[SCREENSETUP][FEB-23-2012] Futuristic/aliens setup for your nexus :) - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

A lot of people have been asking me how I made my setup, so I'm going to make a simple guide as to how to make it. It's easier than it looks, specially now that I'm helping you!
This concept was not originally mine, and I don't take credit for it. But I made it my way and I had permission to borrow his concept of control layout
This is how it turned out //
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NOW Let's Start!
Apps you need //
Minimalistic Text
Palmary Weather Premium or Something similar
I was using Nova Launcher/AOKP B25/Black Nexus by Nitro
No Search Bar - 6x5 Grid
*Note that all of the minimalistic text is bottom aligned vertically and as well as all of them have a static “1spacebar” before the actual time/date/etc.
ie. time has [1space][hour][:][minutes][am/pm]
SCREEN 1
Minimalistic WIDGET SIZE = 3 × 2 – time – 122 dip size // PM/AM – 40 dip size
Minimalistic WIDGET SIZE = 2 x 1 – date – 40 dip size
Put the date on the 2ND ROW of the screen from the top and leave the top part of the screen blank
PALMARY WIDGET - 4 X 2 - Then resize to 5 x 3 fill the middle part
Minimalistic WIDGET SIZE = 2 × 1 – battery – 75 dip size
Bottom part of the screen
3 blank icons to place on the right side
ie phone app / messaging app / folder
SCREEN 2
Minimalistic WIDGET SIZE = 3 × 1 – memory – 55 dip size
To the right side, 2nd row again, leave top part of screen blank.
SWITCHPRO WIDGET - SIZE 4 - then resize to 3 x 1 to fit the wallpaper design
Picture Gallery widget - 5 x 3 - resize to fit the wallpaper design
Minimalistic WIDGET SIZE = 2 × 1 – battery temp is 72 dip size
Bottom left part of the screen
AGAIN
3 blank icons to place on the right side
ie phone app / messaging app / folder
Download the SETUP.zip I have attached and copy the Minimalisticpreference and fonts folder in your sdcard.
The images, distribute where you keep your wallpaper/graphics as well as the softkeys folder if you want them.
*For the softkeys, you will have to use ninjamorph and do it manually because I have no clue how to make a zipthemer or metamorph file.
Apply the wallpaper first and make sure you have the 6x5 grid already applied and have 2 screens instead of 5.
Start applying the widgets (LOOK AT THE SIZES ABOVE) and instead of laying them out manually just restore the preferences I made.
Now for the "Navigation" part of the wallpaper, you can replace that with whatever app you want. I have included a link to the .psd so you can update it.
*Note that I didn't clean up the PSD so you will have to figure it out yourself
IF and WHEN you are done with the navigation part, use the blank.png I included as the new icon for each app you have to make it transparent.
I hope by this time you already have it setup.
ONCE you have this setup, you will have an understanding as to how I layed it out and NOW you can START CUSTOMIZING YOUR OWN
Good Luck!
Please post screenshots of yours here so I can see the results
CLICK HERE FOR PSD

I know how to make ZipThemer files if you need them. This is wonderful

I got an error message when trying to load the minimalistic text preferences. Any idea why? I copied them from your zip, to my sd card where the preferences for MT are, but got an error when trying to load them. No idea

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I got an error message when trying to load the minimalistic text preferences. Any idea why? I copied them from your zip, to my sd card where the preferences for MT are, but got an error when trying to load them. No idea
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maybe make a backup of your saved preferences and then delete the folder of the pref again and reinstall minimalistic text, then just copy the files inside my folder to your new pref folder...
I haven't heard of this type of issue, maybe a corrupted transfer to your sdcard?

Same problem has that guy
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Looks cool.
I wanted to try it but it would be nice if you'd include a little more detailed instructions as how to set this thing up for us - lazy n00bs.
I mean if I put the wallpaper images on the SD and then try to apply the wallpaper thru Gallery, it wants me to crop the image, which will end up over or undercropped so it won't fit the screen precisely.
Also I couldn't figure out how to restore the minimalistic preferences you've made.
So I gave up.

Maybe make a backup of your nova home screen and upload it? I don't know of that'd work though
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Would you mind posting the PSD for the lockscreen?
Also - what are you using for the quick controls?

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Maybe make a backup of your nova home screen and upload it? I don't know of that'd work though
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OSully said:
Would you mind posting the PSD for the lockscreen?
Also - what are you using for the quick controls?
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Stank0 said:
Looks cool.
I wanted to try it but it would be nice if you'd include a little more detailed instructions as how to set this thing up for us - lazy n00bs.
I mean if I put the wallpaper images on the SD and then try to apply the wallpaper thru Gallery, it wants me to crop the image, which will end up over or undercropped so it won't fit the screen precisely.
Also I couldn't figure out how to restore the minimalistic preferences you've made.
So I gave up.
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bleachedgin said:
maybe make a backup of your saved preferences and then delete the folder of the pref again and reinstall minimalistic text, then just copy the files inside my folder to your new pref folder...
I haven't heard of this type of issue, maybe a corrupted transfer to your sdcard?
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Same problem has that guy
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Alright, I added my nova launcher backup, hopefully that works...Also inside the folders, I included different color schemes for the wallpaper and Lockscreen...
ie. orange, red, yellow, etc.
For some reason, xda wouldn't accept the zip even though it's less than 11 mb. anyways, here are the files...Hopefully it works this time...
extra.zip
lockscreen.psd
Make sure that you are using AOKP rom and have 2 screens using nova launcher FIRST. Then maybe once you understand the layout, you can customize it.
IF for some reason the wallpaper isn't properly working just apply it and reboot, nova launcher is weird that way.
I UPDATED THE GUIDE!!

My Alien (g2x)
bleachedgin said:
maybe make a backup of your saved preferences and then delete the folder of the pref again and reinstall minimalistic text, then just copy the files inside my folder to your new pref folder...
I haven't heard of this type of issue, maybe a corrupted transfer to your sdcard?
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Thanks for your help. I couldnt get your preferences to work, so I just went ahead and did the configuration. Doesnt look as good as yours, but not bad considering I'm using a G2X running CM7. LMK what you think.
Lockscreen- CM7 w/ gestures and music controls (no widget)
Homescreen- Beautiful weather, Minimalistic text, launcher pro, CM7 "crystal" theme, Multipicture live wallpapers (had to split your wallpaper into two screens to fit my smaller device properly)
Second Screen- Still not sure what to do here, I dont really need a power widget bc it is in my drop-down menu, maybe I'll add the temp and space, but for now I gotta get back to (real)work!
Thanks a lot for the wallpapers and ideas! I found this thread via Mycolorscreen btw

jds0912 said:
Thanks for your help. I couldnt get your preferences to work, so I just went ahead and did the configuration. Doesnt look as good as yours, but not bad considering I'm using a G2X running CM7. LMK what you think.
Lockscreen- CM7 w/ gestures and music controls (no widget)
Homescreen- Beautiful weather, Minimalistic text, launcher pro, CM7 "crystal" theme, Multipicture live wallpapers (had to split your wallpaper into two screens to fit my smaller device properly)
Second Screen- Still not sure what to do here, I dont really need a power widget bc it is in my drop-down menu, maybe I'll add the temp and space, but for now I gotta get back to (real)work!
Thanks a lot for the wallpapers and ideas! I found this thread via Mycolorscreen btw
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It looks good already, I like your icons

Cool! I set it up manually but is there a way to change the minimalistic text to that tall kind without making it the entire system font? That's the only way I found out how to do it. Thanks.
EDIT: Never mind, got it.
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Thank you so much for the tutorial. I love my new home screens.
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OSully said:
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I love my new home screens.
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oh wow that looks very nice! congratz!

Well the alignment is not perfect, I believe due to my nav bar bieng sized smaller (36dpi) but here is what I have so far.
Thanx for the setup.

OSully said:
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I love my new home screens.
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Could I get your wallpaper in red, I really love the calendar setup.
Also, which launcher icons are you using, it all looks good together.

Can you repost the preferences files? keeps giving an error on the restore.
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I was getting an error too. I'll post my files and wallpaper when I get home.
The icons in the doc are tha icon MW3 white. Love them. Download the tha icon ultimate app in the market if you want to purchase them.
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Thank you, also which calendar widget do you use?

Looks really great! I'll try it today

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[THEME][TUT][VID] Archos 101 Dark Theme

Archos 101 Dark Theme
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Information:
This is a HomeScreen Theme, it doesn't have any other apps customized. I will in the future make fully skinned themes with custom frameworks. This is just my first try, better ones to come.
Performance:
It uses many 3rd Party Addon Apps and Widgets. Some people pay argue it may eat up the system memory but I have been using this setup since a week and its suitable for daily use. There are occasional lags if the Media Scan is going on. And it takes another minute after boot for the apps to start up. Then you may have to use Advanced Task Killer (ATK) to kill some apps on startup. That is all thats need to smooth the tab out after boot. Takes a few minutes. I have TweetDeck, Kik, Facebook, eBuddy, Dolphin Browser and MusicPlayer Pro open at all times and I dont see any lag. So you guys should be fine
What you need:
Archos 101
Launcher Pro Plus*
MultiPicture Live Wallpaper (in Market)
Cowon D3 Clock (in Market)
Minimalistic Text (in Market)
Pure Messenger (in Market)
Extended Controls (in Market)
Music PlayerPro (in Market)
Simi Folders (in Market)
Desktop Visualizer (in Market)
*About the launcher: You need LP+ as it allows you to overlap and resize widgets... ADW EX allows this but doesn't play well with MultiPicture Live Wallpaper.
Pre Preparation:
Make sure you have all the apps listed above and download the zip file with the files in it and put it in the internal root directory.
App Settings:
Below are the fundamental settings I have set in all the Apps, please have the things listed below as they are set.
LauncherPro Plus-
General Settings>Hidden Apps>Hide all the stuff later on.
General Settings>Enable Scrollable Widgets> Tick
HomeScreen Settings>Number of Screens>5
HomeScreen Settings>Default Screen>3
HomeScreen Settings>Transition Effect> None
HomeScreen Settings>Number if Columns>10
HomeScreen Settings>Number of Rows>9
Dock Settings>Number of Docks>1
Enable Loop Scrolling> No
Behavior Settings>Enable Auto Rotation> No
Behavior Settings>Home Key Action>Show/Hide Status Bar
Behavior Settings>Home Key Default Screen> Yes
Appearance Settings>Dock background> None
Appearance Settings>Dock background> Show Screen indicator> No
Appearance Settings>Dock background> Hide Notification Bar > Yes
Appearance Settings>Dock background> Home Button App Drawer > No
Appearance Settings>Dock background>Hide Icon labels > No
Appearance Settings>Dock background> Disable Wallpaper Scrolling > No
Appearance Settings>Dock background> Highlight > Outline
Advanced Settings> Play around with it. Do NOT enable 3D as it doesnt support landscape. Be careful in here tho.
LP Widgets > None
MultiPicture Live Wallpaper-
Common Settings>Picture Source> No need to set this now.
Common Settings>Background Color> Black
Common Settings>Crop/Resize> Show Entire Picture
Common Settings>Decrease Saturation>100%
Common Settings>Decrease opacity> 100%
Drawing Settings> transition Type> NONE
Drawing Settings> No Reflection
Thats it for MultiPicture Live Wallpaper for now.
Minimalistic Text-
Just add a dummy widget anywhere for now and go to Global Settings. Set your settings there and set the fonts folder to /sdcard/fonts (or /fonts) depending where your internal root is. Press save and home. If you see the widget, remove it.
Basic HomeScreen Customization:
We will be doing everything in Landscape View
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First get rid of the Launcher Dock on the Right. Here's what to do:
Hold the top most icon and set Swipe Gesture action as Show/Hide Status Bar.
Then on the same icon long press and Change > Icon > Blank
Do the same with all the 4 icons below but on the third one, set it to Open Notifications as a Swipe Gesture. And on the 5th or the lower most icon, set the Gesture as Open App Drawer Now that we are done with that, you should have your Status Bar hidden and no dock icons. Just the screen and the soft buttons.
Now set the open up the MultiPicture Live Wallpaper and add screens to it.
Please download the zipped folder in this thread and extract it in the internal root as it is. If you haven't done so yet.
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This should be pretty straight forward.
Screen 1 = System
Screen 2 = Social
Screen 3 = Home
Screen 4 = Games
Screen 5 = Media
Just choose Single Picture and use Root Explorer to navigate to the folder and use the wallpaper.
Code:
We are just getting started, we'll go one screen at a time now. We are 30% done as of now :)
Screen 1, System:
Start adding 9 Extended Controls Widgets. Make sure you set it to white icons and no labels or drop shadow. Now align them as in the DeviantArt ScreenShot.
After you do that, add 3x1 minimalistic Text Widgets, hide their backgrounds and select Custom Layout > Remove all the current blocks and add Static Text. Now click that and write out he label, set style as Accented, and override size to 18. Now go to Accented Text Style Settings and choose the Font to Telegrafico (it should appear if you've added the font folder properly.)
Keep doing so until you have it all layout. You may have to resize a few widgets, you do that but holding the widgets and leaving them. Launcher Pro will show a rectangle with an arrow on the lower right. Exit resize mode by press the back soft button.
Screen 2, Social:
This screen is pretty easy. Open up Pure Messenger from Widget Selection, select the 4x4 scrollable widget, setup your accounts> customize and use the White Transparent theme. Now play around with it and resize and fit it within the wallpaper.
Now select Desktop Visualizer 3x1 and select the icon from the folder and start setting them on the right. Pretty self explanatory.
Screen 3, Home:
This screen is hard. May take time to perfect as theres a lotta overlapping going on and setting up the widgets may take time...
First open the Cowon Clock from widgets and set the colors to green and white and move it to the top left as in the screen shot. You may have to resize to get to the exact position.
We are using Desktop Visualizer 3x1 for the browser and chat icon. I have included a calendar icon too if you wish to use it.
Now the minimalistic text is set as below:
Set the static text to Non Accented and and the Battery to Accented. Set the size of the font to 20. Then go to text styles and change the font family for both accented and non accented to Telegrafico. Go back to the Accented Settings and change the color to Hex>66cc00
Do the same for the other snippets down there. Once they are on the screen. Start by placing the "Hope you are having a Good Evening" thing to the bottom. Resize it to set it to a place. Then the weather above it and resize it so it overlaps the widget below but is near it. Do the same with the battery text.
I know this may be tricky but you should be able to nail it within 5 tries.
Screen 4, Games:
This screen is made up of 4 4x2 Desktop Visualizer Widgets Resized to look good.
Once you have the emulators loaded up with icons in the folder.
The Android Icon is a Simi Folder Widget/Icon.
Here are the settings for my Simi Folder on the Games Screen.
Go to the App Drawer>Simi Folder
Add Folder
FolderName> Games
Widget Settings>Icon> Select the Android Icon
Widget layout> the 4th Icon in the left column.
Back
Launcher Settings> Hide everything under it.
Icon Size to 50
Width to 50
Launcher Style to Custom
And then just press OK on the top.
Once youve done this go back to the Games HomeScreen and add a SimiFolder Widget and select the folder we just created. Again, resize so it fits in between the emulators.
Now we add Static Text via Minimalistic Text. As we did before, 3x1, Accented, Add the Fonts, and the Size for the text is 25.
Screen 5, Media:
This screen uses the MusicPlayer Pro Widget on the left and a Minimalistic text Widget. The Text widget is reszed to just touch the widget so it looks like in the screen shot.
Before we proceed we may have to go back to Simi Folder and Create the remaining Folders that we use here.
Follow the same steps as for making the Games folder. (Steps above.)
Now I have stretched the the listen down one row. Then just put the watch icon below it and the again stretched the photos down one row. If you keep doing so, you'll achieve it as in the screenshot. (btw the Simi Folder Widget size is 3x1)
Wrap Up:
As you see, it will take sometime setting the Minimalistic Text Widgets. You may wonder why not embed that text in the wallpaper too. But doing that would blur it out like the dock. I am working on the Wallpaper issue and will update if I get a solution.
Credits:
The Wallpapers were made by me except the HomeScreen.
The HomeScreen Wallpaper was used from SocWall.com, so I dont have the link to the Author.
The Media Icons are by [email protected], and I have just added the text next to them.
The font used is Telegrafico by [email protected]
If I missed any credis please let me know.
Thanks:
Thanks again for all your support guys I will be making more themes for this tab. If anyone wants to buy me coffee, you may do so here. If you have question, please ask em below. And if you have problems, dont worry, I'll be providing support here.
Links:
Deviant Art: http://xdeeps.deviantart.com/art/A101-Dark-Theme-202031731
YouTube Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvcElwropaI
Dont forget to hit thanks!​
i am very insteresting
if you want i create a news on www.jbmm.fr
cajl said:
i am very insteresting
if you want i create a news on www.jbmm.fr
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You can publish if you wanna, just link it to the dA link
ok
how use this skin ?
Omg this is absolutly assome!
I love your theme
Please post all the sources and icons!
It looks fantastic! Even better than honeycomb
Simply awesome
Do want exactly the same!!!!!!!
That is very cool. Thanks for sharing
How have you got the names of the home screens displayed along the bottom?
I am very interested! Please make this available! I will donate as well. Thanks! this is AWESOME
opposition1 said:
I am very interested! Please make this available! I will donate as well. Thanks! this is AWESOME
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Thanks, will make a tutorial soon enough
fisha21 said:
That is very cool. Thanks for sharing
How have you got the names of the home screens displayed along the bottom?
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Its all in the wallpaper Hence the quality of the dock aint that great. Gotta work on that.
Bingoig11 said:
Simply awesome
Do want exactly the same!!!!!!!
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Will take around 2 hours as you have to theme it manually. Tutorial coming soon
Lennb said:
Omg this is absolutly assome!
I love your theme
Please post all the sources and icons!
It looks fantastic! Even better than honeycomb
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Hah, better than honeycomb? I guess so
And I'll release the sources soon.
cajl said:
ok
how use this skin ?
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It cant be called a skin as you have to manually make it all but I'll make a tut soon.
Thanks again guys I'll be making a light theme in a few weeks too This was just a test of how flexible Android is and how the A101 handles it. And tbh it doesnt take up much resources. Runs smooth.
just for the buzz in France in first, the world after
http://www.jbmm.fr/?p=15134
Please upload, would it also work with A70?
I cant wait to see this on my A101
@ The A70:
I guess yes but you have to resize the wallpapers..
Hope the tut will release soon.
cajl said:
just for the buzz in France in first, the world after
http://www.jbmm.fr/?p=15134
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Thanks a lot mate.
SWFlyerUK said:
Please upload, would it also work with A70?
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I guess it should, but may require wallpaper resizing... may take time but it can...
Lennb said:
I cant wait to see this on my A101
Hope the tut will release soon.
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I'll be posting the stuff in around 18 hours from now...
Can't wait! Thanks a lot
Video Added. Tutorial in a few hours.
SilentRazor said:
Will take around 2 hours as you have to theme it manually. Tutorial coming soon
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Don't care about how long it will take to get this, this is the most beautiful theme I saw on the 101! Again, thanks, thanks, and thanks!
This is a long few hours
A lot longer then you said it would be...
ya damnit where is it?!!?!
opposition1 said:
ya damnit where is it?!!?!
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Be nice lol, it was Friday and had a few real life things. I promise it will be up in the next four hours. I can put it all out there for you to mix and match yourself or you can waitfor me to give you the exact config. Sorry about thedelay too... had a few issues taken care of...

[MOD] Stock Launcher | No Search Bar | 4x5 Portrait Grid | 4.0.4 Test Version Avail!

Click Here For 4.0.4 Test Version
Introduction
Here is a version of the stock ICS/GN launcher modded to remove the search bar and reclaim that space in portrait mode by providing a 4x5 grid. The search bar is hidden, the grid is increased to 4x5 and the margins are all adjusted to compensate.​
Compatibility
Version 3.0 is for ROM's prior to 4.0.3 (includes landscape support)
Verison 4.0 is for ROM's with Android 4.0.3 or later (landscape support coming soon)
Features:
Google search bar removed from home screen
Search still works as expected
Choose 3, 5 or 7* (*experimental) home screens!
Great with Paul's search button mod available here
4x5 grid enabled in portrait mode to reclaim the search bar space
Vertical grid height reduced slightly to accommodate 5 rows
Landscape (where available) remains 4x4 (4x5 doesn't fit without scaling) so bottom row is chopped off (gracefully)
Transparent folders by Evostance included in version 4 and up!
Screenshots:
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Installation:
Works on most ICS roms (you may experience problems with smaller resolution screens)
Install an alternative launcher first so you have options if this does not work!
Boot to CWM recovery and make a backup
Select one zip file from this list:
Version 3 (for pre-4.0.3 ROMs)
Standard 5 Screens with Landscape - ICSLauncherNoSearch4x5v3.zip
Standard 5 Screens without Landscape - ICSLauncherNoSearch4x5v3+NoLandscape.zip
3 Screens in Landscape and Portrait - ICSLauncherNoSearch4x5v3+3x3.zip
4 Screens without Landscape - ICSLauncherNoSearch4x5v3+4x0+D2.zip
Version 4 (for 4.0.3 and above ROMs)
No Landscape Support Yet!
One Home Screen - ICSLauncherNoSearch_v4_1HS.zip
Three Home Screens - ICSLauncherNoSearch_v4_3HS.zip
Five Home Screens - ICSLauncherNoSearch_v4_5HS.zip
Seven Home Screens (Experimental!!) - ICSLauncherNoSearch_v4_7HS.zip
Flash the selected zip in recovery
Hit thanks below if it works out for you and please provide feedback
Optional Stock Folders
The latest mod includes transparent folder backgrounds, if you'd prefer the stock/standard black circular ones then follow the link below.
Instructions to revert to stock icons: click here
Credit & Thanks
Evostance for providing me with the 4.0.3 framework and launcher to work with as well as the transparent folder pngs!
Paul @ MoDaCo for including this mod in the MCR kitchen...
Launcher Tweaking Instructions
The method to achieve this mod with the stock launcher is substantially more complex since Android 4.0.3 so I've provided some instructions in the document linked below. I can't promise these will stay relevant and you need to have some pre-existing knowledge before you can start but they should help.
Tweaking the ICS Launcher (xda post)
If this helps you also, then consider hitting 'Thanks' below.​
so far so good. i'm not too keen on auto rotation of launchers, but otherwise i'm quite pleased with it. on other launchers it's still a 4x4 grid, which i'm sure you know. i like having that extra space personally, though. thanks
also, will let you know if i run into any issues.
edit: def a little tight at the top, btw.
edit: actually, after loading the Google Voice widget, it sits at the top just like on my SGS2. BUT, there's still room on the left and right, unlike how it was on the SGS2. it just filled up an entire square. so possibly decrease the side margins i'm thinking.
mrvirginia said:
so far so good. i'm not too keen on auto rotation of launchers, but otherwise i'm quite pleased with it. on other launchers it's still a 4x4 grid, which i'm sure you know. i like having that extra space personally, though. thanks
also, will let you know if i run into any issues.
edit: def a little tight at the top, btw.
edit: actually, after loading the Google Voice widget, it sits at the top just like on my SGS2. BUT, there's still room on the left and right, unlike how it was on the SGS2. it just filled up an entire square. so possibly decrease the side margins i'm thinking.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll do a non-rotating one tomorrow if I get time after looking at the margins.
Link to download comes up with "oops google chrome cant find the file".
Wonder if google have blocked it because they dont like the fact you made there launcher better
Shetlander said:
Link to download comes up with "oops google chrome cant find the file".
Wonder if google have blocked it because they dont like the fact you made there launcher better
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can confirm the path is not fully set in the link Would love to give this a spin too
Shetlander said:
Link to download comes up with "oops google chrome cant find the file".
Wonder if google have blocked it because they dont like the fact you made there launcher better
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I already got the initial one lets see just restarted it the phone after replacing launcher2.apk via root explorer I was on adw. Now I will go back to the launcher more to follow.
looks good.. thanks!! always good stuff, especially from the n1 days..
using villainrom on francos kernal. margins are a bit tight, but theyve always been with launchers with 5 rows.
would it be possible to have a 5x5 grid?
Would it work with other phone's or just for this phone ?
Have not downloaded the modified zip yet this is the original one....
Don't get me wrong this is definitely better than the original one, but I love to use simi clock and you can clearly see the divider bar not getting along here...check it out...
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Link is down.I would like to test it.Love using the whole screen
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afilopou said:
Link is down.I would like to test it.Love using the whole screen
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Download Temp
He had a file original which is the one I have flashed, while he fixes the link try using the one here.
How I got it to work was. I had the ADW Launcher EX bought it for .10 cent.
Then went via root explorer renamed the original launcher
And then pasted this there.
Rebooted and wallah!
ankitb4u said:
Have not downloaded the modified zip yet this is the original one....
Don't get me wrong this is definitely better than the original one, but I love to use simi clock and you can clearly see the divider bar not getting along here...check it out...
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May I ask what is the name of the widget you are using to show that clock, weather and battery info? It looks very clean!
Waitzar said:
May I ask what is the name of the widget you are using to show that clock, weather and battery info? It looks very clean!
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https://market.android.com/details?...50aC5hbmRyb2lkLndpZGdldC5nVGFic2ltaUNsb2NrIl0.
Simi clock
djmcnz said:
Thanks for the feedback. I'll do a non-rotating one tomorrow if I get time after looking at the margins.
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np! yeah just a few pixels too tight at the top, maybe 4. and increase side margins by at least 8 on each side would be my guess
Oops! Sorry!
Doh!
Sorry for the link error guys, now fixed in the first post. Thanks to those that helped out in the interim.
I realise there are margin problems, I will look into these tomorrow. Consider this first release a proof of concept.
I can do 5x5, I have had that running but until I fix the margins then 5x5 looks really bad (icons in columns 1 and 5 are cut in half). The problem is that the icon spacing is set to absolute values for 4x4 this is why we also have a problem for the 5 rows at the moment.
No promises but I think we can get perfect 4x5 (portrait) and possibly perfect 5x5 (portrait).
I will not spend a lot of time on landscape however, I never use that.
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Would it work with other phone's or just for this phone ?
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Probably any ICS rom...
yup simiclock and then a bunch of alterations inside. Background color all zeros then text all black with a bit of alpha and that's it. Simple yet elegant I like it. I used to use fancy widgets but now this.
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ankitb4u said:
Have not downloaded the modified zip yet this is the original one....
Don't get me wrong this is definitely better than the original one, but I love to use simi clock and you can clearly see the divider bar not getting along here...check it out...
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How did you get Simi Clock to work on your GNex? I got it downloaded but couldn't find it in the widget section.
How difficult do you think it would be to add an extra few screens to the nexus?
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How difficult do you think it would be to add an extra few screens to the nexus?
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Having a look at that tomorrow. Either really easy or damn hard...

[PARANOIDANDROID STUFF][WARNING: mods/themes OUTDATED] Walls are fine ;)

Hi boys, hi girls
i'm not a themers, i'm not a dev...
i'm just an user that LOVE the new awesome and innovative Rom by molesarecoming:
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Official Thread
WHAT!!?!?!?!? don't you know ParanoidAndroid!?!??! Are you serious!?!? don't cry, you are just in time to take a look into the FUTURE!!!
See this VIDEO and go to the official thread for download!
in this thread i will try to collect all graphics stuff and mods for the rom.
Molesarecoming have a nice 'artist' sister.... Tina (her site http://krebsmilk.de/), she made some nice wallpaper:
https://plus.google.com/photos/101418095050341561803/albums/5740135686198351697
the green/pink are from Tina, other color are made by me (with very easy photoshop skill XD).
In the folder you can find some signature banners too... and i will put in this folder all wallpaper/icons i can find
Wallpapers by Mahaco - NEW WALLS
DaXmax Wall
Wallpapers by mcinty25
Signature Banner by Nordpolecamper
SIgnature by Areg8_6
Wallpapers by wad3g
AOSPA 3+ WALLPAPER - BOOTANIMATION LIKE
Paranoid Darkness by Nordpolcamper
MNML Statusbar by SrTapir
Deus ex Android by Ramazor (WIP)
Softkey mod by Thyrus for PA 1.9.4
Softkey mod by Thyrus for PA 1.9.5+FIX
Softkey mod by Thyrus for PA 1.9.6a
Softkey mod by Thyrus for PA 1.9.8a
Softkey by Meannekes - His thread for request
Keyboardfix_for_v0.9b by molesarecoming
SwiftKey 'tweaked' for paranoidandroid rom by dima_sk8er
GS3 Stuff
Bootanimation by TheHawk002
Bootanimation by AFAinHD
Bootanimation by MaLiXs
Bootanimation by AlphaKoi
Hacked stock launcher by m.is.for.michael(6x7 icons on screen and 7 across the dock. I run it at 240 dpi)
Hacked wallpaper.apk including paranoidandroidwallpaper by csking33
DSP Manager by MaLiXs (second link in his post)
READ HERE to know what App can change his layout, and how it change (WIP)
How to change individual app DPI (0.4pv rom version)
Almost perfect tablet mode Apex Launcher
Apex Setting by Brunoisa10
Apex Setting by dingokevin
Apex Setting by me (app drawer and search icon in tab mode) - it not fit good in landscape
​
Guide to change individual app dpi
You will need;
1 A root level file explorer like root explorer
2 A little patience
To perform the changes
So you need to find out if the app you want to change the dpi level for is either a system or data app, to do this open your file manager and look in system/app or data/app. You need to then long press the app you want and press rename. Then copy the app name by long pressing the text and press copy, dont copy any .apk or -1 at the end of the name.
Then navigate to system folder and look for pad.prop. press the mount rw button then long press open in text editor. So now you need to remember where you found your chosen app, was it system or data? If system long press under then system header or if it was a data app look for the apps header. To paste your app name in the right place find a empty line, long press then paste. You need to add at the start of the line for your app pa.
Nearly there!
So next at the end you need to add .dd= and then your chosen dpi level.
So for example for apex, I have it as a system app and my line in pad.prop for apex looks like
pa.com.anddoes.launcher.dd=221
Then you need to press menu key, then save and exit. Restart your app and it should display how you want
UPDATE 13/5/2012
I actually find using 220 dpi and using 4x5 grid looks better
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Official cm9 themes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643406
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Almost perfect tablet mode apex launcher
OK guys, finally I got apex launcher all sorted and found the optimum settings for this from, perhaps tips like this can be added into 1st or 2nd post. I have spent near enough my entire evening doing this and want to share so others can enjoy apex launcher properly using this rom!
1. Set the dpi at 221 for the launcher with this line pa.com.anddoes.launcher.dd=221 (copy and paste to system/pad.prop underneith the system header somewhere).
Home screen settings
2.Then set the icon rows and columns at 6x5 for landscape and portrait.
3. Set large horizontal margin and none for vertical margin.
4. Non scrolling wall paper (I prefer).
Dock settings
5. Uncheck hide dock (so dock is now shown)
Advanced settings
6. Check resize any widget
7. Check overlapping widget
8. Check widget in dock
9. Check keep in memory
10 ENJOY
set the rest to your preferences and enjoy apex in phone mode with everything displaying just about normally, including the app drawer, that's why dpi has to be 221 to get the right grid size.
Hope you like it guys and like I say its taken me ****ing hours to get this set up how I want it!
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Paranoid android wallpapers
/!\No copyrights/!\
Here Some Wallpapers Made by me.
Example:
Small tip!
TABLET MODE............................................................................ PHONE MODE
Code:
[SIZE="3"][B]Nova Launcher[/B][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Set Dpi to Phone for both tablet and phone[/SIZE]
[SIZE="3"][B]Theme TouchWiz 5.0[/B][/SIZE]: [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657889"]Click Here[/URL]
[SIZE="3"][B]Wallpaper[/B][/SIZE]: [URL="[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/nqrarn.jpg[/IMG]"]Click Here[/URL]
[SIZE="3"][B]ClockWidget[/B][/SIZE]: [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.skipp.ClockWidget4ICS"]Click Here[/URL]
[SIZE="3"][B]Textsize[/B][/SIZE]:
[SIZE="1"]> Tablet Mode: Large
> Phone Mode: Normal
- Settings>System>Fontsize[/SIZE]
[SIZE="3"][B]Grid[/B][/SIZE]: 6/5
[SIZE="1"]- Launcher>Startscreen>Grid Size[/SIZE]
- Deleted and inverted in previous Post -
yeah! now it look good
p.s. if you can (oh yes, you can, i know )
make a picasa folder with all your wallpaper.. and put all your wall in it....
i add your picasa folder in OP .... more simple than link avery your post in the OP
you can ever put the new ones in the single post ion this thread to show 'the last one' you made
awesome thread! will take a closer look at it when i get home
graet thread!
you can find it in my picasa/g+ shared folder too
some hours spent on this XD but it look very nice!
sweetpiggy said:
you can find it in my picasa/g+ shared folder too
some hours spent on this XD but it look very nice!
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paranaoidrama ???
dadefive said:
paranaoidrama ???
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oh yes!
hi friend
sweetpiggy said:
oh yes!
hi friend
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Hi mate
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Almost perfect tablet mode apex launcher
OK guys, finally I got apex launcher all sorted and found the optimum settings for this from, perhaps tips like this can be added into 1st or 2nd post. I have spent near enough my entire evening doing this and want to share so others can enjoy apex launcher properly using this rom!
1. Set the dpi at 221 for the launcher with this line pa.com.anddoes.launcher.dd=221 (copy and paste to system/pad.prop underneith the system header somewhere).
Home screen settings
2.Then set the icon rows and columns at 6x5 for landscape and portrait.
3. Set large horizontal margin and none for vertical margin.
4. Non scrolling wall paper (I prefer).
Dock settings
5. Uncheck hide dock (so dock is now shown)
Advanced settings
6. Check resize any widget
7. Check overlapping widget
8. Check widget in dock
9. Check keep in memory
10 ENJOY
set the rest to your preferences and enjoy apex in phone mode with everything displaying just about normally, including the app drawer, that's why dpi has to be 221 to get the right grid size.
Hope you like it guys and like I say its taken me ****ing hours to get this set up how I want it!
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus
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I like it but my icons on the home screen are cut off on the bottom as well as the label
sweetpiggy said:
you can find it in my picasa/g+ shared folder too
some hours spent on this XD but it look very nice!
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Nice one +1
Legend28469 said:
I like it but my icons on the home screen are cut off on the bottom as well as the label
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Just fiddle with the settings, I did say nearly perfect. I'll rewrite my guide after work to reflect what I have now as it seems better.
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Almost perfect tablet mode apex launcher
OK guys, finally I got apex launcher all sorted and found the optimum settings for this from, perhaps tips like this can be added into 1st or 2nd post. I have spent near enough my entire evening doing this and want to share so others can enjoy apex launcher properly using this rom!
1. Set the dpi at 221 for the launcher with this line pa.com.anddoes.launcher.dd=221 (copy and paste to system/pad.prop underneith the system header somewhere).
Home screen settings
2.Then set the icon rows and columns at 6x5 for landscape and portrait.
3. Set large horizontal margin and none for vertical margin.
4. Non scrolling wall paper (I prefer).
Dock settings
5. Uncheck hide dock (so dock is now shown)
Advanced settings
6. Check resize any widget
7. Check overlapping widget
8. Check widget in dock
9. Check keep in memory
10 ENJOY
set the rest to your preferences and enjoy apex in phone mode with everything displaying just about normally, including the app drawer, that's why dpi has to be 221 to get the right grid size.
Hope you like it guys and like I say its taken me ****ing hours to get this set up how I want it!
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus
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hi
thx for the fantastic tutorial
1 question is left:
is it so possible to get 5 icons in the dock ??
thx for answer
greetz benji
Is there any way to make the phone only stay in horizontal mode ?
Raijynn said:
Is there any way to make the phone only stay in horizontal mode ?
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yes just make it horizontal and then disable rotation^^
Benji1983 said:
hi
thx for the fantastic tutorial
1 question is left:
is it so possible to get 5 icons in the dock ??
thx for answer
greetz benji
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Apex settings/dock/number of dock icons
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Design your home screen like a BOSS

Hello,
I'm gonna show how to design your home screen like a boss.Good thing is No need to Root for this.
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Apps you will be needed:
Nova/Apex launcher (if using ICS) or ADW,Go launcher etc (if using GB)
BobClockD3 widget
MetroStation Icon Pack
Beautiful Widget 4x1 (Weather) and Vos-Flat white skin
Simple Calendar Widget
Minimalistic text
Circle Battery Widget
Poweramp (which I use a lot so selected it) or you can use Pure music widget with transparent theme
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Circle battery widget Select circle battery widget 1x1 with color you like and matches your Home screen
BobClockD3 select this widget and click on Hours and make sure it is in white and Opacity is full...For minutes use the color which match your wallpaper and give little bit transparency and click confirm
Minimalistic text for battery temp under circle battery
uncheck show background
Widget direction: Left-Right
Horizontal block: Center
Vertical block: Top
Horizontal text: Left
Layout: Custom
select custom layout...There will be some default ones.Hold them and move them to trash can.After deleting all you need to add static text for that click on + sign and click on miscellaneous there you will see static text.Now click on static text and write Temp: ...Now click on + sign and click on battery icon and search for battery temperature and add it next to Static text.
Now add another column and add static text again and write Volt: and search for battery voltage under battery icon and add it next to Volt static text.....
Text style click Normal size 10dpi and click on color select the color you like and match with your wallpaper for blue color use this HEX code #FF33B5E5 it will look same like in pics once done click on new color do same for rest Accented Bold tick mark,color,size.Non-Accented color,size after that click ok.
Weather widget
Get beautiful Widget and select Beautiful weather 4x1 and select weather skin and download Vos-Flat white skin and apply it...If you like any other one use that and Tick Hide-Background click on save&apply.
Icons
This will take some time.Download metro station from market.If you are not using a custom launcher you need desktop visualizer
Custom Launchers:
Open metro station..Need to do this with every app 1 by 1...Example phone icon. Look for the phone icon and click it Select the color you like and click on the color right side below.That is now saved in your SD card...Now hold the phone icon in home screen and click edit and click on phone icon and browse gallery and select metro station and select the phone icon image there.It will show crop stretch it fully and click on crop and than ok Done...Do same with rest of the app icons...
Desktop visualizer:
After selecting the icon image in Metro station.Open desktop visualizer and click on select icon and click on Image and select the image you want and than click on action and select Launch application and search for the app example phone.After selecting application tick Encode and click ok Done.
Tile:
Minimalistic text widget...I use 4x1
uncheck show background
Widget direction: Left-Right
Horizontal block: Center
Vertical block: Center
Horizontal text: Center
Layout: Custom
select custom layout....There will be some default ones.Hold them and move them to trash can.After deleting all you need to add static text for that click on + sign and click on miscellaneous there you will see static text.Now click on static text and write the one you like Music,Market etc and make sure style is accented....
Text style click on accented tick Bold size: your wish mine is 32 and color you like...If you want same color as shown in pics use Hex color code #FF33B5E5.Go back click on shadow settings and tick show shadow,color black,radius 5px x-offset 3px y-offset 3px and go back now scroll down and click save to save time with other titles click ok.....................For the next title all you need to do is click restore and select the saved one and change change the text from market to office,work,games etc etc and click ok
Music Widget:
For Poweramp I think no need to say this for that app users so i will skip it........For those who don't have poweramp
Pure music widget with transparent theme - add 4x1 widget to home screen and select configure.Text color blue,Pick a skin search for transparent theme and select it and apply and save it and close it done......If you can't buy the apps/widget search for the free music players with transparent skin and use it
Simple Calendar Widget:
Click on appearance than click on skin select SiMi clock (multiple events)
Background color make it completely transparent
Font options and click on event text and change the color to Blue use the HEX code of blue
go back and click on alternative layout and select Event text "event date" "event time" "event location" .....Backup it if you want to restore it in future...click ok
Got confused? or Felt a lot work? downloading the attachment it will make the work less you. Metro station don't have the nexus image that image is in attached zip in that it will have with other files Simple Calendar Widget,Minimalistic text,Circle Battery Widget files just copy them to the Sd card folders of the apps and open app click restore.Now just need to change the color if you dont like it,and change the name in Minimalistic text of top line from office to the one you like like games/music/market etc etc
This is NOT my idea.I have not created this.I'm just sharing this with you.........I don't know original idea person XDA name so saying his youtube account name wicked4u2c and link for his twitter account https://twitter.com/#!/Wicked4u2c and the video he should how to do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOah6dXYzIY&feature=channel&list=UL
You should use a better desktop background
manoj971 said:
You should use a better desktop background
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I know ......But I like that LW also....will change it soon ........changed pics with my new wallpaper
Mr.Raviteja said:
I know ......But I like that LW also....will change it soon ........changed pics with my new wallpaper
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Yes now it's much better
Forgot to say need to make Desktop grid size 4x4 if you use search bar like me...If not 5x4 is ok
Very very nice. Thanks a lot!!!!
Nice guide & some great apps/widgets.
Just wanted to mention that if you long press the menu soft key, its a short cut & brings up the google search bar. This way you can loose the bar on all your home screens to free up more screen estate if you like?
Alpha Trion said:
Nice guide & some great apps/widgets.
Just wanted to mention that if you long press the menu soft key, its a short cut & brings up the google search bar. This way you can loose the bar on all your home screens to free up more screen estate if you like?
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thanks...I know that bro but I liked the screen with the search bar....So used it
So great work ravi! Finally you came up with this guide keep it up
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If using metro icons its advisable to reduce the size of each icon to 64x64 using Photoshop or something similar as the default icons are 256x256 and look a bit rough around the edges when applied.
Although this is not necessary if your like me then detail matters
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Hmm I think you are inspired by the nexus guy on YouTube who made videos comparing IOS & Android . He too had same home screen setup on his galaxy nexus
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anshmiester78900 said:
Hmm I think you are inspired by the nexus guy on YouTube who made videos comparing IOS & Android . He too had same home screen setup on his galaxy nexus
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Do not think if you read the post completely, that's what he has told and informed the users here that he learnt from that video itself.
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Harsha Raj said:
Do not think if you read the post completely, that's what he has told and informed the users here that he learnt from that video itself.
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Haha you know I'm on phone so ... :S
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awesome!
thanks a lot!
Hey man thanks for this thread ... I've been looking for many of these features time ago... actually I've been playing a little... look..
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Lonzo_SGS2_506 said:
Hey man thanks for this thread ... I've been looking for many of these features time ago... actually I've been playing a little... look..
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Nice bro
Mr.Raviteja said:
Nice bro
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Thanks to u man! :thumbup:
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Harsha Raj said:
Do not think if you read the post completely, that's what he has told and informed the users here that he learnt from that video itself.
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Thanks for answering him when I was not there here

			
				
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What is the use of it when I already posted a link?

[GUIDE][HOMESCREEN] Dark Pie UI, One of the BEST homescreen! (Made by Wicked4u2c)

Hey everyone! You want to "pimp" your homescreen? Make your Gnex's homescreen stand out from everyone else's? Well look no farther! I'm going to put a step-by-step guide for Dark Pie UI!
Before I start, this is not my work. It is a work from Wicked4u2c, and I am just posting a step-by-step guide for it. ALL credits go to him
Here's a link to his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/wicked4u2c
Here's a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQKjt1LGGT4
Thank you Armando Ferreira (AKA, Wicked4u2c) for letting make a guide for this
This is what it should look like when you're done:
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UPDATE: As of August 27th, Google has closed down weather API. This means that UCCW weather widget will no longer work! However, you could just put something different, like what deep_17 has done. He even posted a lovely wallpaper to match it Thank you sir!
Anyways, thank you RayGarden for notifying us!
Original post from him:
Hi Everybody,
For who is interested in Weather / Location settings within UCCW. It won't work for the moment and probably not anymore at all.
Read This: http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/08...e-weather-api/
As this has a major impact on Developers Work, i've sent a notification to XDA Support Center and asked them to share this information with the crowd.
FYI
Greetz Ray
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UPDATE: I have found a workaround for UCCW weather problem! I will post it tomorrow or so! Hopefully that'll help a lot of people with their weather problems!
UPDATE: As of September 10th, UCCW uses Yahoo weather, which means you can now use weather widget with no problem!
This takes pretty long time to customize. So make sure you got pretty good amount of time in your hand
Now, let's get started!
Step 1: Downloading Apps
Download and install Nova Launcher from Play Store
Download and install UCCW from Play Store
Download and install MetroStation from Play Store
Download and install Minimalistic Text from Play Store
IF YOU WANT THEMED LOCKSCREEN TOO, Download and install Widgetlocker from Play Store (Costs about 2.99)
Step 2: Downloading and Transferring Files
Download the zip file from this link: http://www.hangar1337.com/goodies/sdcard.zip
Extract/unzip the file
In the folder, move EVERYTHING EXCEPT "readme.txt" and "Sources - do not put in sdcard" to the phone
If it prompt you to merge the file, click yes
Step 3: Setting the homescreen up
Launch Nova Launcher
Go to Nova Launcher setting
Go to Backup
Click Restore, and then click Nova Boss 2.
Change the wallpaper to one in Wallpaper file. Make sure you don't crop anything.
Remove the invisible folder from every "section" (from Office, Misc, Media and Social) by longpressing them, and then dragging them to the X. This is neccesairly.
You should see few Add Widget boxes. Only delete the one at the very top.
Click on Add Widget box that is on the top left side. Scroll down and choose Minimalistic Text 2x1. Now scroll down and click Restore. From there, choose "Battery_Boss_2". This should give you a nice looking battery widget. You might need to resize it to adjust it.
Click on Add Widget box that is on the top right side. Scroll down and choose Minimalistic Text 2x1. Now scroll down and click Restore. From there, choose "Time_Boss_2". This should give you a nice looking clock widget. You might need to resize it to adjust it.
Click on Add Widget box that is on the center of the "Pie". Scroll down and choose Ultimate Custom Clock Widget (UCCW) 3x3. From there, choose "Clock Android". You might need to resize it to make it fit into the Pie.
Click on the last Add Widget box. Scroll down and choose Ultimate Custom Clock Widget (UCCW) 4x1. From there, choose "Weather". You might need to resize it to make it fit. (It is normal for the widget to not show you the correct place. I will explain that later.)
Long press on the top of the screen (Where there's Google Drive widget on the image) and then create a widget. This widget can be whatever you want. I personally use Power Widget, but it's your choice . You might need to resize it to fit.
Now you got the "base" of the homescreen Off to customizing your homescreen!
Step 4: Customizing the homescreen
Create a folder on top of each "Pie Section" (Office, Media, Social and Misc) with the apps for each section inside it.
Long press each icon and choose Edit.
Click on the icon.
Choose Files. Select Gallery. From there, go to Invisible Icon folder and choose the invisible icon. Now, you won't be able to see the folder, but you can still access them, thus making it look like your pressing the Pie section.
After you've done this, you should be able to access the folder by pressing each Pie Section. Cool, right?
Now, off to customizing each icons. You don't need to do this if you don't really care about how your icon looks.
OPTIONAL: Step 5: Customizing each icons
Long press the app inside the folder.
Choose Edit
Click on icon, then choose icon pack, then MetroStation
Choose the icon that best suits the app
Type in the color code that is provided in the Readme.txt. You can choose which color to use. I personally used color of the Pie Section for the apps. (Blue for Office apps, Purple for Misc apps, etc)
Repeat the steps for every apps
OPTIONAL: Step 6: The lockscreen
Launch Widgetlocker
Go to Widgetlocker Setting
Go to Backup/Restore and then Restore.
Choose Locker Boss 2
Now you got an awesome lockscreen that goes with the homescreen
FAQ
Question: I can't get a weather on my UCCW widget!
Answer: Launch UCCW, go to Settings, go to Location, select Auto location
Can I change the Pie UI to my liking?
Answer: Yes, if you have Photoshop. There's a Psd file on the "Source - do not move to sdcard" folder.
Question: It says Play Store or Camera isn't installed when I clearly have it!
Answer: Remove the invisible icon, place the Play Store or Camera app, and then change the icon into invisible icon.
Question: If I try to place more apps onto the folder I've already created, it won't let me!
Answer: Click on the folder that you want to place the app on, click on the menu icon, select Add, and then add whatever you need.
Question: Because of the clock widget, I can't access some of my folders!
Answer: Long-press the clock widget, and then select "Send to back"
Question: Do I need root for this?
Answer: Nope. You can do this on unrooted devices.
More questions? Post it on this thread and I'll try my best to help!
Hope you guys love this as much as me! And again, thank you Wicked4u2c for giving me permission to post this thread! All credits goes to you!!
Reserved just in case
isn't this Nordpolcamper theme/mod ?
vicino said:
isn't this Nordpolcamper theme/mod ?
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It's not a theme nor mod. It is simply just a wallpaper with invisible icons
Plus I don't know who he is
Edit: ok, I've searched for him and found what you were talking about. But this is from different person. Looks really similar though
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kyokeun1234 said:
It's not a theme nor mod. It is simply just a wallpaper with invisible icons
Plus I don't know who he is
Edit: ok, I've searched for him and found what you were talking about. But this is from different person. Looks really similar though
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz
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it's look really nice, will give it a shot today .. thank you for this guide.
Someone needs to make this into a launcher already and get mildly wealthier. Preferably the original creator but still.
lpjunior999 said:
Someone needs to make this into a launcher already and get mildly wealthier. Preferably the original creator but still.
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I would love to create a launcher like this, but I don't know how to create an app
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niceeeeee. does all that stuff drain battery?
Cynthedic said:
niceeeeee. does all that stuff drain battery?
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I did find uccw drain a little bit more battery than expected
Other than that, everything doesn't drain much battery
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if anyone made their own UI using the Photoshop, be sure to post it on the thread
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how to set the current location?
i have my city listed in UCCW and now it still showing me "New Britain"
in your tut you said you will let us know know later
deeps_17 said:
how to set the current location?
i have my city listed in UCCW and now it still showing me "New Britain"
in your tut you said you will let us know know later
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I put the answer in the FAQ
Launcher UCCW, click menu button, select Open/manage skins, choose Weather, click "Background", select "Static Text 1", click on "Text", put your location.
I hope that's clear enough
kyokeun1234 said:
I put the answer in the FAQ
Launcher UCCW, click menu button, select Open/manage skins, choose Weather, click "Background", select "Static Text 1", click on "Text", put your location.
I hope that's clear enough
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It works fine, all except the weather status icon and temp....I tried what you said in the FAQ re UCCW > Menu > More > auto location but no weather on the widget. Maybe it's a prob with UCCW but I'd really love to get it working.
kyokeun1234 said:
I put the answer in the FAQ
Launcher UCCW, click menu button, select Open/manage skins, choose Weather, click "Background", select "Static Text 1", click on "Text", put your location.
I hope that's clear enough
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thanks
that worked
but waiting for it to show up weather
it is not
anyways
i would love to have nav bar with reflection
i dont have reflection in my nav bar
To show the weather, you gotta go to uccw settings and then check auto location. Worked for me
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deeps_17 said:
thanks
that worked
but waiting for it to show up weather
it is not
anyways
i would love to have nav bar with reflection
i dont have reflection in my nav bar
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That's just a navigation bar theme
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a little modification
i edited wallpaper little bit , and a little blue focus light on bottom icon
make it glow from the bottom
looks cool
may be you guys like it
i will try out more tweaks and update
SCREENSHOT
DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER - - - >
deeps_17 said:
i edited wallpaper little bit , and a little blue focus light on bottom icon
make it glow from the bottom
looks cool
may be you guys like it
i will try out more tweaks and update
SCREENSHOT
DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER - - - > View attachment 1288029
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Looks pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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A new wallpaper
i have noticed that the weather in UCCW is not working
So why not display something else like Battery Temprature
So here it is, modded wallpaper
Select Widgets> Minimalistic Text 4X1
Then un tick Background, Select predefined layout as custom
Next in Custom layout Remove all present elements(hour, minutes) and replace it with Battery Temp in Farenhiets or celcius as u wish (it is in Battery Category)
You should have a Screen Like Above
IF you still have problems i can make a video tutorial, just let me know
DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER For Battery Temprature ---->
deeps_17 said:
i have noticed that the weather in UCCW is not working
So why not display something else like Battery Temprature
So here it is, modded wallpaper
Select Widgets> Minimalistic Text 4X1
Then un tick Background, Select predefined layout as custom
Next in Custom layout Remove all present elements(hour, minutes) and replace it with Battery Temp in Farenhiets or celcius as u wish (it is in Battery Category)
You should have a Screen Like Above
IF you still have problems i can make a video tutorial, just let me know
DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER For Battery Temprature ----> View attachment 1288128
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I don't know why the weather isn't working for you guys works flawless for me
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