So.............. I can't even remember how many people have asked me to look into getting the ticker "call" screen to work when you are using different launchers... Well, I (edit: FINALLY) took a look an hour ago, and I figured it out Right now I have the modifications incorporated into this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883, which i personally LOVE! But yeah, i Didz it
I could probably get it to work with other launchers too, but for now, i'm done... hahaha... I highly suggest checking out that launcher though... It supports samsung widgets (because it is based off of Touchwiz 4.0 launcher ) and works pretty nicely I have a weird obsession with the weather clock we have, so this launcher satisfies that, and more
Alright guys, download time
Install this to the system/app folder (after renaming it to just TW4Launcher )
Download (APK): http://www.mediafire.com/?8jzcxc1p3og69zl
Ok, add this to my WTF list! Lol If I'm running this launcher still get the call options on the large screen. Then, if I switch back to Go launcher, the calls show up in the ticker(Awesome Btw!) . I've gone back and forth multiple times and rebooted... Always the same.
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Lol, that's normal! Even with the stock touchwiz launcher the call doesn't show up in the ticker when within the launcher itself... it's when you go to another app that it pops up the reasoning, I assume, is because you are doing important things while in different apps, but when you are home, it's okay to get a more intrusive call method because you aren't doing anything the problem was that the ticker call screen wasn't coming up ever when you didn't load the stock launcher
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Lolol!! Yes everyone, I am a DA! And I thought my work around was pretty slick: set up a tasker task to run tw4 for 30sec at boot, then I have the ticker call all the time.
Anyway, love this... However it works! Lol
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Not asking you to do this, just asking if it's possible... Could this and your "ticker 4 button return to call screen" (ec09) be made into a stand alone app: ie, not tied to a launcher? I'm assuming it's gotta go with the launcher, but as I proved above, don't know much about this stuff
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Hello Trailblazer!
It was me. I am the guilty party. I was the one clamoring for this feature all along.
I had an invisible shortcut set to launch TW Launcher any time I happened to reboot my phone, and that was my way of ensuring the call screen function would be there.
Alas, the lure of ICS and JB drew me away from my Continuum to a used Fascinate on eBay, but I still have the Continuum and have made it my kids' phone as a VOIP phone / entertainment device.
Haven't visited this forum in a while...crazy to see what has changed since my last stop. Gingerbread? Your call screening fix? I might have to do some flashing!
Spear...
Are u using google voice + voip?
How is your kids device set up to call etc?
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Yes. But that's not the whole story.
I use an app called Groove IP. It integrates into Android so that you can make it the default app for outgoing call requests. But it requires a Google Voice account.
So GV is the texting app and the conduit for phone calls in and out. Had to change a setting in my Google Voice account for incoming calls to come to the phone.
Pretty strange still to get texts from my 6 year old when I'm at work.
That's how I have it set up. Just was wondering ...
Yeah my son loves to text when he gets a chance with my phone since he lost his lol.
He beat modernwarfare 2 in under 20 hours, his eigth bday weekend last week.
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roaddog665: Well, to answer your question, I incorporated the "ticker 4 button return to call screen" feature into gingerbread, so that's not a problem anymore and for making the "call screen" stand-alone... It could probably be done, yeah... However, if I was going to do that, then the even when you are on the launch itself the call screen in the ticker will show up... Basically all what the code in the launcher does is tells the ticker when to show the call screen, so when it is active, it won't show, and when it is closed, it will! I guess that's not a bid deal, but I don't really know performance wise how well that would work... That's not really on my list of things to do though, because instead I can just incorporate my patch, haha
Spearoid: Long time no see! haha... And thatsssss who it was: you! lmao... It's all coming back to me, lol...
and lol, I know right, so many good things are finally happening for the continuum
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roaddog665: Well, to answer your question, I incorporated the "ticker 4 button return to call screen" feature into gingerbread, so that's not a problem anymore and for making the "call screen" stand-alone... It could probably be done, yeah... However, if I was going to do that, then the even when you are on the launch itself the call screen in the ticker will show up... Basically all what the code in the launcher does is tells the ticker when to show the call screen, so when it is active, it won't show, and when it is closed, it will! I guess that's not a bid deal, but I don't really know performance wise how well that would work... That's not really on my list of things to do though, because instead I can just incorporate my patch, haha
Spearoid: Long time no see! haha... And thatsssss who it was: you! lmao... It's all coming back to me, lol...
and lol, I know right, so many good things are finally happening for the continuum
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Thanks for the info! The work around I've been using shows the ticker screen even on the home screen, but it doesn't work all the time. lol I asked about the standalone just because I'm trying to learn about this stuff...but it has a pretty big learning curve for someone with absolutely no programing experience. I was happy getting CRT to work by myself without breaking something!
Hey guys, is there any other launcher that you would want me to try and mod? I'm not saying I can do it/be able to, but if we can come to a consensus, I might take a look at one or two others, haha I have just been pressed for time lately with everything
I'm using GO Launcher holo launcher, I like having the scrollable dock. This mod + the four button return to call = ticker call screen heaven! Lol
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Hey guys, is there any other launcher that you would want me to try and mod? I'm not saying I can do it/be able to, but if we can come to a consensus, I might take a look at one or two others, haha I have just been pressed for time lately with everything
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Maybe something like holo launcher cause is an ics based launcher and ics is what we're mostly working on/waiting for.
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Maybe something like holo launcher cause is an ics based launcher and ics is what we're mostly working on/waiting for.
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Thanks for this... Hadn't found this one. Like it a lot, think I've found my new launcher!
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Thanks for this... Hadn't found this one. Like it a lot, think I've found my new launcher!
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One of the best in my opinion.
Hey TB, any news/progress on this?
Is there anything I can do to help?
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For some odd reason when I have your mods and use this launcher it crashes on me. Stuck with our original launcher for now.
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For some odd reason when I have your mods and use this launcher it crashes on me. Stuck with our original launcher for now.
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With the Holo Launcher? That's odd, I'm running them both with no problem. But, I'm starting to think these phones have minds of their own, I couldn't get Ciscogee's theme to run but I think everyone else could.
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Or the TW4launcher? Now that one I did have issues some issues with.
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With the Holo Launcher? That's odd, I'm running them both with no problem. But, I'm starting to think these phones have minds of their own, I couldn't get Ciscogee's theme to run but I think everyone else could.
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Oh no Holo Launcher worked fine on me. the touchwiz 4.5 had a few bugs.. But not a problem. Ciscogee's theme works fine with me with any launcher with no problems.
Did you guys just regularly install it, or did you put the apk in /system/app ? Just curious... Because it works great for me, ahha
and I tried doing the mods for the Holo Launcher, and porting it worked just fine... It just the fact that I had to resign the apk that was the problem, and that was something I didn't want to deal with I'll do it eventually, ahha
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Can you install 3rd party home launcher replacements on Honeycomb ie Adw.Launcher, LauncherPro, etc?
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
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Can you install 3rd party home launcher replacements on Honeycomb ie Adw.Launcher, LauncherPro, etc?
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
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Is this a real question
Yes lol it may seem silly to you, but I have had no chances to use a honeycomb tablet. You could simply say yes or no and let the thread sink after that.
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
Nevermind, I took it upon myself to find out, I installed it on the emulator using adb. Thanks for no real help.
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
zanderman112 said:
Nevermind, I took it upon myself to find out, I installed it on the emulator using adb. Thanks for no real help.
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
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Why not use the search function and find one of the many threads in like 5 minutes?
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Why not use the search function and find one of the many threads in like 5 minutes?
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Cause I'm using the xda app, which has the worst possible search function on the face of the planet. So instead of posting useless crap, and raising your post count, you could actually try to be helpful. It doesn't hurt anyone to say "Yes, honeycomb supports 3rd party launchers. Please search next time."
Sent from my Epic 4g thats perfect in stock form.
I've had adw and lpp on my wifi only uk xoom. Settled on lpp as the app drawer sometimes goes laggy on adw
also there is an issue with ADW and honeycomb.... if it is set as default on most devices when reboot it never gets past the boot animation. Something about ADW not sending out a "hey I'm displayed" flag to activitymanager.
Thanks to zohawkish.
http://min.us/mRJUXE8ZU
Based on Eh17, but with some TW4 Files.
May not boot, so good luck.
I know the OP is boring for now, but I'll make it better later.
first...
i might give this a shot later
I'll try it out on my spare
It booted fine. Was a tad sluggish on startup but worked out. Didn't look too much different from eh17 normally
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nbunn said:
It booted fine. Was a tad sluggish on startup but worked out. Didn't look too much different from eh17 normally
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It looks the same? That's weird.
outside of TW4....yeah it looks the same
A cool rom, the TW4 doesn't do horizontal orientation when the keyboard slides out...
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I've been running this since last night, and it seems to work much better for me than when I tried to run TW 4.5. The only issue I've had so far is with market updates crashing the market, but I'm sure that's from the way I restored all my apps, since I was so tired.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a way to do this true TW4 standalone from the ROM, or is the only way to use this ROM?
If it is anything like TW4.5, you have to turn on landscape mode followed by a reboot. It only has to be done once but once you do you get landscape.
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I've been running this since last night, and it seems to work much better for me than when I tried to run TW 4.5. The only issue I've had so far is with market updates crashing the market, but I'm sure that's from the way I restored all my apps, since I was so tired.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a way to do this true TW4 standalone from the ROM, or is the only way to use this ROM?
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Yeah, all you need is the framework.jar from the framework folder and it needs to go in an Eh17 rom and you also need twlauncher from system/app
Hey J. Everytime I run this I get only the app drawer on the dock. No phone browser or whatever else is usually there. Is it something I'm doing?
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Hey J. Everytime I run this I get only the app drawer on the dock. No phone browser or whatever else is usually there. Is it something I'm doing?
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Just manually add the apps you want on the dock.
(App Drawer > Menu > View Type > Customizable Grid > Menu > Edit > *Make Changes* > Menu > Save > Menu > View Type > Go back to what you like.)
It's a lot more annoying than other launchers on the market, but you can still do it. TW4 seems to have a maximum of three apps, plus the app drawer. On the custom TW4.5, it allows for more, but the app drawer still will always be the right-most icon. Those two things are all I would as for Samsung.. well maybe an auto-hide home screen number too. Minor annoyances but a silky smooth launcher.
Also, thanks for the reply xboxfanj, about trying to add this without needing to flash the whole ROM.
Thanks.
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If anyone knows how to make a theme install script, the only files I changed were framework.jar and TWlauncher
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If anyone knows how to make a theme install script, the only files I changed were framework.jar and TWlauncher
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If I can find the time, I might try learning how to do that, because I'm having a bit too much trouble combining my mods. I might tinker with it, along side working on getting ACS ICS where I want it on my phone. In the meantime, I've been using QQLauncher. It's nicer looking, and more of what I want, since it readily works with ACS ICS, but TW4 seemed to be a bit smoother for me. Now that the Galaxy Nexus has been announced, I might also be a little more patient as things develop. Not to mention, Cyanogen is getting pretty polished. Decisions, decisions.. I'll be glad when I'm finally settled on something. Until then, hopefully I can learn enough to help put some of these solid mods together.
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If I can find the time, I might try learning how to do that, because I'm having a bit too much trouble combining my mods. I might tinker with it, along side working on getting ACS ICS where I want it on my phone. In the meantime, I've been using QQLauncher. It's nicer looking, and more of what I want, since it readily works with ACS ICS, but TW4 seemed to be a bit smoother for me. Now that the Galaxy Nexus has been announced, I might also be a little more patient as things develop. Not to mention, Cyanogen is getting pretty polished. Decisions, decisions.. I'll be glad when I'm finally settled on something. Until then, hopefully I can learn enough to help put some of these solid mods together.
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St. Louis Buddies. Cardinals 2nite. I'll fix it and make it more TW4 like too, IE: not only the launcher, other interface elements too. I'll make it a theme.
St. Louis buddy #3 hope cardinals kick ass =P. I'm shocked you can add your own apps to touchwiz 4.0 I didn't know about that at all >__>
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St. Louis buddy #3 hope cardinals kick ass =P. I'm shocked you can add your own apps to touchwiz 4.0 I didn't know about that at all >__>
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In the theme, I'll add the International Galaxy S 2 standard apps like phone because they have much cooler icons.
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St. Louis Buddies. Cardinals 2nite. I'll fix it and make it more TW4 like too, IE: not only the launcher, other interface elements too. I'll make it a theme.
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I already have a tw4 theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272280
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I already have a tw4 theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272280
edit: oh, you meant for EH17 right?
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This is the tw4 framework, not just a theme. At least to my understanding.
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Hey I was wondering whats the best way to replicate the iphone lock screen? Is it cm7 theme chooser?
You could try widgetlocker. It has the iPhone lock screen.
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There is an app somewhere that replicates the iphone lock screen. Used to use it on my old phone. So don't have the apk. Search a bit and you'll find it
I have, I am currently using widget locker, I've seen another app but apparently it won't scale. Correctly on the sensation, i didn't try it but saw. A. Comment from an. Evo. I'm guessing there's no. Cm7 themes?
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I have, I am currently using widget locker, I've seen another app but apparently it won't scale. Correctly on the sensation, i didn't try it but saw. A. Comment from an. Evo. I'm guessing there's no. Cm7 themes?
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Have you tried checking/un-checking compatibility mode?
92drls said:
Have you tried checking/un-checking compatibility mode?
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Smart. I wil ldo that now, I will get back to you with that if it works with a thanks.
Looking at the description, I don't think this will work... will know in 5 seconds......
And it............ did....... not work. Thanks for trying though.
lol dang, sorry man, no other ideas
Thanks anyway, I just wish we had a simple lock screen like iphone.
Try magiclocker from the market its free
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There is an Miui theme with that Lockscreen. And yes it scales correctly. I used it for some time. Other than that I'm out of ideas lol
Magiclocker also has a sweet Samsung puzzle lock theme as well
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Banned. All of you.
What's wrong with you banana? I got an android device. For the a ability to customize it. I'm allowed to do what i want with it. If you're immature enough to not have the ability to resist pointless posts that have nothing to do. With the thread, you should be banned.
And I don't really like miui. The interface isn't functional to me. I like cm7. Just want a iphone lock screen. I'll try magic locker.
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Banned. All of you.
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troll.... there was no need to say that. some people like the simplicity of the iphone lock screen, and its all personal preference
Banana lol
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MUNDO23 said:
Banana lol
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Lol i was on my phone and couldn't remember his name, but banana rang a. Bell
What about "Lock 2.0"? Haven't used it in forever (coincidentally, it was the first app I ever bought for Android - lol), but it was specifically made to have the iPhone style locking, as well as give it some personal flare.
Yea that's the one he's using. The screen is compressed and the slider bar is really long and skinny. I've tried it without any luck. I now use "no lock" and just hit any button and am on my main screen, I never really saw the use of pressing a button just to do another task..
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Yea that's the one he's using. The screen is compressed and the slider bar is really long and skinny. I've tried it without any luck. I now use "no lock" and just hit any button and am on my main screen, I never really saw the use of pressing a button just to do another task..
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I do this, except I use a passcode. I just wish android/cm7 will release a lockscreen I like. Rotary did it for me for a while, but it become almost too complicated for me. I didn't like that if I used it to change the sound, i have to wait for the thing to finish rotating. I just want something I slide and it unlocks, but the default sliding tabs in my opinion are ugly. I liked sense's lockscreen, but the cm7 replication doesn't do it for me. looks too... circular
Widget Locker is what you're looking for
I've made PyroIce my new Daily, and we all know it has some bugs. So I thought I'd start a thread to help Unclutter the fourm.
Here's the first thing I've found out.
- Wi-Fi Networks that are WEP/PSK locked can be connected to without having to Manualy put the name in.
Nova Launcher is a Great ICS Replacement Launcher. It can be downloaded from the Market. Or found on XDA as a flashable Zip. That makes it a system app, and allows widgets to be accessed from the launcher.
It has homescreen effects, drawer effects. Custom Grid Sizes, and all widgets are resizeable. Its the ADW of ICS, and is better than CM9's Launcher for 4.0.1.
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you can go to his thread and flash the fixs
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Litesorrows said:
Nova Launcher is a Great ICS Replacement Launcher. It can be downloaded from the Market. Or found on XDA as a flashable Zip. That makes it a system app, and allows widgets to be accessed from the launcher.
It has homescreen effects, drawer effects. Custom Grid Sizes, and all widgets are resizeable. Its the ADW of ICS, and is better than CM9's Launcher for 4.0.1.
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Just saying that Nova Launcher is alreaddy included in the flashable rom
Is it buggy?
I want to install this on my wife's phone, but she has no appreciation for the great work being done here. I would rather not put something on her phone that is going to cause me grief.
Also, is the user interface the same?
qwerty3656 said:
I want to install this on my wife's phone, but she has no appreciation for the great work being done here. I would rather not put something on her phone that is going to cause me grief.
Also, is the user interface the same?
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to be honest, its a great rom. for people that know how to deal with beta roms. if your lookin for a grief free rom, id use another one. i use this but i dont mind the small issues and can deal with them. the user interface is ICS, so the same as ICS yeah? same and gingerbread.. no, lil different. more user friendly i think.
New release is wifey friendly... I think mine could handle it and she has to gripe for a couple months b4 she asks me to root her phone....
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rom the truth is a spectacular friend and has some little problems sierto but you can live with them apart is one of the few developers for our phone and that is to applaud and thank you
Etrick said:
New release is wifey friendly... I think mine could handle it and she has to gripe for a couple months b4 she asks me to root her phone....
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Good, the only reason I won't root my girls phone is cause I don't wanna fix it.
Does anyone know if you can unlink the notification volume and ringer volume in ICS?
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first off, i think this rom is simply great, considering that ics is on very few devices right now, and that our phone is a bit slow in general with development (nothing against all the devs on this phone, cuz what they have made are all really good)
two questions:
does anyone know why the camcorder app is limited to 720p recording? it's definitely not a big issue, but this camera is considered to be one of the best, seems like a shame to waste it.
also, any way to fix the htc dialer showing up in the call and to answer a call you have to unlock first?
how's everyone's battery life doing? mine's much better than when i had cm7 on it
I was looking at 1080p but for some strange reason libstagefright camerasource detects that 1080p is not available. Coudlnt binary hack that, and no idea why that happens.
You can use fullscreen caller id to let you receive calls without unlocking, or can use widgetlocker from market with security set off.
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is it just me or are some things off screen? like the button to remove a widget, or when you add a pattern to your lockscreen the bottom row of circles is like half way off the screen, also I tried playing shadowgun and the controls were completely wacked whick never happened on any roms ive use before...i asked already on rootzwiki but i figured it be a better idea to ask here too any tips or tricks to help me out?
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is it just me or are some things off screen? like the button to remove a widget, or when you add a pattern to your lockscreen the bottom row of circles is like half way off the screen, also I tried playing shadowgun and the controls were completely wacked whick never happened on any roms ive use before...i asked already on rootzwiki but i figured it be a better idea to ask here too any tips or tricks to help me out?
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The pyroice sense one needs more resize in a lot of areas.
Pyroice ics (desensed) is aosp apps/gapps, normal and good
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tbalden said:
The pyroice sense one needs more resize in a lot of areas.
Pyroice ics (desensed) is aosp apps/gapps, normal and good
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gotcha ill switch over to the non sense version now, thanks for the quick reply.
Posting here because I'm still a "New" user and cant post in dev form.
I'm running PyroIce Sense and I cant view any flash websites. Anyone else having this problem? I've tried re-installing Flash, Dolphin (wont work on stock browser as well), and reflashed the rom.
Any ideas?
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Posting here because I'm still a "New" user and cant post in dev form.
I'm running PyroIce Sense and I cant view any flash websites. Anyone else having this problem? I've tried re-installing Flash, Dolphin (wont work on stock browser as well), and reflashed the rom.
Any ideas?
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Ill look at this. Seemed to work,but recheckin.
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Works if I zoom on it enough. Otherwise glitched if not zoomed enough. But works. Youtube at least.
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Try opera mobile - proper flash support is one of their selling points. Unsure if it'll help, but worth a shot - mobile, not mini.
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Ill look at this. Seemed to work,but recheckin.
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Works if I zoom on it enough. Otherwise glitched if not zoomed enough. But works. Youtube at least.
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If i enter full screen browser hangs. if i zoom in, it will play, but it's very choppy with elements of my wallpaper mixed in, sometimes it's the notifications bar that draws itself into the flash. It's very odd.
thanks for the help! (loving this rom BTW)
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If i enter full screen browser hangs. if i zoom in, it will play, but it's very choppy with elements of my wallpaper mixed in, sometimes it's the notifications bar that draws itself into the flash. It's very odd.
thanks for the help! (loving this rom BTW)
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i see you saw the fix stuff on the rom thread... no idea if it will help too much, but slightly seemed better with youtube...
Will flash later today, thanks!
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Still having problems with flash, But it's not too big of a deal. I have a tab to watch YouTube.
Patch 3 did seem to greatly speed up the browser.
Again, Thanks for the awesome ROM!
If anyone didn't know, you can put widgets in the dockbar. For example, Music controls(Tested on stock music app, Tunein and somewhat on Pandora).
This is how I've done it, not sure if other launchers can do it too or not.(Apex Launcher seems to work too)
-Install Nova launcher(I'm using the free version). It's a pretty decent launcher anyways
-Under Nova Settings>Desktops tick the 'Resize All Widgets' option
-Place whichever widget you want on your homescreen, resize it to the smallest possible option
-Drag it and place it on an empty dockbar(Dockbars are like homescreens in this launcher, you can have multiple and just swipe side to side)
EDIT: It seems the fallback to this is that you can only have one icon available on the dock. Under Nova Settings>Dock>Dock Icons set it to 1. This does limit the other dock screens that you might actually have more than one icon on. Also set all the margins to none.
Couple pictures of widgets I've placed(Tunein, Stock Music App, and System Tuner widget)
This has been tested on Synergy r64 and CWM10 8/31 nightlies...
Definitely going to have to experiment with this!
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tried with apex launcher didn't work.
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tried with apex launcher didn't work.
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Try Nova launcher, it grows on ya I'll update the OP too so people know Apex doesn't work.
Didn't work with powerAmp, oh well.
Tazer2death said:
Didn't work with powerAmp, oh well.
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I just downloaded it and tried it... it worked for me... Were you actually running Nova Launcher???
This is a fluke that I found so help me trouble shoot it... I may have settings changed that you don't... etc...
Good find. Didn't even think of trying that. I've used nova since I first went onto ICS leaks on the bionic. Love the launcher. I just haven't installed it onto this get cause for some reason, and i hate to say it, I'm enjoying touch wiz. I probably will install Nova and try this at some point though. My touch wiz love can't last forever.
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Worked for me with mostly stock settings. No idea what I changed honestly. Lol. I used the Google ears widget. Also, how did you get them to fill the whole dock and not just one space?
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fr8cture said:
tried with apex launcher didn't work.
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this does work with apex. ive been doing it since july. i didnt follow your method, though.
on synergy r60, ive only used the google search widget though. dont want to mess around wiht my settings cause i have it perfect for my setup at the moment.
screenshot for evidence.
Pretty excited about this! never really thought of it but I think I'll give it a go!
Brian Gove said:
I just downloaded it and tried it... it worked for me... Were you actually running Nova Launcher???
This is a fluke that I found so help me trouble shoot it... I may have settings changed that you don't... etc...
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Which widget did you use? I tried the 4x2 shrunk down and 4x1. the only way I could get it to work was 1x1 and all it did was open power launcher which i wouldn't really call widget functionality.
You had music controls or just a button that opens poweramp?
Haro912 said:
Worked for me with mostly stock settings. No idea what I changed honestly. Lol. I used the Google ears widget. Also, how did you get them to fill the whole dock and not just one space?
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Tazer2death said:
Which widget did you use? I tried the 4x2 shrunk down and 4x1. the only way I could get it to work was 1x1 and all it did was open power launcher which i wouldn't really call widget functionality.
You had music controls or just a button that opens poweramp?
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I've updated the OP but it seems that you have to set the dock icons to 1 instead of multiple for the widget to go "full size" like that. It restricts other dock screens you might have something on.
Tazer2death said:
Didn't work with powerAmp, oh well.
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Isnt this a nova launcher feature and they have to be 1x1 widgets
piiman said:
Isnt this a nova launcher feature and they have to be 1x1 widgets
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lol it is I guess. Never noticed it on their description page. Well, this is how to do it anyways lol
ddurandSGS3 said:
this does work with apex. ive been doing it since july. i didnt follow your method, though.
on synergy r60, ive only used the google search widget though. dont want to mess around wiht my settings cause i have it perfect for my setup at the moment.
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It works with paid version not free one
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fr8cture said:
It works with paid version not free one
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i have the free version. still havent tried other widgets,but i have had the searchbar there for over a month now.
ddurandSGS3 said:
i have the free version. still havent tried other widgets,but i have had the searchbar there for over a month now.
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Hmm it wouldnt let me do it. I switched to Nova Launcher which i like better.
Brian Gove said:
I've updated the OP but it seems that you have to set the dock icons to 1 instead of multiple for the widget to go "full size" like that. It restricts other dock screens you might have something on.
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Thanks for the reply. I rely on my dock to much to do that. ^_^
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