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Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Im using
Switch pro
Pure calendar
Pandora minimal mod
Analog clock by mjdev
Minimalistic text for city/temp
Beautiful widgets forecast
My icons in helvetica ultrathin italic
Launcher pro plus messaging
Launcher pro plus facebook
My system font is neutratext small caps in bold and regular applied using type fresh (must have root)
Switch pro
Pure calendar
Pandora minimal mod
Analog clock by mjdev
Minimalistic text for city/temp
Beautiful widgets forecast
My icons in helvetica ultrathin italic
Launcher pro plus messaging
Launcher pro plus facebook
My system font is neutratext small caps in bold and regular applied using type fresh (must have root)
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Go launcher is pretty nice. I like the app drawer a lot. It really shows what lpp is lacking. But im going to stay with lpp for now cuz of the widgets 
Launcher Pro has always run fine for a week or so and then suddenly my X just starts to freeze and become unresponsive to the point of requiring a battery pull. It started doing it again recently so it has been uninstalled. Installed Zeam in its place and have been pretty happy so far.
Right, I just bought Launcher Pro and downloaded your icons but when I go to make a shortcut and replace the icon with one of yours it comes out really really small and I can't see any options to change it. I'm using a Motorola Droid 2 btw, just kinda got it and have no idea how to do much with it.RJNavarrete said:keep on trucking.
here are my text icons in black and white [original and italicized] format. enjoy. also included are some wallpapers that go well with these icons.
http://rjnavarrete.deviantart.com/art/januarymod-192179554
How do I change the size of shortcuts?
BTW your wallpapers are great, got them to
EDIT:- Also how do you get the facebook widget to have hard edges and set it transparent? Mine is the default LauncherPro widget and it has rounded edges and is black.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Dibbz said:Right, I just bought Launcher Pro and downloaded your icons but when I go to make a shortcut and replace the icon with one of yours it comes out really really small and I can't see any options to change it. I'm using a Motorola Droid 2 btw, just kinda got it and have no idea how to do much with it.
How do I change the size of shortcuts?
BTW your wallpapers are great, got them to
EDIT:- Also how do you get the facebook widget to have hard edges and set it transparent? Mine is the default LauncherPro widget and it has rounded edges and is black.
You're using Desktop Visualizer for the icons, right?
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Yea I forgot to mention that in my latest post. Gotta use desktop visualizer 4x1 for my iconsvitaminwateryum said:
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Dibbz said:
Make sure you're placing a 4x1 desktop visualizer widget. Once you do that, press the widget and it should ask you which icon and action you want it for.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427Stat Flow said:
and Bad_Boy, there are a few market apps that allow that, but you could always use WidgetLocker to add whatever widget you like to your lockscreen.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
My dock
Rename it to a png. Stupid imgur for android.
Rename it to a png. Stupid imgur for android.
I tried that, but I felt it needed come contrast.josephdebono said:nice! Looks fucken awesome (except the center bottom button which should be white imo)
you guys have so much talent
Here's my phone now...
I'm need to make text icons for the rest of my docks, which is why I didnt show the other 2.
I actually plan on getting rid of my droid as soon as I find a tablet that suits my needs. Waiting to see the galaxy tab 2 and motorola xoom tablet. If I can customize them like I can my droid, i'll be happy.
Caesar III
Member
I can't contribute much to the discussion so far. Got my new Desire Z (G2) on Tuesday and did a bit of customization. Thank you for this awesome thread guys.
But today I stumbled across a small problem. How can I change the default email account to send emails when choosing "mail" in the people widget of launcher pro or any other place where there are contacs. It always uses my dummy gmail account which I don't want to use at all but my own mail account that is set to default already.
It works perfectly fine when I first choose mail in the apps and then the account but there should be the easier way as well, shouldn't it? thx so far.
edit: found it myself, had to undefault google mail deep deep down in the settings
But today I stumbled across a small problem. How can I change the default email account to send emails when choosing "mail" in the people widget of launcher pro or any other place where there are contacs. It always uses my dummy gmail account which I don't want to use at all but my own mail account that is set to default already.
It works perfectly fine when I first choose mail in the apps and then the account but there should be the easier way as well, shouldn't it? thx so far.
edit: found it myself, had to undefault google mail deep deep down in the settings
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
nothing particularly out of the ordinary, scaled back on desktop visualizer icons. launcherpro, analog clock by mjdev, circle battery widget, beautiful widgets 4x1. running nero v3 on my vibrant
IcebergSlim3000
Member
I had to pull out a few tricks for this to work, but I finally got it to look the way I wanted.
I went through like 3/4 different layouts initially, but i've been using this for over a month now and have had no desire to alter it
Leftscreen is my calendar but currently it's empty due to Facebook events not showing up and not being at uni for 3 weeks meant my timetable's not on it, so i didn't show that screen.
The rightscreen is SwitchPro but the last update made the icons even more transparent :/
Widgets used:
Pure Calendar (Not shown, but highly recommended)
SiMi Clock+Battstat Next to it (SiMi Alpha set to 135 to match BattStatt)
Desktop Visualizer with some Windows Mobile 7 icons That launch grouped apps (Smart Shortcuts for that).
LauncherPro+ For the dock etc etc.
SwitchPro for the rightscreen icons.
The background is a photo i took.
Leftscreen is my calendar but currently it's empty due to Facebook events not showing up and not being at uni for 3 weeks meant my timetable's not on it, so i didn't show that screen.
The rightscreen is SwitchPro but the last update made the icons even more transparent :/
Widgets used:
Pure Calendar (Not shown, but highly recommended)
SiMi Clock+Battstat Next to it (SiMi Alpha set to 135 to match BattStatt)
Desktop Visualizer with some Windows Mobile 7 icons That launch grouped apps (Smart Shortcuts for that).
LauncherPro+ For the dock etc etc.
SwitchPro for the rightscreen icons.
The background is a photo i took.
Devil Theory
Member
Does anyone know how to take screenshots via a USB-Mac connection? (Unrooted)
Software in the OP doesn't work.
Software in the OP doesn't work.
Bad_Boy said:Switchpro, Launcherpro+, beautiful widgets, simiclock, desktop visualizer. A good pack of icons, a nice wallpaper, and a lot of trial and error.
not sure about the "zip stuff" you refer to though.
I think he's talking about flashing a theme that is a zip file.
In which case, yes, themes change a number of things (notification bar, pop up boxes, possibly lockscreen sliders and tray icons) but most of the stuff is done by what Bad_Boy said.
I had an iphone 4 . Switched to android and loving the hell out of it. The only gripe that I might have with it is that it doesnt seem as fast when scrolling, pinch to zoom, and swipe type performance. Don't get me wrong, it's fast but just barely not as smooth. I have the evo 4g btw.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Working with adw righ now .... its pretty snappy but feels slightly barebones. I'm probably going back to lpp because its snappy enough and has the messaging widget which I hold very near to my heart lol. Plus no widget overlapping is no bueno.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
:lol I boo'd myself. But I think the guy has the template available so i'm Gonna look into making a generic internet browser one.josephdebono said:
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
I had a lot of downtime at a wedding reception yesterday.
Circle T
Member
Many high-end Android phones have very nice GPUs in them as well. The problem mainly comes from how all the different manufacturers and carriers implement the OS and all of the included software. I use a Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate), and when I first got it, bone stock it was decidedly average in speed and general "snappiness" to use. I came from an iPhone 3G, and even that older hardware (with slower CPU and no GPU) felt much better to me. Samsung's crappy Android implementation along with all the stock AT&T crapware didn't help things. But since then, I have tried many different ROMs for my phone, and using the current one (Darky 8.0.1/Speedmod Kernel) I can now see the full potential of both Android and the hardware. There isn't a hint of lag or slowness anywhere, and my battery life is about 3 times better to boot. It feels like a very modern phone, as it should.jayb said:
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
1) find groups. Im part of android-customizers and we have a lot of talented people contributing wallpapers, screenshots with links to the resources, etc.j-wood said:
2) if you find something you like, look around that persons gallery and chances are they have other stuff you will like, so click on devwatch to auomatically get their latest work added to your feed
3) try:
Xda-forums (android theme section)
&
Macthemes for nice iconsets
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