The latest version of GoLauncher EX does things to my icons that I hate: it puts black rectangular overlays (in fact underlays) to quite a number of original homescreen app-icons - but not all (that's a part of the problem). The GoLauncher support team is not very reluctant to help me, and puts me on "hold".
However I managed to extract the "apk" installer file of a previous version of Go Launcher, which didn't cause this issue of black rectangular "underlay" of many original icons.
The thing also is that by putting a black underlay to the original icons, the launcher has to make the original icons smaller (by some 20%). This is totally unacceptable. Now a big number of original icons have this black underlay and the result is awfull.
Having the previous apk of the launcher, how can I proceed ? First uninstalling the actual version of the GoLauncher and than using the old apk ? I might lose a number of settings !! Or just overinstalling the actual (bad) apk with the old one ?
How uggly is this ?
Some icons get the black underlay, others don't. I just don't want underlays because it makes the originals too small.
TomDDD said:
The latest version of GoLauncher EX does things to my icons that I hate: it puts black rectangular overlays (in fact underlays) to quite a number of original homescreen app-icons - but not all (that's a part of the problem). The GoLauncher support team is not very reluctant to help me, and puts me on "hold".
However I managed to extract the "apk" installer file of a previous version of Go Launcher, which didn't cause this issue of black rectangular "underlay" of many original icons.
The thing also is that by putting a black underlay to the original icons, the launcher has to make the original icons smaller (by some 20%). This is totally unacceptable. Now a big number of original icons have this black underlay and the result is awfull.
Having the previous apk of the launcher, how can I proceed ? First uninstalling the actual version of the GoLauncher and than using the old apk ? I might lose a number of settings !! Or just overinstalling the actual (bad) apk with the old one ?
How uggly is this ?
Some icons get the black underlay, others don't. I just don't want underlays because it makes the originals too small.
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Hello and Welcome to XDA-developers!
In your case, I should do this steps:
1. Since you have GoLauncher installed, install another launcher (now you have 2 launchers)
2. Choose to apply the second launcher as default and uninstall GoLauncher (now you have only 1 launcher)
3. Download GoLauncher (Old one that doesn't have that issue you talk about)
4. Install GoLauncher and choose it as default launcher (now you have 2 launchers and GoLauncher is the default one)
5. Uninstall second launcher
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733702
Can someone tell me how to change icon packs? I would love to have these icons, but I have no clue how to change them except for the dock in launcher pro. these would go great with black mod
You have to go into each individual apk and replace the icon with the one you want from that icon pack. Tedious, but not hard. You may need to resize the image, and you will almost definitely need to rename it to match the one in the apk...though maybe not, since that pack was actually made for android...
Have fun!
OR you could download ADW launcher and just hold down on the home screen and select custom shortcut
OR download bettercut and apply them that way
Hey guys, I'm wondering whether there is a way to get rid of the icon labels background on the home screen and make it transparent. IMO it looks ugly. I tried looking for a thread that has a solution for this already but I could not find one, if such thread exist, please help direct me to it.
And anyone who might know the trick to achieve this, please share. Thanks!
If you mean riddance of the black background for the white text for the the icons...
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ronald.aton said:
get rid of the icon labels background
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There are 2 ways I can think of (and have tried).
===== If you are on stock TouchWiz: =====
Try the app "Desktop VisualizeR" (spelt exactly like that).
Market Link
Do note it's not the most "efficient" way of making transparent icon label backgrounds so it might be too inefficient for people that change homescreen icons on a regular basis. As in it takes awhile to setup all the icons but it works.
Steps:
1. Go to home screen > add widget > Desktop VisualizeR (1x1 SS).
then...
2. Click on the widget > select icon and action (in this instance you can just use an app "Icon" as the "icon" and the "Launch" action as "launch the app" > fill or leave "Label" > set "Label Color" as "Transparent".
Another thing you can do if you want all your future icons to follow a "template" of your choosing (e.g. I want all my future icons created using this widget / icon to have white text on transparent background), then go into your Applications > launch Desktop VisualizeR program > click "Menu" button on your phone > Settings > and now you can play around with the settings.
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I'm pretty sure there is a setting in the launcher settings that allows all created homescreen shortcuts to have a transparent label background.
I use the GO Launcher App. It solves the problem easily and shows the switch of the homescreens smoothly ;-)
My favourite launcher @ Maket
Thanks guys for your responses. I really wanted to achieve this while keeping the stock TW launcher but there just really isn't an actual mod or anything for this. Since I also wanted to be able to rename the labels, I ended up using GoLauncher EX instead. It's a very good alternative and yes, it is very smooth, especially with a kernel running at 1.7 Ghz.
If you use GoLauncher, you probably noticed that the icons on the dock are much smaller than the ones on your home screen. To make them similar, or in some, equal in size, I had to extract the icons I use on my dock from those .apk's and re-sized them from edge to edge to get rid of the margins because that is what's making them appear small on the dock. I saved the edited icons and put them on my sd card and just used the "Change Icon" option from GoLauncher to use the ones I edited. I also went ahead and made custom icons from folders so that they'll look better at least.
I have a screen shot of my home screen below for you guys to check out. Btw, I'm loving the G-Note! This device is just epic!
ronald.aton said:
Thanks guys for your responses. I really wanted to achieve this while keeping the stock TW launcher but there just really isn't an actual mod or anything for this. Since I also wanted to be able to rename the labels, I ended up using GoLauncher EX instead. It's a very good alternative and yes, it is very smooth, especially with a kernel running at 1.7 Ghz.
If you use GoLauncher, you probably noticed that the icons on the dock are much smaller than the ones on your home screen. To make them similar, or in some, equal in size, I had to extract the icons I use on my dock from those .apk's and re-sized them from edge to edge to get rid of the margins because that is what's making them appear small on the dock. I saved the edited icons and put them on my sd card and just used the "Change Icon" option from GoLauncher to use the ones I edited. I also went ahead and made custom icons from folders so that they'll look better at least.
I have a screen shot of my home screen below for you guys to check out. Btw, I'm loving the G-Note! This device is just epic!
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Look nice. Mind to share your icons set?
aezv said:
Look nice. Mind to share your icons set?
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Sure. Just download the attachment below. Make sure when you select the icons for use, that you press "No Crop" so that they will display properly.
Thanks a lot, you save me much big time.
aezv said:
Thanks a lot, you save me much big time.
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You're welcome.
Searched, missed it if it's out there.
Does VB use a non-stock dialer? Just curious because none of the themes I've tried change the little phone icon... and the "black phone on black wallpaper" is hard for me to see. Would like the green phone back if possible.
(I realize this is extremely minor, just curious if it's possible, and what I need to do.) Thanks!
Check this out maybe you can use some of the apk's and push it to the system... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500701... follow the op for further instructions..
Cool thanks. There's no way to change the icon in the VB dialer? (I do like it better, other than the icon.)
Look at a different launcher (golauncher, launcher pro) - or the paid version of adw. You can change the icon to whatever you want.
lumin30 said:
Look at a different launcher (golauncher, launcher pro) - or the paid version of adw. You can change the icon to whatever you want.
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Cool. So I got the paid ADW. Figured out how to change icons, which is COOL.
But I still haven't found a phone icon I like. I extracted the .PNG from the VB dialer, recolored it to dark green, re-saved it as a PNG and... ADW acts like it doesn't exist.
So now I'm trying to figure out if there is some requirement for icons of which I'm unaware. Seeing as all I did was change the phone color from black to green you'd think it'd be okay... :dunno:
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Cool. So I got the paid ADW. Figured out how to change icons, which is COOL.
But I still haven't found a phone icon I like. I extracted the .PNG from the VB dialer, recolored it to dark green, re-saved it as a PNG and... ADW acts like it doesn't exist.
So now I'm trying to figure out if there is some requirement for icons of which I'm unaware. Seeing as all I did was change the phone color from black to green you'd think it'd be okay... :dunno:
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If you have Titanium backup make adw system app. Also make sure its moved to the internal memory.
First off, I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to creating themes, but want to modify one. I purchased the Blaque Icon theme set and love the look BUT there are a few icons they did not change. I opened up the file and noticed there are some icons I could use to replace the stockish ones. To give you an idea here's what it looks like:
The calculator, fancy widget, and a few on other screens mismatch the icons. How hard would it be to use an icon from that pack, I guess change the name so it forces the icon pack to use that?
This is for Nova Launcher Prime if that helps.
Can I theme my system icons (like when I go to recents...etc.)? I REALLY like my icon pack (I use Nova) and I wanted to apply it to the rest of my phone, is there a way for me to?