Decent news and weather widget - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have installed miui and I am loving it.
Just one problem I miss the stock android news and weather widget. I have had a look in the market but can't seem to find a decent replacement.
Anyone know of any decent Widgets with similar functions
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I made a search myself like 2 weeks ago and I didn't find a single one to replace the not-so-great stock app.

Yeah I didn't think the stock app was that great either until I lost it lol.
I just love the news feeds as it seems to collect news from alot of sources, love the tech/science news feed
I'm unable to find anything with the same functionality. Does anyone know if it's possible to install the original as an apk on miui and if so where I can get it?
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Stock android calendar widget?

I see this widget is not a part of the vibrant unless I'm over looking it. Does anyone know where I can find it to download it. Thanks in advance
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I really like the "smooth calendar" that's available in the market. Sorry don't know where you'd find the stock one.
probably should move this thread to apps/themes
+1 for Smooth Calendar it's awesome.

[Q]widgets

hi everyone.. after almost 3 years HTC experience, finally got a Samsung it`s obviously far better in many aspects which is certainly why i choose sgs2.. but...
there are many thngs i get used to in HTCs, especially widgets for almost everything.. like fm radio, favorite people with their social accounts and even friendstream.. maybe you guys can help me to find equivalents for them.. i tried launcher pro for friendstream but it's not that.. now i'm trying socialjoggler but.. and for fm radio.. there's nothing yet..
well.. you've got my point.. any helps more then welcome..
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launcher pro paid version will let you theme all the widgets exactly like sense. You basically cant tell the difference. paid version has all the same widgets.
not quite.. music or fm widget is still missing for example
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transparent facebook widget

Can someone direct me towards a facebook widget that is transparent for this phone please? i cant find one for this model.
Try Colorize Widget........or try the search function. There's entire threads dedicated to transparent apps n such.
Android pro widgets (apw) is better. Colorize is too buggy.
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apw worked great thanks! i did do the search function but it came back with so many results that were phone specific and i wasn't sure which would work with this phone. thanks for the help. one other thing. im trying to find a good alternative to the keyboards that came with phone. a friend said htc_ime however same issue i had with the facebook is that i dont see one that is for the SGS II. is there one that i can use that will work with this phone? or another keyboard you guys would recommend?
I use SwiftKey X. Thumb Keyboard is also a good one.
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Use the social hub
+1 on SwiftKey. Very good text prediction.
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+ 1 SwiftKey X
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Google weather widget

Hey guys I was wondering if it would be possible to turn the first result you get in a weather search in jelly bean into an interactive widget. I think that would be cool.
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What's your DPI set on?
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Agreed this would be brilliant and I'm sure one of the developers round here could do it.
I'd like to see this too. I've thought about it before.
I've actually tried doing it before with various apps that grab data from website and put them in widgets but its the design and simplicity of the google weather thing thats so perfect for an android widget.
I'd be willing to pay for this for sure!

[Q] Blink feed Htc Alternative App

Hey devs and android users! I'm new at this so I apologize if I've posted a New thread for nothing or it's in the wrong category
I have a htc one v and a galaxy tab 2 7" (GT-P113) and would like to know if there is any android app that can mimic the way sense 5 homescreen and lockscreen works on the new htc one, and just to be more specific I mean like the way you can see newsfeeds without widgets.
Does anyone know if there is such a thing?
Not at the moment
try Flipboard
Sabbit said:
Not at the moment
try Flipboard
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alright, will do thanks for the quick reply!
Just an update I tried out the app flipboard and theres an app called so.ho. launcher but its not compatible with all devices, any other suggestions?
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mir4ges said:
Just an update I tried out the app flipboard and theres an app called so.ho. launcher but its not compatible with all devices, any other suggestions?
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The closest you'll get is flipboard or currents on JB, using daydreams, while you're charging. The rest of the android world hasn't caught up. Technically, YOU'RE probably the leading knowledge right now on this subject.
Do you mean to say I have the leading knowledge on the subject?
u can try taptu or pulse news from play store
But do they have widgets?
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Actually I'm looking for a live wallpaper that you can interact with as a social network feed for example, facebook, twitter, etc. But on a blank homescreen page. Does anyone know of such a thing?
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live wallpapers dont work like that
Then why are most live wallpapers interactive, there has to be a way to do this
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mir4ges said:
Actually I'm looking for a live wallpaper that you can interact with as a social network feed for example, facebook, twitter, etc. But on a blank homescreen page. Does anyone know of such a thing?
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You can try the feedly widget. I use it on my device to quickly run through headlines from my home screen. It can be resized and still looks good. If you're looking for social feeds, look online to see how to generate a RSS of your fb/twitter feed and add them to feedly.
I have used pulse and flipboard, both do pretty good job.
theadb said:
You can try the feedly widget. I use it on my device to quickly run through headlines from my home screen. It can be resized and still looks good. If you're looking for social feeds, look online to see how to generate a RSS of your fb/twitter feed and add them to feedly.
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Check this thread....it will satisfy all your needs....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44732403#post44732403
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mir4ges said:
Hey devs and android users! I'm new at this so I apologize if I've posted a New thread for nothing or it's in the wrong category
I have a htc one v and a galaxy tab 2 7" (GT-P113) and would like to know if there is any android app that can mimic the way sense 5 homescreen and lockscreen works on the new htc one, and just to be more specific I mean like the way you can see newsfeeds without widgets.
Does anyone know if there is such a thing?
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So... I started making such an app, after i heard my phone won't get the update to Sense 5. (HTC ONE S)
The app itself is going to be a launcher, similair to Sense 5 with Blinkfeed. But i'm not going to add news feeds and rss, Only social networks will be included.
More details coming up
Greetzz,
Armin
ArminHabibija said:
So... I started making such an app, after i heard my phone won't get the update to Sense 5. (HTC ONE S)
The app itself is going to be a launcher, similair to Sense 5 with Blinkfeed. But i'm not going to add news feeds and rss, Only social networks will be included.
More details coming up
Greetzz,
Armin
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Why wouldnt you add RSS feeds? Thats all anyone wants
ArminHabibija said:
So... I started making such an app, after i heard my phone won't get the update to Sense 5. (HTC ONE S)
The app itself is going to be a launcher, similair to Sense 5 with Blinkfeed. But i'm not going to add news feeds and rss, Only social networks will be included.
More details coming up
Greetzz,
Armin
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so.ho launcher already does this
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So.ho launcher hasn't been updated since December of 2013 so it is outdated. Also the benefit of having a launcher do what he is wanting as opposed to a widget is that it will look better. Exactly like what blinkfeed does. It is possible as HTC made sense 6 a launcher, so it is possible. And people don't ONLY want RSS feeds. I personally loved chameleon launcher but that was abandoned/sold.
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Hello, did you start to make the launcher?
It will be great...
Thanks
ArminHabibija said:
So... I started making such an app, after i heard my phone won't get the update to Sense 5. (HTC ONE S)
The app itself is going to be a launcher, similair to Sense 5 with Blinkfeed. But i'm not going to add news feeds and rss, Only social networks will be included.
More details coming up
Greetzz,
Armin
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I accidently froze/disabled HTC blinkfeed and now my phone will not load a Launcher. Can I flash the htc blinkfeed apk in recovery to fix this? I have a HTC Desire 816 running kitkat 4.4.2 and sense 6.0 (Stock)
Thanks

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