[Q] Complete Way To Save Launcher (ADW) Layout? - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

So I'm one those sillies with widgets everywhere, particularly using Desktop Visualizer. But I'm also one of those sillies that flashes ROMs with profuse frequency.
Using ADW, when I backup and restore, the regular shortcut icons always load fine, but the widgets do not. Is there anything special I can do? My screens take a good half hour to rebuild from scratch.
I've tried most things I can think of. Obviously I always have desktop visualizer installed before I restore, I've tried restoring the apps involved with titanium in just about every configuration, but I can't think of any more options.
In return, happles:
{
"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"
}
P.S. I'm terribly sorry if I missed this in search or if it's in the wrong place.

bummmmmp

im facing the same issue too. No way to do this ?

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Ive come across how to activate the clock in the taskbar, but as you all know that hides/covers the battery icon. This is a major flaw in design.
Ive seen many screenshots with where people have the time then custom icons including the battery, however this seems like it would cover up the X on some applications.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=277110&d=1265353835
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{
"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"
}
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You just need to install BattClock then configure away
Pretty sure ive tried that, and batti. Never managed to get it like i want
if i'm not wrong the so called task manager has been done away with in the new version..
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{
"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"
}

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There are many apps that use the same image for on/off type buttons. For some reason these buttons have always looked really off on my phone. Here is what I mean... The way Barnacle SHOULD look:
{
"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"
}
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There must be some easy to fix this. It's driving me crazy. I'm going to try wiping my phone and checking before I reinstall any apps.
I've only scratched the surface on programming for android but I think you would have to unzip the apk and decompile the xml's, edit them, then recompile them back in to binary.
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Hey there,
Is there a way to "sort/clean" the start menu. Usually the start menu ist collumnwise shifted. Is there a way to get the menu straight like on the iphone (bad word ^_^).
I hope its understandable? Below are pictures.
{
"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"
}
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Not sure about sorting, but to change the layout you can use this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/tweak-wm6-5-x-start-menu-easily-with-jwmd-armids/
No, not really,
I don't care about how many grids I have.
Just want to have it sorted (see images above)
use a third party app called "vito winterface" clean looking...search for it and try the trail version...m sure u will like it !
You can use another utility made by nullstring. It lets you sort by name, etc. and I think you can move the shortcuts around as well. If you feel like using custom icons, it can do that too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567080

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Okay... Been looking and searching but no luck.
I can't read the pull down notification menu. An I can not for the life of me figure out what I did made it that way.
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{
"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"
}
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no one has any idea???
Is it only certain apps that show that way? Or is it always in that alternating pattern? If it's certain apps, an app can make the notification show up differently. If it's always alternating like that, then I would guess that you flashed something over your rom like a theme or mod, or you flashed the rom without wiping. Flashing anything onto a rom that isn't compatible will cause all sorts of anomalies.
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