While I am familiar with rooting and flashing devices (flashed a GPE Rom on my S4 the night I bought it), most of my experiences have gone smoothly. I rooted this tablet, froze Magazine UX and a bunch of bloatware, then sideloaded the Google Now Launcher. My home screen and app drawer are vanilla Google but my bars and settings have kept the ugly TouchWiz colour scheme, icons, and layout. Did I miss a step somewhere? I've tried looking at this and the TabPro's forums and couldn't really find anything. Thanks for any help.
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That stuff is cooked into the stock ROM itself and can't be significantly modified.
I hate the look of the quick settings tiles . . but trying to modify them to my liking using Xposed modules has been a fruitless exercise thus far.
About all I've done thus far is change the look of the battery icon using Wanam's module.
I wish I could figure out what service/app I could set per-app dpi to using App Settings to reduce the size of things on the notifications panel. I really don't want to do the reverse by doing a global change and then have to increase DPI settings for a bunch of apps just to avoid issues with them.
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so i searched around a bit but didnt find anything useful
i would like to know if it is possible to keep a backround specific to a launcher, and have the backround change to that image whenever i switch to that launcher.
i want to create something of a different home experience, one which would use icons(or images) to launch another launcher, sort of like sub-launchers, basically have the main launcher with icons to media, tools, social, etc, and have each icon open to another launcher that is set up for its specific purpose. the biggest flaw with this is the backround alwasy stays the same when switching launchers,
so is it possible to force a backround change specific to each launcher installed on the phone?
Been trying LauncherSwitcher the past few days. Your idea sounds something akin to what that does.
Maybe include a script that can invoke the different backgrounds?
Well, changing the launcher is the easy part, this can be done via launcherswitcher, or home switcher, or in the way I want to use it, using an activity shortcut with custom icon(launcher pro, better cut, etc.)
The background is the real issue, I would love to include a script to invoke a backround change, but really have no idea how to do that.
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Hello fellow Android-ers......
Will a custom Launcher Homescreen Theme circumvent the Honeycomb System Bar ?
Recently I bought a Dell Streak 7. It had Honeycomb installed when I got it.
The screen is way too small for Honeycombs system bar, and its a less pleasant experience than it should be.
I don't want to root the tablet. I really haven't the Android knowledge to do that.
I wanted to ask if a custom Homescreen ( like SPB Shell , ADW Launcher or Go Launcher ) app would get rid of the system bar.
When I read the app descriptions on the Marketplace it would seem that it does replace the system bar with whatever navigation tools the custom home theme employs.......
.......however, several hours of searching on Google for ways to get rid of the system bar without rooting the phone would indicate that the Honeycomb system bar will be there no matter what as long as the phone is running Honeycomb.....
Might there be any other ways to get rid of the system bar without rooting ?
I appreciate any insight you may be able to offer. Thank You!
I'm not 100% about the Honeycomb part but I know on my Droid 2 I installed ADW launcher and the status bar was different. I'd say try it, it couldn't hurt. Worse comes to worst you uninstall it and end up back at square one lol.
The system bar is not part of the launcher, so you won't be able to hide it with a home replacement app.
ADW EX allows you to hide the Status Bar while you are on your Homescreens. It won't help when you are within an App though.
Well that's not really what I wanted to hear , but, its still good news
The resolution on the streak in Honeycomb is pretty small and the icons get pretty tiny.....
At least I will be able to navigate more easily with a Homescreen Launcher.
Thanks very much for the info !
I wish I had bought ADW EX when it was $0.10 now lol.
Thanks again
Hello all,
New Galaxy S2 user here. Coming from a line of exclusively HTC Sense phones and ROMs.
I'm wondering if it's possible (and easy) to change the icons for default apps in CM9 or TW based ROMs? Specifically the "Messaging" icon - I hate the "smiley" face. Makes me feel 12 years old again.
I've done a few searches, but I'm not looking to replace the entire icon set or the ROM or theme... just one icon.
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Hello all,
New Galaxy S2 user here. Coming from a line of exclusively HTC Sense phones and ROMs.
I'm wondering if it's possible (and easy) to change the icons for default apps in CM9 or TW based ROMs? Specifically the "Messaging" icon - I hate the "smiley" face. Makes me feel 12 years old again.
I've done a few searches, but I'm not looking to replace the entire icon set or the ROM or theme... just one icon.
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Are you talking about the app mms icon or the emoticon pack from what sound like it's the mms icon
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gfinockio said:
Hello all,
New Galaxy S2 user here. Coming from a line of exclusively HTC Sense phones and ROMs.
I'm wondering if it's possible (and easy) to change the icons for default apps in CM9 or TW based ROMs? Specifically the "Messaging" icon - I hate the "smiley" face. Makes me feel 12 years old again.
I've done a few searches, but I'm not looking to replace the entire icon set or the ROM or theme... just one icon.
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The hard way is to download the apk, open it up, replace the images with the ones you want, repackage it, and reinstall it. The easy way is to use a launcher that allows you to change the icon. I know Apex and Nova do, not sure about any others.
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The hard way is to download the apk, open it up, replace the images with the ones you want, repackage it, and reinstall it. The easy way is to use a launcher that allows you to change the icon. I know Apex and Nova do, not sure about any others.
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Beat me to it after double checking some of my sources lol
There correct easy way Launcher apex or nova work best
For a full change decompile framework.res or systemui.apk one of these 2 change icons recompile sign and reinstall
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Also check out "Desktop Visualizer" in the market .
But as already mentioned ....the different launchers are the best & easiest way.
Holo launcher is another one.
Good Luck.
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Go Launcher as well. Go, Nova, and Apex have the ability to use icon sets made for each other.
Hmmm... going to an entirely different launcher seems like overkill, but I guess if it works...
There used to be apps on the Market that would allow you to create shortcuts with different icons (BetterCut comes to mind, but the dev pulled it from the Market entirely).
If you don't want a new launcher, try Desktop Visualizer (though I have yet to figure out how to get it to use an existing icon pack). There are a lot of options in it and it's a great program.
I'm using the Google Now launcher on my S7, and it along with a Marshmallow theme from the Samsung theme store has given the phone a nice stock Android look. Unfortunately, the icon pack included along with the Marshmallow theme hasn't applied on GNL. I know GNL doesn't natively support icon packs but has anyone figured out a workaround for this? The TouchWiz icons stand out otherwise. And when I say icon packs, I mean in the app drawer too, not just modded shortcuts on the home screen.
In case you have root you can use Xposed and the XGEL module to use a different icon pack:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-xposed-gel-settings-t2647275
Otherwise (i.e. without root) I would recommend a launcher like Nova.
I'm not rooted.
Rick_Moli0212 said:
I'm not rooted.
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Use Nova Launcher. You can set it up to look exactly like GEL, but it's more functional and performs better. You can use Google Opinion Rewards to build up a couple of £/$ to cover the cost of "Prime" but it's not necessary.
Fyi for anyone googling this or looking for this still. I had my s7 edge display scaling set to condensed to fit more on the screen. Once I changed it back to standard (with the material Samsung theme applied) and rebooted the correct icons appeared. Could be that the change forces the launcher to recreate icons or clear it's cache etc.
Also, stock android lovers, install good lock from the galaxy app stores to bring the stock android notification shade and status bar into your s7. Got a very stock feel now with Samsung material theme, Google now launcher and good lock.
Hope this helps someone.
So switch your display scaling after setting your theme should flush the icons ??
So I was trying to import my TouchWiz Home settings to Nova, and while it seems to work, a ton of my icons get replaced with the android head icon. Wondering if anyone with an S8/+ has had this issue or has had success with importing TouchWiz home data with icons intact? I want to start using Nova, but I don't really want to have to rebuild my folders if I can avoid it.
If you're speaking about Samsung proprietary widgets, very often these can be used only on Touchwiz.
No, I'm speaking of the icons themselves - numerous apps lose their icons and turn into the Android head logo, but some don't. That's what I'm referring to - doesn't matter if it's on the homescreen in or in a folder, but it happens either way for many of them.
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No, I'm speaking of the icons themselves - numerous apps lose their icons and turn into the Android head logo, but some don't. That's what I'm referring to - doesn't matter if it's on the homescreen in or in a folder, but it happens either way for many of them.
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Just touch the icons and hit allow and.most of them will come back
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Just touch the icons and hit allow and.most of them will come back
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Correct, this way can work on widgets, but on Nova launcher the apps icons should always show.
I suspect the OP mistakes the widgets for apps.
I tried nova from scratch since it's never wise to import settings from an older phone+os. Then I didn't feel like setting things up again and decided to try samsung touchwiz first. Uninstalled nova and lost the paralax scrolling. Have an iphone for work so I can appreciate this option from samsung. Reinstalled nova and it was back.
Long story short, I flashed an older firmware to my phone and have everything working again. Without nova launcher.
This happens if you have custom icons from Samsung Themes. Just long press on the Android icon to change them back to stock icons or something else if you have downloaded icon packs
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This happens if you have custom icons from Samsung Themes. Just long press on the Android icon to change them back to stock icons or something else if you have downloaded icon packs
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Is there a way to make this not happen if I switch back to stock icons?
I haven't tried, but I imagine if you switch back to stock icons in the Touchwiz launcher and then do the import in Nova, all of your icons should show
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