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FOR THE USERS WHO JUST WANT TO SEE THE VIDEO DEMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZHIH7F0Z4g
Have you had an LG phone like the BL-40 Chocolate or the KP-500 cookie before with that cool 3d cube thingy, and wish you had the same for your android phone? Well, here's something that closely resembles that.
The chocolate had 2 home screens, and the wallpaper can be set differently for the two screens. When i bought the galaxy s, my very first android phone, i hoped that it had a similar thing, only now with 7 home screens to fill widgets with. Sadly, it didn't come with that feature (although the live wallpapers was a cool alternative).
And then i came across MultiPicture Live Wallpaper (free on the market) that let me set a different picture for each homescreen. AND it came with some AWESOME screen transitions. Also, you are not limited to just one picture, you can set a whole album to be shuffled for each homescreen. Cool yeah?
So i was impressed with that. Then I saw that launcher pro was having an update. In the newest version, Fede included some cool transition effects so I immediately updated and tried it out.
I don't know if it was fate or what, but the transition effects of the live wallpaper and launcher pro really work great together. Now my phone looks cooler than before!
IMPORTANT THINGS TO TAKE NOTE BEFORE TRYING THIS OUT:
Scrolling speed is different for the live wallpaper and the launcher, so i recommend playing with the minimum scrolling speed setting of launcher pro (launcher pro settings > advanced settings > minimum scrolling speed). If you find the wallpaper lagging behind your widgets/shortcuts, try setting the scroll speed to faster speed until they are in sync when scrolling.
IF MULTIPICTURE LIVE WALLPAPER FROM THE MARKET DOESN'T WORK AS IT SHOULD, OR IF IT LAGS TRY THIS OLD VERSION THAT I HAVE.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16398746/Apps Backup/MultiPicture Live Wallpaper.0.4.8.apk
If this solves your problem good for you. If it doesn't, well it sucks to be you. LOL
people are reporting that in Darky's v9 this wallpaper doesn't work properly.. haven't tried it though since im in v8.1.. people on V9, please try the old version and report back if it works.. thanks..
neilbantoc said:
If it's lagging, here are a few tips you could try.
1. Reduce pictures to your screen's size.. My screen is 800x480 so I resized my pictures to that size.. The file size of the picture may have an impact on the performance of the live wallpaper, so keeping it as small as possible may help speed things up..
2. Swipe your finger as slow and as short as possible.. I don't remember if I did this in the video, but whenever I swipe my finger, I do it slowly and my finger touches the screen for about half an inch.. This helps slow things down by registering a slow homescreen swipe..
3. Try less hardware intensive but visually unimpressive transitions.. My personal favorites are wipe, card and swap.. Wipe is the fastest for me..
4. Contact the developer and see if you could help out.. Im not the developer of the live wallpaper so I can't really do anything to improve it from a programmer's point of view..
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BE SURE TO UNCHECK THE DISABLE WALLPAPER SCROLLING OPTION IN LAUNCHER PRO. go to launcher pro settings > appearance settings > disable wallpaper scrolling. Naturally if you leave that setting on, your wallpaper won't scroll.
YOU DON'T NEED TO USE BOTH THE LAUNCHER AND THE LIVE WALLPAPER. You can use a different Launcher on MPLW, and a different Wallpaper on Launcher Pro. But do take note that you can't have the launcher transition effects in a different launcher, and the Live Wallpaper transition effects in the live wallpaper..
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Here's how to create the same setup
1. Download launcher pro. It's free and i believe the transition effects come with the free version.
2. Customize to your hearts content. Place widgets, shortcuts, etc just fill the homescreen with content so that you can see the effect.
3. Select transition effect. Press the context menu button while on your homescreen > preferences > homescreen settings > transition effect.
4. Download Multipicture Live Wallpaper and set it as your wallpaper
5. Set a picture for each homescreen. You can even set a whole folder to shuffle pictures from.
6. Set the transition effect that you want to go with your launcher pro transition effect. Press the context menu while on your homescreen>wallpaper>configure.
7. Enjoy!
Tip - go to launcher pro settings > advanced settings > minimum scrolling speed, then set it to 0.. it will slower the swipe speed (provided that you swiped your finger slowly as well)
Transition effects that go nicely with each other as shown in the video:
LP - Cube
MPLW - Cube
LP - Scale
MPLW - Swap
LP - Flip
MPLW - Swing
Not shown in video:
LP - Cube
MPLW - Wipe
LP - Rotation
MPLW - Card
Very nice effects. Thanks!!!
Ok im using a galaxy S with darkyys rom 9.0 and Voodoo 5.2 kernel.
Im using the latest launcher pro plus 0.8.3.
I download the app and go into setings and set individual settings for each screen, but when i go back to the homescreen it says no picture available please set picture on a black screen.
I cant double tap any of the homescreens to set a picture either.
I have noticed from some looking around that you have to go into default settings and pick screen type... but i have no default settings on my app or i cant figure out how to get into it.
Please help me set this up properly!!!
cabessius said:
Very nice effects. Thanks!!!
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Glad you liked it.
Nice FMA song in background
About Multiwallpaper just awesome
zolah said:
Ok im using a galaxy S with darkyys rom 9.0 and Voodoo 5.2 kernel.
Im using the latest launcher pro plus 0.8.3.
I download the app and go into setings and set individual settings for each screen, but when i go back to the homescreen it says no picture available please set picture on a black screen.
I cant double tap any of the homescreens to set a picture either.
I have noticed from some looking around that you have to go into default settings and pick screen type... but i have no default settings on my app or i cant figure out how to get into it.
Please help me set this up properly!!!
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I heard darky v9 was buggy, that's why I settled for v8.1 ay the moment.. Anyway, I'm just your average android user, not a dev or anything but I'll try to help you out as much as I can..
First, can you post screen shots of your multi picture live wallpaper settings screen? I'll try to find a back up of my old version of that wallpaper for you to try.. I think the transition effects were included in the old versions..
EDIT: The link to the old MPLW is in the first post.. try it!
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sedinix said:
Nice FMA song in background
About Multiwallpaper just awesome
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Thanks.. Makes me want to watch fma all over again..
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FMA Is great
I'm buy donate version its cheap and I hope you make more good apps
Ok im using a galaxy S with darkyys rom 9.0 and Voodoo 5.2 kernel.
Im using the latest launcher pro plus 0.8.3.
I download the app and go into setings and set individual settings for each screen, but when i go back to the homescreen it says no picture available please set picture on a black screen.
I cant double tap any of the homescreens to set a picture either.
I have noticed from some looking around that you have to go into default settings and pick screen type... but i have no default settings on my app or i cant figure out how to get into it.
Please help me set this up properly!!!
I heard darky v9 was buggy, that's why I settled for v8.1 ay the moment.. Anyway, I'm just your average android user, not a dev or anything but I'll try to help you out as much as I can..
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I'm on darky 9,0 Voodoo same as you and all works perfect. Maybe You have some options on check LP>Appearance Settings> disable wallpaper scrolling I think that option must be unchecked
I have this on and MPLW dasn't work
*FYI* You can use this with other launchers or if you can't find the setting inside Launcher Pro to set the transition (I HAD THIS PROBLEM THE SECOND TIME AROUND) This guide will help you. If anybody is using a different launcher like me I use ADW EX you might not be able to see the transition setting inside the launcher settings. You can still set this transition. While setting multipicture live wallpaper you can go into the settings before you actually save the wallpaper, scroll down to Drawing Settings and select your desired transition under Transition Type.
Before exiting I go into each individual screen setting for example Screen 1 Settings and click on Type of Screen then select Single Picture, Select desired image from gallery and then continue to do the same for Screen 2 Settings untill I have done all of my home screen wallpapers *BE SURE TO HAVE SCROLLABLE WALLPAPER ACTIVE IN YOUR SETTINGS ELSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE MULTIPICTURE WALLPAPER ****OP you might want to place all of this information in your 1st post***
Amazing! wow, thank you for sharing.. love it.. Thank you!
sedinix said:
I'm buy donate version its cheap and I hope you make more good apps
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I didn't make any of the apps.. Im just sharing what i've discovered..
uppon2 said:
*FYI* You can use this with other launchers or if you can't find the setting inside Launcher Pro to set the transition (I HAD THIS PROBLEM THE SECOND TIME AROUND)
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Well technically it is a live wallpaper, and live wallpapers are not tied to a launcher (at lest MPLW isn't) so yeah, you can use it with other launchers. But the point of this post was to show that the new Launcher Pro version's new feature are these transition effects, and those new effects go pretty well with the transition effects in MPLW..
neilbantoc said:
Well technically it is a live wallpaper, and live wallpapers are not tied to a launcher (at lest MPLW isn't) so yeah, you can use it with other launchers. But the point of this post was to show that the new Launcher Pro version's new feature are these transition effects, and those new effects go pretty well with the transition effects in MPLW..
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It makes it seem like you need to use LP due to the nature of your original post. I was just clarifying it for the interested parties.
I have Darky`s v9.0 and it works great. Thanks
I installed the older version and it works fine now.
It loses the settings though if the phone is switched off and back on.
Ive set 5 different wallpapers to 5 different homescreens, disabled scrolling, but my wall paper isnt switching when i cange home screens, with or with out transition effect aplied in either mplw, or launcher pro plus . any ideas???
nvm .......
PacoCGN said:
I have Darky`s v9.0 and it works great. Thanks
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Good to hear that..
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zolah said:
I installed the older version and it works fine now.
It loses the settings though if the phone is switched off and back on.
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Well that's better than nothing.. Sorry that it couldn't work properly for you though..
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monoxide.tryst said:
Ive set 5 different wallpapers to 5 different homescreens, disabled scrolling, but my wall paper isnt switching when i cange home screens, with or with out transition effect aplied in either mplw, or launcher pro plus . any ideas???
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That was a typo. You should leave the disable wallpaper scrolling option unchecked.. Sorry about that, I corrected the instructions..
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Hi and welcome to the XDA community
First a massive thank you to everyone's work for docks, icons, threads and wallpapers in this thread ..
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INDEX
Post 1
My home screen
Minimalistic Text
Simi Clock
Advanced Clock
Docks for Launchers
Post 2
More Docks - Around 700
Simple Text
Icon Packs
Toggles
SMS Unread Count
GMAIL Unread Count
Galaxy S 2 Cases
Galaxy S 2 Screen Protectors
Desktop Visualizer - Plus Amazing Home screen
My second Home screen plus everything you need to make it
Post 3
Wallpapers
Link to people's Home Screens
Post 4
List of Launchers and descriptions
Web Browser Thread
Third Home Screen for Black Android
Widget Locker plus How to guide and lots of themes
My themes NEONGT and Beautiful Honeycomb
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This is for beginners who are new to android on how to setup a home screen using ADW Launcher EX and minimalistic Text widget plus more ......
THIS THREAD IS NEW AND BEING CHANGED AND UPDATED EVRYDAY.....LOTS MORE I HAVE TO ADD ..
Im aware there are a few threads that cover launchers and widgets but seems to get lost in the thread pages and the Questions keep getting asked over and over again..
Ive had many many requests and Questions on how to setup my homescreen pictured below..
Please remember this is a basic guide for beginners ..
MY HOME SCREEN GUIDE ...
ADW LAUNCHER EX.. PAID APP ! but worth it
This is my favourite Launcher that I always come back to and is what I use to setup my home screen up pictured abouve..
Download and purchase from the market (please note there is a free version of this Launcher call ADW LAUNCHER ...)
When the download is complete go back to your home screen and press the bottom middle button ...this should bring up the option to set your defualt Launcher...tick the box and select ADW LAUNCHER EX...
If you dont see this option when pressing the button you can download home switcher for free and use that app to set your default Launcher.
The rest of this guide is based on setting up my home screen and will give you the basic idea on how to use it ..
Ok place the icon pack, wallpaper and dock onto your sd card ..external or internal ..choice is yours ..
THE DOWNLOAD PACK HERE - http://www.multiupload.com/ZJCEOT2ESB
Now press the menu button (bottom left) and select more/ADWSettings/UI Settings/Main Dock/Main Dock style and select 5 icons.
Go back a page (bottom right button)
Press Screen Preferences and change the Desktop rows to 10 and the Desktop columns to 7 ( I use 7 as it gives you a central point on your homescreen if you want to use simi clock...more on that later)
Scroll down and tick Overlap widgets, once ticked selected back..
Press Drawer settings/App Draw Settings, from here you can choose the way the apps move and look in your app draw ...try out different ones ..I use Vertical new as its nice and smooth...
Tick Full Screen ..Now go back to your homescreen ...
Press and hold the screen and select wallpaper (gallery) ..you should see my wallpaper you put on your sd card earlier ...select the picture and make the square as big as it will go and move the square to the top..press menu buttom (bottom left) and save..
You should now have the wallpaper on the homescreen ..get rid of all the icons on your screen for the moment ..press and drag them to the bin at the top..
You should be left with something that looks like this ..(Please note my phone is themed so your internet icon will be blue )...You get the idea though..
Now long press the screen and select shortcuts/applications/messaging.
Drag the icon into the dock (next to the internet icon)..
Repeat the above for contacts and phone so you have all four icons in the dock..
Now repeat the above again but leave these icons on your homescreen....
Market,music,camera,xda (download from the market), email, gallery..
So you layout on your homescreen is like this ..
CAMERA GALLERY
MUSIC EMAIL
MARKET XDA
Now we are going to change these icons into the side icons you put on your sd card earlier ..
Long press the market icon and press edit, click on the market text and delete..now click on the market icon/setect picture/gallery ..
Select side icons ..now this is a pain because the left hand side icons are black and on mine you cant see which is which haha ...its a little guess work to find the market one ..if you select the wrong one you will have to repeat as above again ..as in delete text and press one the market icon again ect ect ..when you have the right one press OK...
Repeat for all the icons so your screen looks something like this ...
Again my dock icons will be different to yours ...
Now lets change the dock...
From the homescreen press menu (bottom left button) /more/ADWSettings/Themes Preferences.
Scroll down to the main dock and press the arrow...select custom/gallery and choose the dock you downloaded earlier...now press back to get to your home screen..
Now we can see the icons over the dock...here we are going to replace the icons with the blank icon download earlier..
Long press on the internet icon ...select edit and then press on the icon in the pop up screen (no need to delete the text) ...Select picture/gallery and select the blank icon ..should look all black...when selected you should see NO icon in the pop up screen....press OK..
Now you can see in the dock that the Internet icon has gone and you can see the dock text...now you can press on it for internet ..
Repeat the above for messaging, apps, contacts and phone icon..
Ok we have now set the home screen up ..we now need a clock and the date..
MINIMALISTIC TEXT
For this we are going to use Minimalistic Text ..Download it from the market (free)
Once downloaded go back to your homescreen...
Long press the home screen and select Widgets/Mininalistic Text/Minimalistic Text (hor) 3 x 1
Untick background
Press shadow settings ...tick Show shadow the press on Show colour..
You should see this ...
We need a light blue colour to match the left side of the wallpaper face and the side icons ..
Move the colour slider to the blue and then in the main square move the dot to the top right hand corner and select New colour..
Now click on Shadow Radius.. and set to 5 .press OK..
Press the back button (bottom right button) and scroll down to Predefined layout and press it..
Scroll to the bottom and select custom ..Now press Custom layout..
You should see this ..
We need to get rid of the three boxes..press hold and drag them into the trash bin...so they are all gone..
Now press the green plus + button and select clock...scroll through the boxes above the clock button you just scroll to find Hour (24) press and hold it and drag it into the above box. ..press the back button and scroll down to (text style) and select Non accented
This is the screen you should be on ..
So press Non accented ...press size and change to 55 and press OK..
Now press on Colour and change it to Black and press New colour
Now tick the Bold and Italic boxes and press the back button (bottom right button)..and press OK...it may ask if you want to set 3 x 1 ect ..just press ok again ..
Now you should see half the clock on the home screen (the 24 hour part) ..long press the number/clock and select edit...Note this may take a few attempts)..
Now you should see this
Now using the arrows move the clock to the top left ..so it looks nice
Now we need to repeat all the above steps for the right hand side of the clock but instead of selecting Light blue in Shadow Settings you need to select RED..
Also you need to select Minute (2 digits) instead of hour 24 which well ...would be silly haha..
Like this ....
Also remeber that the right side of the clock need to be white so no need to set it to black like before ..
Apart from those things just follow what you did for the left hand side of the clock ...
You have now set the clock ..
For the date its also the same ..left side blue shadow, black text ...right side red shadow, white text....
I'll guide you through the left hand side of the date...
Long press the home screen and select Widgets/Mininalistic Text/Minimalistic Text (hor) 3 x 1
Untick background
Press shadow settings ...tick Show shadow the press on Show colour..
We need a light blue colour to match the left side of the wallpaper face and the side icons ..
Move the colour slider to the blue and then in the main square move the dot to the top right hand corner and select New colour..
Now click on Shadow Radius.. and set to 5 .press OK..
Press the back button (bottom right button) and scroll down to Predefined layout and press it..
Scroll to the bottom and select custom ..Now press Custom layout..
Again drag and delete whats in the boxes and press the back buttoin..
Press the green plus button
Now we need to select and drag DAY ..then press the plus button and select and drag Month Text ..
Like this ..
Press the back button and select Accented and set to 25 ..press OK
Now tick the Bold and Italic boxes ..
Again we need to now change the colour to black so press on Colour...change to black and press new colour..
Press the back button and press Non accented ...repeat the steps above..as in set to 25 ...tick bold and Italic and change the colour to black..press the back button and press ok and set 3 x1 widget..
Now on the homescreen press and hold /edit ...move with arrows down to the bottom left ..
Now we just have to set the year ...by now you should know what your doing ..if not then read through my guide again..
So for the year we need to set the shadow as red ...the text as white ...Non accented as 25 tick bold and Italic ..
Heres the screen of the custom box you need ...
IMPORTANT NOTE - With the white text ..when you set it it maybe on the left hand side of the home screen and is sometimes hard to see..long press and move it to the black before editing it...
Also if you set something wrong you can always press on the widget to open it back up into settings !! ..
That has given you some idea of ADW LAUNCHER EX AND MINIMALISTIC TEXT ...You can now make your own home screen or select different options in the widget..
I really hope that has got the beginners off to a start..
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SIMI CLOCK WIDGET
Ok this is a little guide to use simi clock ..its pretty basic and easy to use..
I want an orange clock to go with this theme ...This guide is how to get simi clock to look like this ..
Heres the home screen with the clock ...
So download simi clock from the market place.
Long press on the home screen and select Widgets/gTabSMiClock - choose 3 x 1
Untick Display Week of Year
Press date format and change to 30/05/2011
Press on Textcolour and move the sliders until you have an orange colour.
Press on Divider colour and change the colour to orange ...just a little lighter
Press Background colour and move the alpha slider all the way to the left and press OK..
Now press save ..
It will be on your home screen ...I use ADW LAUNCHER EX.....long press on the clock on the home screen and press edit ...move the arrows so it looks like the one pictured above ...
Its that easy ..
The bottom showing the day is a widget called ONESEVEN ...no need to explain that really ..just make it transparent and set to large ..
Done.......
Advanced Clock
This is another great clock widget ....show weather, date, free ram, battery ect ... lots of different styles ..change the text or background ...even make it transparent or semi transparent ...
Got to love this one . ! Free from the market
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DOCKS
Here is a really fantastic selection of docks ...just right click them and save image to pc, then transfer to sd card and use with Launcher ...LOTS MORE TO UPLOAD !
BLANK ICON to use with some of the docks ...Instructions are above which gives you an idea of how to use it..
Blank Icon HERE -
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POST 2
More Docks
And the Icons to match
Thank to kaukassus for these
Not enough Docks ? Here's 700 more .......
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/20049676/1/Docks?h=29041a
Thanks to modelstudent ...
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Absolutely Massive collection of Icons Over 500 Icon packs !!! ....
Big thanks to falloutboy ...
HERE - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824656
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SIMPLE TEXT
This is a very useful and easy app to make your own text Icons ...
Also if you look on your SD card there is a folder named simple text if you open it there should be a folder named fonts if not create it and put any font files you want to use inside as long as they are a .ttf ext they will be available to use when creating your icons.
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A few more
And the rest (same style as above) here -
http://www.multiupload.com/6EW5DVMCD8
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If there is no download link for some of the icons, right click them, save as image and then transfer to your SD card..
OK The blue ones pictured above are ones I make myself ....In lots of different colours ....A nice selection here ..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946160
If you want any different ones made please post in this thread as I hardly go into the SGS 1 forums now ..
APPS ICONS
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ANDROID 3D ICONS
DOWNLOAD HERE - http://www.multiupload.com/9I2GTYYC0Q
SIDE ICONS
Here are the side icons in different colours ..green, red, blue, orange, grey ...Thanks to Goldieking ..
Download pack - http://www.multiupload.com/A6WQWLEM1K
Carbonized Icons ..424 Icons
DOWNLOAD PACK - http://www.multiupload.com/VWTHCWXIK0
Chrome Icons
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378018
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Toggles
These very useful toggles are made by curvefish ...I really like them and they work very well ... All free for the market place ..
SMS Unread Count
This came about after it was reported that there SMS unread count didn't work when changing Launchers, A feature of touchwiz ? ..Anyway hopefully this is a work around....
GMAIL Unread count
As above but for gmail ...
Cases
A nice thread discussing the best cases and what people are using, very useful info ..
Thanks to chizzwhizz for starting the thread .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026482
Screen Protectors
Again a very useful thread discussing whats good and not so good ...
Thanks to vinokirk for the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065384
Desktop Visualizer
This is an example of what this app can do with the right Icons ....Instruction guide below
Had alot of requests for this .....
Here is the link to it and a full guide !!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=815445
Latest Home screen - I need to stop making these .....to many requests
Widgets used
Simi Clock - including simi weather ( in with Simi Clock )
Missed it - (paid app) - Great app for missed calls, sms and emails
Tegrak Ultimate Overclock app - used to over clock stock or CF Root kernel ( comes with widget pictured)
ADW Launcher EX - Please read the start of the first post if you need help to change the icons and resize the widgets.
Fontomizer I also changed my font using this app to Zawgyi One TTF
Theme is from Litening Rom 1.4... Here is the wallpaper, dock icons (white and blue plus lots more which I made) and side icons .... The dock is in the list of docks in this thread.
Im too good to you guys lol
HERE - http://www.multiupload.com/3UL0WFW427
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Wallpapers
An awesome collection of wallpapers ...164 walls ...
A few examples ...(not true size, download is below)
To use the icons in the wallpaper...make a folder using Launcher pro or ADW Launcher EX and then use the blank icon to hide the folder ...great effect..
DOWNLOAD PACK - http://www.multiupload.com/R5AJLW11AT
Flikie HD Wallpapers
The best wallpaper app ever made .......A must app !! Pure Awesome .....
Home Screens Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055084
Thanks to Guitarfreak26 !!
POST 4
ANDROID LAUNCHERS
Launcher PRO (Free) ..
LauncherPro is one of the most seamless, bug-free launchers out there. With almost every aspect of the application customizable, it’s hard to make the choice to switch to anything else once you give it a go.
When you first load the application, you will see the basic home screen layout with three screens and some default widgets and icons. Unlike your default launcher, LauncherPro sports five dock icon spots for you to customize with custom icons, actions, pop-ups, and much more. These icons act as shortcuts for you to set your own favorite applications to be accessible on any screen within the home screens. By swiping these shortcut bars left or right, you will notice that there are three more shortcut bars, made up of five icons, allowing you to set 15 of your favorite applications to be accessible at any point on the home screen.
In addition, you are also able to set custom icons for the applications you choose to put into the shortcut bar as well as the dock background, ranging from the default set to any image that is appropriately sized to fit the dock dimensions.
As you begin to look through the settings, you stumble upon an abundance of things to “tweak” to your liking. LauncherPro lets you change the number of home screens, the transition effect between the screens, and the size of the grid on each home screen. Other bells and whistles include a 3D drawer, super-smooth scrolling, app drawer opening and closing animations, customizable app drawer grid size, elastic scrolling, Sense UI-style animated screen previews, and even more.
Summary:
Combined with its “free” price tag, the quality of this application is well worth the time to check it out. There is a reason the majority of the Android community opts to go for LauncherPro — it will not disappoint!
LauncherPro Plus (Paid)
By donating $2.99 to developer Federico Carnales through PayPal, you unlock the full version of LauncherPro which includes additional features, such as the ability to re-size widgets as you see fit, which comes in handy when playing around with a bigger-than-standard grid size.
The biggest and best advantage to buying the full version is the widgets, which closely resemble HTC Sense’s both visually and functionally. The list of widgets includes People, Bookmarks, Calendar, Messaging, Twitter, Facebook, and Friends, most of which have multiple styles for you to choose from.
Summary: For the low price of $2.99, you can support the developer in perfecting this application further, regardless of whether or not you need the extra features. Especially with a long-awaited complete application overhaul and rewrite coming soon, this home screen replacement solution will be well worth the money.
ADW Launcher EX (Paid)
This is the paid version of ADW Launcher ...listed below
Just like LauncherPro, ADW.Launcher also has a paid version with additional features and customization. For $3.14 USD, you can have the most customizable launcher available on the Android Market.
First off, ADWLauncher EX bumped the number of app drawer styles from two to five, which aims to satisfy all you fanatics who like change. Another big change is the ability to change the animation when swiping between home screens. You have the option to choose between eight of them which, once again, adds to that customization factor you may be considering when choosing a launcher.
Other small changes include new icons, a new look and feel, the ability to give icons backgrounds, the ability to change font sizes, and many other small new features, all of which can be saved in a new feature called “fast presets”. With these presets, you can quickly switch between your home screen styles and configurations on the fly if you get bored of one home screen too soon.
The developer has also mentioned new and better code, meaning an improvement in performance.
Summary:
ADWLauncher EX is perhaps the most customizable launcher on the Android Market, and it is well worth the money if you are looking to explore your creative side and wow your friends with your creations.
ADW Launcher (free)
This is the free version of ADW Launcher EX.....still a very good launcher though..
While LauncherPro is my first choice of launcher, the brilliant people at AnderWeb have made a close second. With most of the settings and features nearly identical to LauncherPro’s, you may find it hard to tell them apart.
Nevertheless, there are certain things that allow ADW.Launcher to stand out from its competition in addition to the features already mentioned in LauncherPro. By flicking up on the app drawer icon, you have the ability to drag and drop an unlimited number of shortcuts and folders into the dock which is useful if you have a large pile of things you need to access quickly.
Another feature that sets ADW.Launcher apart is the app drawer styles that you are able to choose rather than being stuck with one default one. If you are a fan of the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones with the side scrolling app drawer, you’re in luck. AnderWeb has made that available to you, as well as the default Android fluidly-scrolling vertical drawer.
Another feature that LauncherPro lacks but that ADW has is the ability to long press on any icon on the home screen, which reveals a menu where you are able to change the icon and name of the application. (LauncherPro requires you to remove the icon and create a new one from scratch.)
Summary:
Overall, ADW.Launcher is a solid, powerful, and free home screen replacement solution that will keep you satisfied for weeks to come. With lots of customization options, smooth scrolling, and fast response time, it is one of the best you will find.
GO Launcher EX (free)
This is a free Launcher ...very popular too ..
A relatively new launcher on the scene is GO Launcher EX by the up and coming Android development stars and authors of the GO SMS application, GO Dev Team.
One of the first things you’ll notice about this launcher is that inside the app drawer is a task killer of running applications. Rather than having a task killer running all the time and ruining your battery life, you now have the ability to shut down any running tasks on the fly, within the application, in case you are running low on memory.
By looking through the Preferences of this application, it becomes obvious that the GO Launcher Dev Team are huge fans of customizing. So many preference selections — Display, Screen, Dock, App Drawer, Operation, Advanced, and Theme Settings — may seem overwhelming at first, but after looking through all of the settings, you can customize GO Launcher EX to look like almost anything you like.
If you don’t need LauncherPro Plus’s widgets, GO Launcher Ex is definitely the best choice due to the build quality, number of features, usefulness and overall depth of the application. If you happen to have purchased LauncherPro Plus already, then GO Launcher doesn’t have any extra features that may warrant the switch after having shelled out $2.99. Regardless, it is a fantastic launcher. I cannot stress that enough.
Even though GO Launcher EX all the same features of ADW, and LauncherPro, the developers go that extra mile by including all of the incredible visual customization and are extremely active on their thread on XDA, jumping at the opportunity to include any features users suggest.
Slidescreen (free)
Im so excited about this Launcher ...I love it ..
Larva Labs Ltd have taken a different approach to the Android home screen. SlideScreen is made up of a multi-paneled screen that consists of a Phone, Messaging, Calendars, News, Stocks, and Twitter feeds. At the center of all of these is a main slider that consists of the date, time, weather information, battery status, and signal strength for both 3G and Wi-Fi, all very neatly packed into this container.
By sliding the main slider, you are able to adjust the size of each of the media section, allowing you to pick which sections you use or want the most. Access to all of your installed applications can be found through a shortcut in the menu.
By clicking on a slider section, you are greeted with the application that is associated with the section. For example, if you see that you missed a call, you tap the “phone” section, and are taken to the call history. Any upcoming appointments or important dates are shown under the “calendar” section and will take you to Slidescreen’s version of a calendar app when pressed.
Summary:
Larva Labs Ltd have broken away from the generic Android-esque look and tried something new — and it’s quite polished. There is the occasional bug or poorly coded section here and there, but an update will fix those without a doubt. It’s definitely something new if you want to get away from the same old look of every other launcher out there.
Slidescreen (Paid)
If you like the free version then Id recommend the paid version....
Android 2.3 Launcher (Paid)
Original launcher from latest android gingerbread branch.
Get latest launcher without waiting or rooting your device.
you can find my paid version by scrolling down to bottom and click "View more applications" to buy the paid version, thanks!
Feature:
* Pure Google Experience, Refined look and feel from Gingerbread.
* Choose between 2D / 3D apps drawer. (see #1)
* High quality wallpaper from Nexus S
* Add eclair (2.1) backward compatibility (Testing)
#1 3D app drawer only work on the following condition currently
1. 3D capable device (RenderScript capable and multi-context support)
2. 480*800(most mid to high end android device) or 480*854(Milestone/Droid or other mid-to-high end device)
3. Android 2.2 Aka. Froyo
How to open launcher settings:
Long press your home screen, and click "Launcher settings" in the "Add to home screen" dialog to open launcher settings.
This is a free version, if you do like this app, please buy "Android 2.3 Launcher (Home) +" to support my work, thanks!
Also checkout free "LiveWallpaper from Gingerbread" from us. It will be a good companion to your home!
Or are you looking for gingerbread keyboard, we also have one for you. just look for "Keyboard from Gingerbread"!
Zeam Launcher
This is a very fast Launcher, Zeam is not to add the most launcher functionality and extraneous eye-candy, but instead to be a “…free and lightweight launcher alternative…”, according to its website. You will find that Zeam holds true to its promise, and adds little in the way of wiz-bangs and flashy-doodads. At best it supports some relatively basic animations and transitions, which likely won’t “Wow!” anybody, and definitely won’t assist you in speeding up your phone, which is the purpose of Zeam in the first place.
Zeam does however, build upon the basic Android launcher’s basic functions with some of the following features:
Manipulation of App Grid size
Scrollable widgets
4 Fully customizable gestures
Scrolling customizable home dock
These features are all fine and dandy, but if you’re looking for feature-packed launcher goodness you’ll be better off looking at ADW or LauncherPro. Where Zeam really shines is in speeding up a heavily-loaded or aging phone. My original Motorola Droid was slowing to a crawl with the vanilla Froyo launcher, responding slowly to taps and swipes made on the home screen with only 2 widgets (Jorte Calender and Facebook)! Zeam frees up a lot of memory and is very light on its feet, allowing you to simply get things done faster and without a headache.
SPB Shell 3D Launcher
As we all know, the beauty of Android stems from the fact that you get a wide variety of choices when it comes to devices and interface, though the latter can sometimes be a double-edged sword. Luckily, users who are fed up with their bloated Android UI but don't want to (or can't) mess around with ROMs now have another easy solution. Joining the handful of Android launchers is SPB's Shell 3D app, which installs as a replacement (but removable) home screen that comes with some nifty widgets (radio switches, backlight dimmer, weather forecast with a 3D chart, clock with over 60 skins, world time with a 3D globe, etc.) and resizeable folders.
As you can see above, the highlight of the show here is a cool-looking 3D carousel for switching between up to 16 panels, and you can trigger it by either tapping or horizontally dragging the bottom-center button. Whilst in carousel mode, you can also rearrange the panels, change their colors, or flick away excess panels. All of this required no manual reading on our end, so it's safe to say that this is a pretty intuitive app. Read on to see what the performance is like.
Yes its expensive but what a launcher ..whats missing from this ...you cant customize the dock icons ...whether thats enough to put you off is up to you...
We've been playing with Shell 3D on our Xperia Play, Nexus S, and Dell Venue for a few days, and we're still surprised by its butter-like smoothness -- SPB claims that the app is rendered consistently at 60fps on most modern Android devices. The only time we see this app hiccup is when we throw in the Pictures panel (for displaying Flickr's pictures of the day), so while this feature is a nice touch, we tend to keep it tucked away for minimal irritation. Other than that, we enjoy casually spinning the carousel or flicking between the panels for the subtle 3D transition effect, without significantly affecting battery life as well.
As for the app list, it's simply a vertical scrolling list with springy effects when you hit the top or bottom, but there's also a nice addition here: apps that already have a shortcut added to a panel are marked with a little home icon. That said, there's another side to this: for some reason, SPB decided that we shouldn't be allowed to add the same shortcut to multiple panels, which can be annoying for those who want maximum accessibility to the most frequently used shortcuts. For an app costing $14.95, this shouldn't be too much to ask for, right? But otherwise, Shell 3D is a pretty neat add-on for those looking to breathe new life into their Android phones.
Android Windows 7 Launcher
There are a lot of third-party application launchers available for Android from GO Launcher EX to ADW to LauncherPro. Most Android users choose to go to a third party launcher to either get a stock look on their phone or just to customize it more. While my personal favorite launcher has always been LauncherPro (please no hate mail from ADW fans), the delays in an update to the rewrite of LauncherPro made me begin to look elsewhere for a new feel for my phone.
Launcher 7 is an attempt to replicate the simplicity of Windows Phone 7’s launcher on an Android device, and it does a great job. There are others out there (like Windows Phone Android), but Timo Kujala’s Launcher 7 easily takes the cake. From live tiles to widgets to transition animations, Launcher 7 is the way to go for someone who wants a simple launcher or who loves the look and feel of Windows Phone 7, but doesn’t want to leave the Android fold.
The Set Up
When you first open Launcher 7 it gives you a default set of icons like Phone and Browser and then lists the rest of your applications to the next screen on the right, which can be accessed by swiping over or pressing the arrow. If there is an application that you want to add as a tile to the main screen, all you have to do is long press the application and a new screen will appear allowing you to customize the tile with whatever icon you want and how large you want the tile to be (1×1, 2×1). Launcher 7 comes with a set of white icons to use if you want to try and make each tile look as close as possible to WP7, or you can just use the application’s default icon.
Live Tiles
This is where Launcher 7 really shines over and against other WP7 launcher imitations. There are options for live tiles, like the calendar tile you see above. The calendar tile will cycle through your 24 hour events or display an event that is coming up that day. Another option for live tiles is a People tile, which displays pictures of your various contacts. For those familiar with WP7, you’ll recognize that these live tiles are straight from the WP7 launcher. While the options for these lives tiles are limited right now, there is a lot of potential to make the app even more like WP7 and then to expand beyond with custom live tiles.
Widgets
Recently, support for widgets has been added. As you can see from the images above, my battery percentage and weather forecast widgets fit right in with the rest of the tiles. Any widget can be added by pressing menu and then Add Widget. While there will be some limitations for which widgets can be added (mostly size), you shouldn’t have much trouble finding a way to get the information you need onto your main screen. The widgets update automatically and respond exactly how they would if they were on a normal Android launcher.
Wrap Up
Launcher 7 isn’t for everyone, but for people who love a simple experience and want access to their information and their applications quickly, Launcher 7 is worth a try. The dev doesn’t guarantee that the launcher will work on all phones, but a quick perusal of the comments will show that most phones handle the launcher just fine. It has easily replaced LauncherPro for me because of its simplicity. I’m by no means a lover of minimalism (I would pick Fancy or Beautiful Widgets clocks over any other clock), but with a busy schedule and a need to access things quickly and easily, Launcher 7 helps me get things done. Besides all of that functionality mumbo-jumbo, it’s fun to use. I find myself choosing to use Launcher 7 more and more because I enjoy the simple beauty that it offers.
You can find both a free version (with ads on your applications list page) and an ad-free paid version in the market. Even die hard fans of Launcher Pro and ADW should give this a shot – you may be pleasantly surprised.
Web Browser Thread
Lost of info on the subject here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101308
Thanks to Oat23
Black Android Theme Thanks to pele for the theme and nitrozk for the port
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131746
Love this theme so much I thought Id make some screens
Here is the wallpaper, icons and dock for the above Home Screen and Lock Screen
http://www.multiupload.com/5FDEGU7MVS
Had lots of pm's about the Android Market Icon ...infact its in with the wallpaper and I just put the market icon over it and changed it to dots, there is also a blank icon that you can use instead if you prefer. The blank icon is also used for the dock apps...
Everything on the screen is from using ADW Launcher EX, more info on how to use it in post 1 ...
Screen shots of market icon ...before and after ...
Widgets used ...
Simi Clock
Simi Weather
Simi Battery (all in the same app)
Missed it (paid app)
Circle Launcher
Widget Locker
I used Dialer2 app and Better Keyboard app to fit with the Black Android theme more ...great apps too ..Screen Shots of both apps below...
[email protected] in contacts aka Jimmy, he'll kill me if he sees this haha..
Enjoy ..
Widget Locker
Please note the market is now black because of the Black Android themed vending.apk
Widget Locker How to Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553
Widget Locker Themes
When you have download a theme you like...dont upzip it, place the zip file in - Internal sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes then open Widget locker and select from the app ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968613
Since making this thread I have now made 4 themes ..
NeonGT (Jumba's Original) ...Red and Blue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138692
And my latest and best theme to date is Beautiful Honeycomb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181143
God bless your soul.
Sent from galaxy S 2 using xda app
Nice post. Good work rixsta.
Props for your efforts in making this for those who want to know.
Do all those mods affect battery life at all?
Personally I've never bothered playing with all that as IMO it looks tacky and doesn't fit with the Android UI but I guess that's the beauty of Android I do use Minimalistic text though, which does take getting use to setting up custom widgets.
LawAce said:
Props for your efforts in making this for those who want to know.
Do all those mods affect battery life at all?
Personally I've never bothered playing with all that as IMO it looks tacky and doesn't fit with the Android UI but I guess that's the beauty of Android I do use Minimalistic text though, which does take getting use to setting up custom widgets.
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No it wont affect battery life using a different launcher or changing your home screen....Ive never found it to anyway.
A lot of widgets may slightly though...
As in doesn't fit wth the android theme ..depends on how heavy you mod the framework or flash a theme to fit your new home screen ..I made an awesome android green home screen for my SGS 1 ..maybe I'll make it for the SGS 2 and post it ...
Its early days for that though ...new themes will come ..as will roms ..
Your right though ..its a personal choice ..but its nice to have the choice
Sure is the beauty of android ..stock or custom ..Android Rocks..
Great work rixsta.
Can't wait to get mine and start fafin about with it lol.
y0.o! said:
Great work rixsta.
Can't wait to get mine and start fafin about with it lol.
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Hey mate ....really good to see you back on the forums ..the SGS 2 forums at that... !
Happy flashing
Even though i am not gonna use any of that, but your efforts are worth to Thank you...
Fantastic work as always Rixsta
Don't suppose you have anymore of those white and blue text icons do you? Gmail, Twitter and Facebook in particular ;-)
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WhiteHartMart said:
Fantastic work as always Rixsta
Don't suppose you have anymore of those white and blue text icons do you? Gmail, Twitter and Facebook in particular ;-)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
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I'll have loads of them..I'll post a link at the bottom next to them in post 2
Nice to see you on the SGS 2 forums...
EDIT I have linked the thread to more of them ...They are steel blue ones ..
hazem77 said:
Even though i am not gonna use any of that, but your efforts are worth to Thank you...
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Thats really nice of you thanks ..
rixsta said:
ICONS
And the rest (same style as above) here -
www .multiupload. com/6EW5DVMCD8
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Could you tell me what font these are in? I like them and want to make similar ones for other apps I use, but can't get the text styled right
Thanks for the effort .. i will try doing it tomorrow
thanks again
Edit : for some weird reason the market is not allowing me to buy/install ADW LAUNCHER EX
Twomorecharacters said:
Could you tell me what font these are in? I like them and want to make similar ones for other apps I use, but can't get the text styled right
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Hi ..Its Arial Bold on adobe photoshop ..
I can send you the PSD file if that's easier for you ..
Then you can just change text/colour yourself ..that's what I do when Im making new ones..
Dark_Lord0122 said:
Thanks for the effort .. i will try doing it tomorrow
thanks again
Edit : for some weird reason the market is not allowing me to buy/install ADW LAUNCHER EX
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Make sure you have setup your account correctly using your bank card ..
I had lots of trouble doing it ..it wouldn't accept my card ..took me ages..
Paypal have been in talks with google about adding a paypal account ...nothing has come of it yet though ..Its a pain I know..
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Make sure you have setup your account correctly using your bank card ..
I had lots of trouble doing it ..it wouldn't accept my card ..took me ages..
Paypal have been in talks with google about adding a paypal account ...nothing has come of it yet though ..Its a pain I know..
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My card is working perfectly fine and i bought other items from the market before but now its telling me that its not compatible with my device :/
Dark_Lord0122 said:
My card is working perfectly fine and i bought other items from the market before but now its telling me that its not compatible with my device :/
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Oh i see ...
That's very strange...It should work ..
Does anyone know how to apply live wallpaper on Note 7? I can't seem to figure out, live wallpapers are not showing under the Wallpaper and Themes option.
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Does anyone know how to apply live wallpaper on Note 7? I can't seem to figure out, live wallpapers are not showing under the Wallpaper and Themes option.
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I couldn't find the option either. Knowing I don't like the stock launcher anyway, I went to my trusty old nova prime. I wanted the stock look with more function so I also added the "MeeUI HD Icon pack" free from the play store, to get the rounded system wide icons. Then with nova, just long press the back button and on the far right there is an option for live wallpapers. Sorry I couldn't answer your question but hope this workaround helps.
Just open the live wallpaper like an app, then click open and apply as usual.
Sent from my SM-N930P using Tapatalk
I can get live wallpapers on the home screen but there is no option for running the same on the lockscreen. I am coming from the S7E and that phone had the option.
Yes you correct, .... I am having the same issue ... live wall paper cannot be applied to the Lock Screen ... seems to have no Options to do so.
Samsung !!! why !!!
Any one have a work around ?
Nada on this ??
One of my employees has a live wallpaper working on her lock screen of her AT&T Note 7. I'll have to ask her how she got it to work. She told me she got it through the theme store. I'll find out more tomorrow.
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makavelisk said:
One of my employees has a live wallpaper working on her lock screen of her AT&T Note 7. I'll have to ask her how she got it to work. She told me she got it through the theme store. I'll find out more tomorrow.
Sent from my SM-N930V using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thanks !! .. I look forward to hearing how she got it working.
It seems to me that Samsung is trying to make us buy stuff through the theme store in order to get the functionality..... that makes me SAD...
So there are live themes in the theme store. It defintiely seems like that is exactly what Samsung is pulling as mostly all of them are not free. I just found the one she is using and the locksreen is live.
http://www.samsung.com/global/themestore/index.html?appId=ee.YinYang&SITE_CODE=us
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If you type in (live) into the search field it will come up with a few live locksreen wallpapers. So it looks like it limited to using the theme store only. Kinda cool helix one with a video attached in the description.
http://www.samsung.com/global/themestore/index.html?appId=com.echovisuals.www.Helix&SITE_CODE=us
Matrix theme that looks awesome too!
http://www.samsung.com/global/themestore/index.html?appId=com.echovisuals.www.Binary&SITE_CODE=us
Well that's cool ..... But I guess I find it offensive and down right stupid that Samsung is making us pay for stuff that we android users always got for free .... we are now being limited to use only Samsung themes ... WTF ... are we now just sheep like Iphone users......*(
And what if I don't want to change all my Icons and the look of my stock messaging app Ect ...???
this is offensive and down right Rude of Samsung.
Am I the only one who thinks this ??
xda_geekman said:
Well that's cool ..... But I guess I find it offensive and down right stupid that Samsung is making us pay for stuff that we android users always got for free .... we are now being limited to use only Samsung themes ... WTF ... are we now just sheep like Iphone users......*(
And what if I don't want to change all my Icons and the look of my stock messaging app Ect ...???
this is offensive and down right Rude of Samsung.
Am I the only one who thinks this ??
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Your not alone... And to be honest things like this bother me way more than the locked bootloader.
At least that has a semi understandable reason.
MrBigKid said:
Your not alone... And to be honest things like this bother me way more than the locked bootloader.
At least that has a semi understandable reason.
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Totally agree, like I said the S7 edge had the option. Maybe the sales of the Theme store didn't meet their expectations so they are trying to force it on us.
Despite the nonsense of only allowing paid live wallpapers, I would buy an app from the Galaxy store with only one purpose: to enable live wallpapers on the lock screen. This missing feature has me pretty annoyed.
Dears,
just a question... there is any way to access to the store or download that contents directly from PC?
Ok so i had this problem as well if you search for beautiful live weather in app it will pop up with a sun in picture once you install it brings up 3 choices select live weather and asks at bottom if you want to set as wallpaper
Samsmug needs to stop forcing us to only use their "paid" live wallpaper themes. This is completely unacceptable and must stop. I miss having my "Alive" video wallpaper on both the home and lock screens. This really kills the whole experience for me.
At least we still have access to our photo gallery through the samsung themes app. Maybe we can add an animated gif wallpaper to the gallery and add it to our lock screen this way? If samsung allows users to create their own themes, then there must be a way to create our own "Theme" with our own live wallpaper on both the home and lock screens?
Briankuhn22 said:
Ok so i had this problem as well if you search for beautiful live weather in app it will pop up with a sun in picture once you install it brings up 3 choices select live weather and asks at bottom if you want to set as wallpaper
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Which app are you searching to enable beautiful live weather?
I have a solution for finding your live wallpapers
MrBigKid said:
Your not alone... And to be honest things like this bother me way more than the locked bootloader.
At least that has a semi understandable reason.
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I found you have to download "Space Galaxy Live Wallpaper", open it, Select the "Start Wallpaper" button and voila! There is your entire list of live wallpapers you love. I have already contacted Samsung and they are aware of their lack of thought, but the rest of you need to also so the hirry up and update!
jdh1969 said:
I found you have to download "Space Galaxy Live Wallpaper", open it, Select the "Start Wallpaper" button and voila! There is your entire list of live wallpapers you love. I have already contacted Samsung and they are aware of their lack of thought, but the rest of you need to also so the hirry up and update!
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Nope, ... this is not the solution for a live Lock Screen Wall Paper....
But Thanks for trying.
Despite there is no way to set the lock-screen with live wallpaper...
but You can use this third party app to bring all installed livewallpapers to select for your homescreen...
Live Wallpaper Picker
Some live wallpaper apps have no shortcuts, This is what I used to set them for my homescreen...
Hey,
As you guys know, Huawei disables the "Darken Interface Colors" option on their non-pro devices (p20, mate 10, mate 20).
With EMUI 8 you could just install a dark theme from the play store and solve this issue, but with EMUI 9 the problem is that these old themes don't display correctly (lots of black on black unreadable text)
So I made a simple dark theme that could help with this issue, download it from the attachments below.
There are some small bugs (as shown here)
But I'm not knowledgeable enough with EMUI theming to be able to fix them, so if anyone is, please do
(hwt files are just renamed zip files basically, they're really easy to work with).
Areas themed:
- Settings (Not perfect, but is good enough, need someone more experienced to fix the small bugs)
- Volume bar
- Notification Area
- Nav Bar (Background Color Depends on App)
--> Screenshots Gallery Here <--
Recommended Apps to use with this theme:
- Download Google Phone and set the theme to dark, also set it as your default dialer in device settings.
- Download Google Contacts and set it to dark also.
- Default Messages app that comes with the phone has the option to go dark.
- F Stop Gallery
- Gonemad or Black player for music.
- Youtube has a dark theme.
- Solid Explorer (Dark theme)
- Try using Fluid Navigation Gestures on the playstore if you want more customization gesture navigation (works flawlessly)
To install:
Download the maddada Dark EMUI 9 v1 (non-pro).hwt file and place it in 'Internal Storage/ Themes'
After Install:
You can change the icon pack, lock screen, and wallpapers easily from the "Me" tab in the themes area of the device's settings.
Download here:
nope not working on my mate 20
same here. not working on mate 20
Hope you get this fixed, the Honor Magic 2 has an OLED display but no dark theme available either.
@MishaalRahman @romano19 @Dwama
Hey guys, sorry it's working now.
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Works very well!!!...Hope in future updates. Dialer for first. Thank you for the job!
Okay I tried this a bit ago and it didn't work. Then I came across a problem and decided to reset all settings, then I was suddenly able to apply the theme.
Maybe try restarting the phone and if that doesn't work and you're desparate for dark theme, go ahead and try reset settings ("Reset all settings" option, NOT "Factory data reset")
ranieriracing said:
Works very well!!!...Hope in future updates. Dialer for first. Thank you for the job!
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Welcome! I suggested the Google phone app, it has dark mode and looks better than the stock app IMO.
draikathedragon said:
Okay I tried this a bit ago and it didn't work. Then I came across a problem and decided to reset all settings, then I was suddenly able to apply the theme.
Maybe try restarting the phone and if that doesn't work and you're desparate for dark theme, go ahead and try reset settings ("Reset all settings" option, NOT "Factory data reset")
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I changed the file, the old one wasn't working, that might've been the reason..
Perfectly working in my Mate 20. Thanks!
Please show me how to install
I first use the power of huawei
I already change the extension to . hwt and paste it in theme. Not found anything.
thariq06 said:
I already change the extension to . hwt and paste it in theme. Not found anything.
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Just extract the hwt inside to the folder, no need to rename.
maddada said:
Just extract the hwt inside to the folder, no need to rename.
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As you can see in my attached pictures, i didn't find your theme..
thanks so much for the theme!!!!!!! enjoying it on my mate20 now
Thanks!
Love your theme bro! Simple and confined to the critical zone that needed darker theme. Keep it up!
Works very well, honor view 10 which updated to Emui 9 today.
thank you so much for this.
I have been looking for this dark theme since Mate 20 was released, Thank you for an early Christmas gift. more power to you and create more. there is a little bit of a bug when replying on a message directly in the notification panel, the background and the letter is color black, so I can't see it. that the only problem for now. thank you so much for this theme. .
I want to use dark theme in my honor play device
What can I do???
Is there a way to change the 'Blue' colour default theme to other colour without installing any theme? Cos I want to maintain everything as default but only the colour changed.
aaronlee0712 said:
Is there a way to change the 'Blue' colour default theme to other colour without installing any theme? Cos I want to maintain everything as default but only the colour changed.
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Yes, you can do it with a theme from the samsung theme store or you can use substratum on an unrooted Note 20 Ultra. How to use substratum has checnged from the first post but toward the end of the thread are the new procedures.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/substratum/official-starting-substratum-andromeda-t3798316
Here's one example of substratum.
.....but, OP said he DID NOT want to install a theme and wanted to keep things DEFAULT
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Substratum looks sweet. Gonna have to check that out.
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Hex Installer allows you to keep the Samsung theme but change the UI element colors. You can even fine tune the background colors. No root needed and no wonky Substratum setup.
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.....but, OP said he DID NOT want to install a theme and wanted to keep things DEFAULT
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AFAIK there's no way without a theme or app...............................................................just giving the OP options!
The app is Hex installer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.vivid.hex.bodhi&hl=en_US
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.....but, OP said he DID NOT want to install a theme and wanted to keep things DEFAULT
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By default it's already using a Samsung theme!
Changing the Samsung theme is reversible and causing no performance impact (except live wallpapers and such).
>Many themes* to chose from, I recommend one of high contrast themes.
>Choose the homescreen wallpaper you want.
>Then chose from one of the hundreds of free icon packs on the Glaxy Store.
*use themes to get the keyboard, phone dialer, messages theme etc that you like best. As per above the rest are interchangeable.
That's the trick and the fix. It's time consuming but works well.
Guyinlaca said:
Hex Installer allows you to keep the Samsung theme but change the UI element colors. You can even fine tune the background colors. No root needed and no wonky Substratum setup.
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Gonna check out the Hex Installer, seems very promising.
It you want to stay on default you can use this at the bottom of developer options.
Themepark in Goodlock.
qzan7 said:
It you want to stay on default you can use this at the bottom of developer options.
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I just changed mine from "Default" to "Purple", just to make it really pronounced - could not find a single thing on the phone that had changed to "Purple"? I even rebooted just for laughs - still nothing, settings menus, it says "accent color" so I have no idea what that could even mean? I did spend about 30 minutes digging around the phone checking all kinds of stuff to make sure I didn't miss anything - finally put it back to "Default"!
jimd1050 said:
I just changed mine from "Default" to "Purple", just to make it really pronounced - could not find a single thing on the phone that had changed to "Purple"? I even rebooted just for laughs - still nothing, settings menus, it says "accent color" so I have no idea what that could even mean? I did spend about 30 minutes digging around the phone checking all kinds of stuff to make sure I didn't miss anything - finally put it back to "Default"!
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Interesting
Samsung and/or the carrier may have disabled it.
Or it was an experimental beta feature.
Developer Options is fun... in Pie I have some that seem to do nothing that are indexed under "Feature Flags", an experimental feature.
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I didn't know about this... Thanks for the tip.
What changes when you change the theme color? When does it change (after restart? Immediate?)?
TeldenW said:
I didn't know about this... Thanks for the tip.
What changes when you change the theme color? When does it change (after restart? Immediate?)?
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I don't know, never used it. I theme with HEX. you can try it and see.
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This dev settings option is from stock Android and was originally the only way of changing accent colours on devices running stock before Google added its own theming option later. It has nothing to do with the way Samsung implements theming and accent colours in One Ui, and for that reason does not work on Samsung devices.
The only thing that the developer option did on my side, was to change the background colour of default system icons that got no icon.
Here are two examples : one black and the other cinnamon.
Why dont you try the following apps developed for Samsung and you found them in Galaxy store:
Good lock has a bunch of modules to create your unique theme
When you use Theme Park module to create a new them make sure you tap on the top right corner on the sun icon to choose the dark mode. Basically when you create a new them you can create one for light mode(sun icon) and another for dark mode(moon icon) in one package as one them.
If you dont like the quickpanel you can change the colour scheme on your like using Quick Star module
Keyboard you can make a new theme using Theme Park (Keyboard section) ,the possibilities are endless ,make sure again you tap on sun icon to select dark mode for keyboard ?
Then use Keys Cafe module,submenu "style your own keyboard " to add key/motion effect when typing
If you want to go even further, then you can create your very own keyboard ,customised the location of the keys and add functions to them
Check attachments and YouTube link of the theme keyboard
https://youtu.be/6jZI7a-CiN0