallpaper
Icons from mutiple themes at http://www.Macthemes.net
package of all icons I find useful http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FM89SAZY
Dock can be found here http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=854 will have to look threw it can't remember post number
koricua74 said:
Thanks, Can you post up the apk?
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Done. See my previous post.
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How'd you get the news and weather widget transparent? Metamorph?
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yep, metamorph. i think you can apply the same transparency to pandora, so i'm going to figure that out tonight. i'll post up an updated pic later today or tomorrow with detailed links.
Sense Analog Clock Widget (this is the name; it isn't actually Sense)
WeatherBug Elite
Extended Controls
3banana Notes
And of course the icons at the bottom link to Phone, Gmail, Handcent, and Dolphin Browser HD. I really wish I could find a new clock widget that was more customizable but didn't have weather. None of the Beautiful Widgets or Weather and Toggle Widgets offer an option to completely hide the forecast and weather icon.
*Updated: Added more icons and .psd file.
I wasn't intending on making a thread for these, but i got quite a few PM's about them, so instead of replying to everyone, one by one, i decided to post it here...
What is PolaDroid??? Polaroid widgets that are arbitrarily designed to overlap one another.
I use Desktop Visualizer (large) to set up the widgets. I also recommend using Launcher Pro Plus to re-size and place them.
Included Icons:
Browser
Camera
Contacts
Email
Facebook
Fantasy Football
Market
Music
Spades
Text
Tools
Twitter
Video
Voicemail
Weather
*Bank of America
*Favorites
*Games
*Navigation
*Froyo (for whatever reason)
i will add more icon if enough people request similar ones
now for the screenshots:
hope you guys like them
Download Here
Nice job .....
Wow! Those look great. GJ
Very original, looks great. I was surprised to see them overlap and not look choppy. Kudos.
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Please make more love them
How do you make them overlap, I have launcher pro plus and desktop Visualizer
METHOD1911 said:
How do you make them overlap, I have launcher pro plus and desktop Visualizer
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once you get the icon on the screen (using desktop visualizer LARGE), re-size to a 1x1 icon.. then when u get a few of them on the screen placed where u want, expand each icon and they will overlap.
Oh ok thanks for that man
i really love this but would u please post the psd
Thanks for sharing! Currently using it on my Captivate.
Wonder if anyone has previously requested from you something for Maps and/or GPS
Ato
Thanks for sharing dude, this is awesome.
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Thanks for sharing dude, this is awesome.
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thanx.. you should check the new download link.. i updated with more icons plus added the .psd file so others can make icons as well
Hello, excellent work and great idea on how to get them to overlap! I see you have included a psd file, what size should we make the pictures so your layer looks correct on top?
Thanks
Trying to get this running on my CDMA Hero....but not lining up, after I get 3 icons on the screen, it says I can't fit anymore so I can't add the 4th to each page. Is this not possible to do on the CDMA Hero?
EDIT: nvm I think i was just not making the icons small enough initially after the resize. gonna try it again now.
when there was a new
how do you resize them? Im running LPP and the standard widget resize doesnt seem to work. long pressing only gives me the option to delete, not resize
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how do you resize them? Im running LPP and the standard widget resize doesnt seem to work. long pressing only gives me the option to delete, not resize
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what size are u using in desktop visualizer?
thats the thing...im not seeing an option for size in desktop visualizer. When i select the icon, its going to my home screen in 1x1, but a long press doesnt give me the option to resize it.
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thats the thing...im not seeing an option for size in desktop visualizer. When i select the icon, its going to my home screen in 1x1, but a long press doesnt give me the option to resize it.
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thats because u need to use the widget, not click on the icon..
holy wowzers im an idiot haha. i didnt even realize desktop visualizer had a widget. ive always just opened the app. thanks!
After recently having a play around with this cool new launcher i thought it may be worth sharing with everyone on here.
PLEASE NOTE: this program is still in BETA and has not yet got a market release
Sweeter home is an alternative Launcher that delivers:
- Highly customisable Docks and App Draws (text, colour, borders, ect)
- Support for all android Widgets
- 5 screens (left, right, up, down) - not yet editable
- "springboard" buttons easily show & hide Custom trays and even widgets (by far the coolest feature)
- Ability to save upload and download themes quickly from a built in market
- Ability to save themes to SD
APK is available from
http://www.sweeterhome.com/
Some screens of My x10 Running sweeter home - My theme can be downloaded under Spee_Simple
Framework - X10 res mod v1.5
Widgets used - Switchpro size 3 - Beautiful weather 1x1 - Beautiful weather 4x1 - Mixzing media player Large
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Sweeter home is a new take on a launcher that offers high levels of customisation
the launcher will seem a little overwhelming at first but stick with it and post any questions you may have in this thread
Basically, The themes are made up of trays, these contain text and apps, these trays can be controlled to turn on/off by items called springboards,
see my above screens,
I have written down a few things ive learnt so far i hope they may be of help to you
--- A Quick Guide to making your own theme ---
1 - To create a new theme from scratch press your options key and click edit theme,
Pressing options again and clicking more will enable you to start a new theme from scratch
Now you have 5 blank screens (up, down, left, right) to add things to
2 - Either long press or click options and select "New" to see a list of objects which can be added to your screen
All Applications - a drawer of all of your applications
Calendar - Sweeterhome built in calendar that displays events
Contact list - a Scrollable box containing contacts
Current date - a Box containing the date
Current time - a Box containing the time
Custom Tray - A scrollable app draw that can hold selected apps (music, tools, games, ect)
Live Map - A live scrollable google map (that for some reason centers over chicago for me)
Picture - Select an image
Plain colour - an empty box that cannot contain apps or shortcuts, (use this as a background for buttons
Recent calls - Scrollable Recent call list
Recent SMS - Scrollable Recent SMS list (doesnt display phone numbers)
Search box - Sweeterhomes personalised search box
Springboard - A Key item on sweeter home, (see below)
System widget - Click to place a standard widget
Tagged tray - Useful trays that are controlled online via your sweeterhome account ( personally i dont use these)
Text - A Box of text
After you have selected an item E.G a text box Long press and click EDIT
In the edit screen you can change just about all the aesthetics of boxes
colour, frame, text, scroll directions ect
MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE THE TITLE and TRAY I.D to something relevant if you intend to use a springboard to control when it appears
---Using springboards---
A springboard is a button that once pressed will show / hide other trays and widgets
this is why its necessary to change the names of the boxes and widgets you create
E.G
1- create a system widget and name it (winamp)
2- exit the edit screen and place the Winamp widget on the screen by clicking the red box
3- go back to edit and create a springboard, Call this (Music)
4- long press the springboard and select the (systemwidget:winamp) to be controlled
5- Exit the edit screen
Now hopefully whenever you press your springboard box/button labeled music your winamp widget will appear/dissapear
This can be done with most of the items, note how in my screens menus and docks can appear/dissapear with the touch of a springboard
-- Layers --
As you Photoshop users will know "Layers are important"
in sweeter home this also applies
in the "EDIT" screen there will be an option "layer level", the default for this is 10
some tips:
- always keep springboards on layer 10 as then they will always be at the top and not become covered by any text/images you place over them
what is the major advantages in comparison to LP and AWD ex?
Hi pls post apk of the power widget.
Thanx in advance
well i have tried this home launcher. it is kinda cool.
piercewei said:
what is the major advantages in comparison to LP and AWD ex?
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The major advantages would be the ability to create your own docks that can be shown/hidden with a single touch
the docks can contain links icons text and other widgets,
and i think with perseverance you can create docks that can contain more buttons which in turn can open more docks
its all a little complex to , but i really do recommend having a play about with it and keeping an eye on its market release
msprahalad said:
Hi pls post apk of the power widget.
Thanx in advance
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I am not able to connect my phone to the PC at the moment but the Widget is called switch pro Note as well the background for it is controlled by sweeterhome
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I am not able to connect my phone to the PC at the moment but the Widget is called switch pro Note as well the background for it is controlled by sweeterhome
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Really a nice launcher & a lot of themes available.
BTW which one are you using now in the pic ????
Thanks for sharing..
please share which theme you are using, it looks awesome!
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please share which theme you are using, it looks awesome!
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Also, is the clock beautiful widget or something different?
The clock is The X10's default digital clock app with the 1x1 beautiful weather widget, I've recently changed this so when you click the weather the 4x1 widget shows up underneath it (this keeps getting cooler and cooler)
my theme can be found under Spee_Simple on the themes menu
it's cool, but seriously over thought out.
customization is mind blowing, but so little tutorials and no explanations make it nearly impossible to make your own theme.
downloadable themes never work on the x10 due to our semcphonebook. so none of the shortcuts actually work.
looks cool, seems cool, great idea, but way to over whelming
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it's cool, but seriously over thought out.
customization is mind blowing, but so little tutorials and no explanations make it nearly impossible to make your own theme.
downloadable themes never work on the x10 due to our semcphonebook. so none of the shortcuts actually work.
looks cool, seems cool, great idea, but way to over whelming
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it's very powerful when you begin to understand. Drove me crazy yesterday, but you can easily relink the shortcuts to x10 phonebook and add a lot more cool stuff. Am totally happy with it right now. It's the only homescreen where you can sort, show and hide widgets with a single button.
I actually reduced my homescreen to one screen. For example winamp, soundhound and youtube widgets simply disappear when I'm not on the "multimedia" tile It's the same with contacts, messages, recent calls, facebook and so on. really great stuff! Will post pics as soon as I'm home ^^
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it's very powerful when you begin to understand. Drove me crazy yesterday, but you can easily relink the shortcuts to x10 phonebook and add a lot more cool stuff. Am totally happy with it right now. It's the only homescreen where you can sort, show and hide widgets with a single button.
I actually reduced my homescreen to one screen. For example winamp, soundhound and youtube widgets simply disappear when I'm not on the "multimedia" tile It's the same with contacts, messages, recent calls, facebook and so on. really great stuff! Will post pics as soon as I'm home ^^
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i'm sure it's great. i know i would like it since you have so much control over the content. but i tried downloading a theme. found out that none of the shortcuts worked. so i tried modifying it. only 1 layer would show in edit mode, so i googled around to find out how to edit/create themes, nothing found. so i tried creating my own theme. after 20 minutes, i finally got 1 box created with the time and date. gave up, took way too long just to create a theme and i really didn't know what else i could/wanted to do with it.
there's such little documentation and discussion on it that it's virtually impossible for a regular user to just download it and start using it.
that's where sweeterhome's short coming is. golauncher, adw, zeam, lpp, they are all similar in a sense that they act-react the same as the stock launcer. so even if you can't find info on them, you get the gest of how to use them. sweeterhome is different, large learning curve and little documentation.
I have updated the first post with a quick guide of what ive learnt so far, ill keep adding to it as i learn more, i hope it can be of some help to anyone
svtfmook - if you long press on the screen you have the option to select items that are hidden under layers (at the bottom of the longpress menu)
I understand most of the basics and like my customization quite well, but I wasn't able to do one thing:
how can I create a springboard, that enables one tray and disables another one at the same time? To explain what I want to do: I want to create a big clock in the free space of my homescreen, which is on by default. But when I for example press "messages", the clock should disappear and the (transparent) message box should appear right there. Sounds quite easy but I didn't find an option to "disable on press". Is this possible?
Another thing I find quite annoying in Sweeterhome: you cannot swipe when there's an object. My screen is quite filled with springboards, which makes it difficult to change screen
Everything else is just fine, and I'm amazed that Sweeterhome doesn't lag although my homescreen is filled with widgets multiple times
edit: my homescreen right now:
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it's pretty much a predesigned theme from the market, but all the shortcuts and springboards had to be fixed since none of them work on x10.
I can confirm qwer23´s statement when you want to change the screen. I really hate this. I need about 5-10 times to change screen -.-
regards
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I understand most of the basics and like my customization quite well, but I wasn't able to do one thing:
how can I create a springboard, that enables one tray and disables another one at the same time? To explain what I want to do: I want to create a big clock in the free space of my homescreen, which is on by default. But when I for example press "messages", the clock should disappear and the (transparent) message box should appear right there. Sounds quite easy but I didn't find an option to "disable on press". Is this possible?
Another thing I find quite annoying in Sweeterhome: you cannot swipe when there's an object. My screen is quite filled with springboards, which makes it difficult to change screen
Everything else is just fine, and I'm amazed that Sweeterhome doesn't lag although my homescreen is filled with widgets multiple times
edit: my homescreen right now:
http://img819.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=screenshot10d.png
it's pretty much a predesigned theme from the market, but all the shortcuts and springboards had to be fixed since none of them work on x10.
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Ok, what you ask is possible. first what you have to do is put the clock on a low layer like 1. Then make a picture on layer 2 that fills the whole screen that matches your wallpaper (or dont even use wallpaper just just full screen pictures like i do. Then in the spring boards that you are using to open your custom tray, use it also to open the picture thus covering layer 1 and making your clock disappear.
You just need to experiment. there is a lot that this home replacement can do.
For instance, you can have one spring board that opens 4 other spring boards simultaneousnessly then each one of these can control certain menus or folders and widgets. then from within each one of these you can have it so clicking each spring boards will either close all other boards or keep them open depending on the group that you lable them in.
i encourage anyone to give this home replacement more then a 20 minute try because it takes a while to figure everything out. I wish the the developer would make a tutorial on how to take full advantage this.
one word of advice. don't bother using any of the themes that you can download because they are set for other phone with other defaults and other programs and widgets and they will not work properly on your phone. just go to edit and start a new one from scratch.
it takes a while to get what you want. for example if you want a custom icon there are 2 ways to get this. first you can create a picture containing the icon you want and then create a custom drawer, exit edit mode then long press that drawer to add the icon from a list of your apps. then go back into edit mode. edit the custom drawer to lock so you can not add more apps or remove this on. then edit icon style and change icon blending to clear so it is invisable thus only showing the icon picture you added the first time. blahhhh... sounds like a lot of work. well it is.
the other way is to use desktop visualizer. create a widget with the one you want and then it is done.
be patient and give it a try. here is a theme that i created.
first is the home screen, press the android and it opens a spring board to other spring boards with commonly used apps and widgets. second is my app drawer, this is the bottom screen. swipe up and it brings you here, back button returns to home screen. the last is the just more folders and stuff. i plan to do more but it takes time.
hope this helps anyone who is willing to give sweeter home a try.
Has anyone found a "solution" to scrool easier between screens?
regards
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Has anyone found a "solution" to scrool easier between screens?
regards
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There isn't really anything you can do about being able to scroll on an open widget. hopefully the developer will fix this in future updates.
the only suggestion that i have is to keep a good chunk of your home screen free of anything like widgets or whatever to allow you to scroll. The other this is that the back button will always bring you to your home scree so with an open space on your home screen you can scroll to left, right, top or bottom no problem and then hit back button t return to home screen and you shouldn't have any problems.
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can i use this for x10 mini pro 2.1?
How can I add widget in one download theme please ?
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(Seeing as there's no General Thread for tablets, I've re posted this here.)
Hey guys I finally ported my "hubs" set up to Android Tablets and I have to say its 10x smoother on our 1.0 ghz dual core device. The general idea of "Hubs" is to create a dedicated screen for each piece of media/productivity while providing a visual eye candy. "Hubs" is easy to emulate, and even easier to create your own style. Despite the lengthy tutorial, its actually easier than it seems. The fun part comes with setting up you layout!
What you'll need:
Main
Adw Launcer EX
Launcher Pro Plus
Multi Live Wallpaper
Minimalistic Text
Simple Text
Optional
Pulse (for widgets)
Cowon Clock/ BobClock Widget
Mizuu Movies
Launcher Pro Plus (Widgets)
Video Tutorial
Part I
Part II
FINAL
WALKTHROUGHADW Launcher Users[/U][/B]
-To remove top bar-Press and hold and empty area on your home screen then click on "Launcher Actions" > "Hide/Show Action Bars"
-Enable Widget Overlapping-"Menu"> "ADW Settings"> "UI Settings" > "Screen Preference"> Check "Overlap Widgets" in the Advanced Settings Tab
-Increase Retail Space on your screen-"Menu"> "ADW Settings"> "UI Settings" > "Screen Preference"> Increase the desktop "Rows" and "Columns" in the "Desktop Layout" Tab.
Launcher Pro Plus Users- while not optimized for 3.2, it still runs perfect.
-Increase Retail Space on your screen-"Menu"> "Preference" > "Homescreen Settings" > Increase the "Number of columns/rows" in the Homescreen Grid.
-Remove Icons From Right Dock- Hold your finger on the icon you wish to remove> "change shortcut"> "Blank"
*You may add screen transitions for each launcher if you wish, however my advise is to leave it at default as you can set transition for Multi Live wallpaper. Doing both launcher and MLW will make your screen look "too busy" IMO.
To set the "Bars" (Titles for "Home", "Music", "Movies" etc.)
Minimalistic Text
-To set title- Press and hold a free space on the screen > "widgets" > "Minimalistic Text" (size may vary per style however I use either 4x2 or 6x1 as long as its horizontal > ensure that "background color" is checked > "Predefined Layout" > "Custom" > "Custom Layout" > Click on the plus sign > "Misc" > "Static Text".
-Black Bar Tutorial click here
Wallpapers
-Set up - Load up your wallpapers on your sd card/internal memory and placing them into seperate folders and name them based on the images (ex. Music, Movies, Games etc)
- Long press an empty screen on your homescreen > "Wallpapers" > "Live Wallpapers"> "MultiPicture Live Wallpaper"> "Settings"
- For each "Screen _ Settings" Select the picture source as "Picture Folder" and navigate it to point to your corresponding homescreen.
- Additionally you make select the screen transition here that reflects your particular taste. You may also set a default wallpaper for your lockscreen.
Despite the dozen of widget on the homescreen and live wallpaper, battery use is minimal.I have provided wallpapers below to help you get started.
NAVIGATING BETWEEN HUBS
There are two methods in which you can navigate to each individual homescreen.
Method one: Prior/Alternate way for navigation text was achieved using this methodby trekkie0927. Using invisible icons in tandem with minimalistic text can make it easier to flip to each hubs. Please rate/comment his video.
Method two: I found a great alternative to Minimalistic Text in terms of using the text buttons to jump from one screen to another called Simple Text. Since it's only an icon and not a widget, it consumes no memory and provides a great minimal look.
User AcIdC0R3 has posted a great tutorial. (Please thank him!)
Make sure you have ADWLauncher EX
Go to the market and install Simple Text
Long press on the screen and select 'Custom Shortcut'
'Pick your activity', select 'Launcher Actions'
Choose which screen you want, 1 - 5 or 1 - 7 if your using seven screens
Click on the picture of the 2 screens side by side
Select 'ADWTheme IconPacks' and select 'Simple Text'
Select the grey box named 'Simple'
replace the word 'Simple' with whatever of your choosing like 'Video' for your video hub or 'Social' for your social media hub and so forth
Adjust your text size, Y and X coordinates, your shadow settings etc.
Click the little blue 'A' in the top right side of the screen and select your font (more on fonts further down)
You also have the option to select the color wheel next to the 'A' and adjust your text color
Select the menu icon on the task bar at the bottom and select 'Save Style' if you want to keep what you created for later use as well.
Click 'Save Icon' which will create your icon for you
Back at the black edit screen remove the text from the text field and click OK
You should now have a custom text icon that will activate whichever screen you chose for it. You can click any app icon on your screen and follow the same procedure for your apps so all your apps also have text icons.
[FONTS] In a file manager go to /sdcard/Simple Text/ and create a folder named 'fonts' (that is plural with an 's' at the end). Next go to somewhere like dafont.com and download you some kewl fonts and place them within that 'fonts' directory you just created. Now when you go into Simple Text to do your editing you will have more fonts to choose from.
That's all there is to it.
You can also work with layers within the creation of your Simple Text. Notice below where I created a new layer, rotated my new text layer and intersected where both words have the letter 'E'.
However you may notice that simple text does have it's limitations:
Icons can only be 1x1
Works best on adw
No way to resize; it is only an icon after all.
Miscellaneous
ISSUE: You may experience widget being placed "behind" the black bars. If so try this method provided by user SwiftLegend
1. Put the widgets/icons you want on TOP of the blackbar FIRST. You need these before anything.
2. Select a Minimalistic Text Widget, I usually use 1x1. Clear out the text options (Predefined layout > Custom, delete all of the things there)
3. Once you're back at your homescreen and see the MT Widget, just long press and re size it to your liking.
You HAVE to make sure that whatever you want on TOP of the blackbar is put on the screen FIRST. Anything put on after will go underneath.
ISSUE 2: Users have reported that Minimalistic Widget refuses to post/ show up on the homescreen.
1. Turn your tablet into portrait mode.
2. Add the widget whilst staying in portrait mode as you apply you designs.
3. Rotate back to landscape.
ISSUE 3: You can no longer take full advantage of the screen real estate using adw ex (particularly the corners)
1. Recent update kills the use of every inch of the screen. In his attempt to emulate ICS, anderwebs made the edges of the screen inaccessible.
2. Revert back to an older version (1.3.3)
here's the original layout from the nook color if you guys are interested on putting this on your homescreen HERE
and here it is in action HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DxCVzARfE&fmt=38
Other Users take on "Hubs":
vrundmc
"Hubs Remix by CinderWild "
and lastly hubs for different devices! Make sure you check each thread as people have different ideas that works on all devices. Wished Xda had a tablet general forums.
Hubs for Nook Color
Hubs for Asus Transformer
Hubs for Galaxy Tab 10.1
Hubs for Motorla Xoom
Hubs for Acer Iconia
special thanks to AhmazinSKM
special thanks to 00McD00 for the banner
sepcial thanks to AcIdC0R3
wow, the youtube video does look good!
I've been using static wallpapers due to performance issues when using live wallpapers in honeycomb, but this setup seems to be minimal and effective. Gonna test this out...
Awesome please let me know how it looks
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which clock are you using on your home screen?
Very inspiring. I'll admit that I also stuck to static wallpapers in fears of sluggish performance and battery drain, but this has converted me
Any chance you could PM me a link to the bookcase wallpaper? Looking at getting my son an eee pad for his 10th (!) birthday next month so may have to bookmark your thread for him
Very nice! Could you share your wallpapers? Especially the library one!
Regards
qwer23
qwer23 said:
Very nice! Could you share your wallpapers? Especially the library one!
Regards
qwer23
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I asked as well and then found it on vladstudio and google so here you go:
what is the source of the time/date calendar widget on the home page? That is awesome!!!
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hashbrown said:
what is the source of the time/date calendar widget on the home page? That is awesome!!!
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The clock is the Cowon BOB Clock - you'll find it in the Market or all over the place here on XDA
Very nice! If you don't mind paying, I think using the widget from UberMusic would look even better. But that's just me..
EDIT: Would you mind sharing the wallpapers in the video? They all look really nice and I can never find wallpapers like that. This is replacing my Dark Theme layout right away!
Thanks Dunc101, i found that and also using CalWidget 4x4 for the look. These two combined look similar to Google Chrome widgets on a desktop. This is great!
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Can you make a .Zip file with the Clock and the calander and the walpapers...would really appreciate that..
Thanks
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Very nice! If you don't mind paying, I think using the widget from UberMusic would look even better. But that's just me..
EDIT: Would you mind sharing the wallpapers in the video? They all look really nice and I can never find wallpapers like that. This is replacing my Dark Theme layout right away!
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I tried the beta version of uber music and i found awesome but i couldnt skip music through the task bar like i could with the default player. Does the paid version implement it?
As for the wallpapers, ill def upload them as soon as I get home from work
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very cool setup, I love it. Also looking forward to the wallpapers!
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I tried the beta version of uber music and i found awesome but i couldnt skip music through the task bar like i could with the default player. Does the paid version implement it?
As for the wallpapers, ill def upload them as soon as I get home from work
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Not that I know of. I didn't even know the stock player lets you do that
EDIT: I'm sure you know that UberMusic also automatically downloads artist pictures, right? I was thinking of pointing Mutlipicture to folder, so you always have it updating and it corresponds to your actual music library.
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Not that I know of. I didn't even know the stock player lets you do that
EDIT: I'm sure you know that UberMusic also automatically downloads artist pictures, right? I was thinking of pointing Mutlipicture to folder, so you always have it updating and it corresponds to your actual music library.
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Yes I know. I think it also has a live wallpaper that plays the Current album too I think. Wish this multi live wallpaper let us assign live wallpaper too
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Hi there, great work.
But the LiveWallpaper App doesnt work for me. The App don't change the wallpaper in LauncherPro - with the Honeycomb one it works perfect. Any idea?
Edit: forget it. Solved ^^
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Yes I know. I think it also has a live wallpaper that plays the Current album too I think. Wish this multi live wallpaper let us assign live wallpaper too
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Didn't know that either lol. That would be a really nice thing to have though.
what launcher are you guys using for this? apparantly adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 as i can't edit any of the launcher settings.
Lovejoys hubs kindlefire.
what is hubs.
hubs is a setup that allows you to navigate from screen to screen with the touch of your finger (without scrolling)
it works by having icons on every screen for every screen. ie press icon 1 on any screen and it takes you to screen 1.
with this you dedicate each screen (hub) into a subject. ie games, media, home etc because of this things ar very organised and easy to navigate to.
only 2-3 touches to get to any app (and no more searching).
Hi here is my setup on my kindle fire and a detailed guide how to get this look, this is my 1st guide so please go easy.
With this guide you will have 5 home screens and a 5x5 row/colum setup (because it keeps everything the same from landscape to portrait mode).
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what you will need
Adwpro launcher (worth every penny)
adw minimalistic theme
multipicture live wallpapers app (free)
simple text app (free)
minimalistic text app (free)
my wallpapers here. http://db.tt/diulORYj
8/12 wallpaper or so, I picked relevant wallpapers per home screen ie, media themed pictures for media
home screen and games pictures for games home page etc.
start by installing adw pro launcher and setting as default launcher and applying minimalistic theme (I will let you work that one out)
install multipicture live wallpapers, minimalistic text and simple text app's.
Now create 6 folders on your desktop rename them
games wpaper
media wpaper
home wpaper
tool's wpaper
work wpaper
lockscreen wpaper
now place pictures you have chosen in each folder ie. Games home screen pic's in games wpaper folder.
When all pictures are in the right folders, mount sdcard to pc and drag and drop each folder into /sdcard/pictures on your kindle. (when you now reboot and open up your album you should see 6 new folders with your screen pic's in them.
In adw make these settings.
Ui settings...........................................................................................................................
icons........................
tick density hack
tick new icons
select new icons settings
icon size 140
icon text size 12
press back
select highlights press colour =ff24718d
press back
main dock.......
tick enable dock, dock as overlay & auto close
dock size portrait/landscape =5
advanced settings
tick auto size
press back-back
screen preferences.........................
desktop columns=5
desktop rows =5
tick show desktop indicator, auto hide desktop indicator & overlap widgets
indicator type=sliding pagination top
advanced settings tick all three.
Press back-back
draw settings...........................
app draw style=vertical 4D
all draw row & columns, portrait&landscape=7
background colour=80000000 (on the slider)
snap scroll ticked
press back
folders...................................
folder style= horizontal fling
back-back-back
general behaviour................................................................................................
animation and effects..........................
tick infinite scroll, wallpaper scrolling, animated drawer, animate icons & desktop zoom
screen transition effect=fly in
desktop scrolling speed=0
desktop bounce=0
zoom effect speed=300
press back
gestures.........................
home button binding=move to default desktop/show previews
swipe down actions=open close dockbar
swipe up action=none
press back
system preferences...................
show notification ticked
bubble font size=22
scrolling cache=auto
opening transition=zoom
press back-back
theme preferences.............................................................................................................
choose minimalistic and press apply
then choose icons=adw.default theme
press back
backup and restore.........................................................................................................
press backup adw settings & backup desktop configuration.
That's adw set up now for wallpapers.
Hold down on home screen and get menu, select wallpapers/live wallpaper/multipicture live wallpapers
press settings
press green + add individual settings, until you have 5 screen settings
press screen1 settings
picture source=album/wgames press ok
crop/resize ratio=fit to full screen
back out and do all 5 screen with you 5 folders you made earlier then do lock screen settings the same.
Back out and press set wallpaper
done
now setting up screen short cuts (the tedious but nice bit)
on each home page long press and select launcher action then screen 1 (whilst on homepage 1)
do this 4 times then move to home page 2 and do same process but selecting screen 2.
do this trough all 5 home screens so you should have 5 icons that will send you back to the screen you are on (keep it like this for now as it keeps things in order).
Now to change all those icons into what they are ie.
On home screen 1 change all 4 icons to a simple text image.
Long press an icon on screen 1, press edit, tap on the icon image,tap adwtheme iconpacks, tap simple text, then on icon style simple. You should be in settings of simple text app.
At the top tap the word simple and change it to games. untick gradient & shadow, text size=48.
Press the big a at the top and select default 07, tick anti alias and linear text.
Then press menu and select save style, then press menu again and select save icon change text to games and press ok.
Do this to all 4 icons on home screen 1 (now you have a template though so when you get to icon style select your previous made template instead of simple icon again).
Then do this to all other home screens but edit the name to media for the icons on screen 2, home for the icons on screen 3 tool's for the icons on screen 4 and work for screen 5.
then make 1 new launcher action per page and make this one open/close app draw alter the icon like above but on each home screen name it by its home screen ie on screen1 (games) name it games with the text in blue (this is so on each home page it all looks the same except the blue name will act as an app draw launcher).
Now move one of each icon to each screen so it looks like mine.
You can now go and play with it and alter things to your liking
I hope I have covered everything.
Cheers steve
edit: you will need to tick force 5 homescreens in "workarounds for some applications" in wallpaper settings (this will align all wallpapers to the home screens.
please tick the thank you box if you like this.
Thanks for taking the time to make this!
Absolutely amazing Steve bravo! You helped me out so much and I'm glad you decided to make the thread after we talked. Thanks!
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no probs its a nice way to use the kindle.
you can tweak it anyway you want, I just thought if I made the tutorial to mimic mine then it was easier for me to explain etc.
glad you like it, it works great on any rom and i allways do full backup in twrp 2.1.1 then wipe everything flash new rom/gapps etc boot once then return to twrp and restore previous roms data (only) and all my settings and wallpaper etc is still there
only need to do all this once (thank god) lol.
What is the best resolution for the wallpapers? Mine all look pretty fuzzy
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What is the best resolution for the wallpapers? Mine all look pretty fuzzy
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1024x600
also when dl wallpapers always click on image 1st (don't just dl the thumbnail).
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lovejoy777 said:
1024x600
also when dl wallpapers always click on image 1st (don't just dl the thumbnail).
sent from my new non bricked kindle
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Yup i know, used your wallpapers instead of the ones i had chosen and they work great in landscape but when i go to portrait they are not lined up. you experiencing this as well? im gonna look for more images to use since now i know what resolution to look for
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Yup i know, used your wallpapers instead of the ones i had chosen and they work great in landscape but when i go to portrait they are not lined up. you experiencing this as well? im gonna look for more images to use since now i know what resolution to look for
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when you say not lined up , i take it you mean the images in the pictures move from land to port mode?
i just keep my shortcuts at the bottom and most of my icons at the top are folders, so with 1x row at the top and 1x row at the bottom there's alot of space left in the middle for Widgets, (or leave it blank like i do so that you can see all of the wallpapers.
some pic's work better than others, one of my media images is perfect as it has black top and bottom and works good both in land & port.
it took me as long finding images to use on the different screens as it did to setup hubs. lol.
the thing is after 4 months of having hubs on my kindle i've only just got it how i want it.
also i think you need wallpaper scrolling set in rom settings for the multipicture to work.
also it all works best with all screen settings both rom & adw set so the screen transaction is at it fastest. then when you press one of you home screen shortcuts it zooms out & back in again as fast as poss.
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Well I guess what I'm trying to say is that when I go portrait the left most screen is white, then when I got to screen 2 it has my left most wallpaper there. Here's some pics. The last screen shot should hopefully explain what I mean. The abstract wallpaper is supposed to be screen 2 and its in-between screen 2 and 3.
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there is a setting somewhere in wallpaper app "force 5 screens"
i will check it out and come back to you
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in multipicture settings scroll down near the bottom it says something about workarounds its in there. force 5 screens. that should do it
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lovejoy777 said:
in multipicture settings scroll down near the bottom it says something about workarounds its in there. force 5 screens. that should do it
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Yup that did it, I went and checked it and I accidentally had it set for none. thanks again
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I have ADW but I'm using Apex at the moment.
I have 5 screens set up but when I'm scrolling in portrait it doesn't show the wallpapers that have a landscape design (like the geek wallpaper). When I'm in landscape it does.
Any idea how to keep that from happening in portrait?
it should work.
although never tried with apex as it doesn't have home screen shortcuts.
have you got the following.
forced 5 screen, multipicture settings.
scrolling wallpaper in rom and adw.
edit: don't forget when you select picture folder path for wallpapers yo need to select, fit to screen.
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lovejoy777 said:
it should work.
although never tried with apex as it doesn't have home screen shortcuts.
have you got the following.
forced 5 screen, multipicture settings.
scrolling wallpaper in rom and adw.
edit: don't forget when you select picture folder path for wallpapers yo need to select, fit to screen.
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I need to check and see if it has something to do with the rows/columns. I think I have 8 and 8 set up so maybe changing to 5 and 5 will fix it.
Think I have the settings you list above set up although I'm just using one wallpaper for each screen, not a folder.
glad your nearly there
do yo realize that the nice bit of all this is the adw screen shortcuts, as it allows you to change screens by pressing an icon. ie on my setup i press games icon on any screen and it goes straight to the 1st home screen (where all my games are) or media icon on any screen takes me straight to my media home page (no 2) and so on.
it means any apps are only two taps away (unless you have folders in which case its three taps). in other words you can but don't have to scroll through your screens, just tap an icon.
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glad your nearly there
do yo realize that the nice bit of all this is the adw screen shortcuts, as it allows you to change screens by pressing an icon. ie on my setup i press games icon on any screen and it goes straight to the 1st home screen (where all my games are) or media icon on any screen takes me straight to my media home page (no 2) and so on.
it means any apps are only two taps away (unless you have folders in which case its three taps). in other words you can but don't have to scroll through your screens, just tap an icon.
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Yeah, I played around w/ hubs before flashing an ICS ROM using ADW Pro. Just playing with Apex right now to see if I want to go with hubs again.
Thanks for the advice.
Any other cool wallpapers you care to share?
no mate it took me ages to find those lol.
a good wallpaper is hard to come by
happy searching.
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lovejoy777 said:
Lovejoys hubs kindlefire.
Now create 6 folders on your desktop rename them
games wpaper
media wpaper
home wpaper
tool's wpaper
work wpaper
lockscreen wpaper
now place pictures you have chosen in each folder ie. Games home screen pic's in games wpaper folder.
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How to place pictures in folders, I can plase shortcuts only?
make the folders on pc then drag and drop images into these folders. but make sure you download the full image in the first place and not just the thumbnail. these folders need to be put in pictures on sdcard (do not put all folders in one main folder or it doesn't find the path properly