What does your Android phone look like?

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WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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Just noticed, am I the only person to use folders on my home screen to keep all my shortcuts in?

I would leave a screeny but most of my pages have widgets with personal stuff in.
 

Dulanic

Diamond Member
Oct 27, 2000
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Just noticed, am I the only person to use folders on my home screen to keep all my shortcuts in?

I would leave a screeny but most of my pages have widgets with personal stuff in.

I use circle launcher on side screens myself. Similar yet diff.
 

HeXen

Diamond Member
Dec 13, 2009
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where do you get themes at? all i have found is an app to download wallpaper
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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where do you get themes at? all i have found is an app to download wallpaper

i'm just a noob, but I think "themes" for android are basically packaged in with various launchers.

I have seen in the XDA forums--go with your specific phone--that members are developing icon packages, but I'm not sure if those need to be used with specific launchers, or not.
 

Dulanic

Diamond Member
Oct 27, 2000
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i'm just a noob, but I think "themes" for android are basically packaged in with various launchers.

I have seen in the XDA forums--go with your specific phone--that members are developing icon packages, but I'm not sure if those need to be used with specific launchers, or not.

The easiest to theme launcher IMO is Go Launcher EX. It has dozens of user submited themes and that includes replacing most icons. Super easy to change the themes too.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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The easiest to theme launcher IMO is Go Launcher EX. It has dozens of user submited themes and that includes replacing most icons. Super easy to change the themes too.

AH. Everyone seems to talk about it and praise it, but the images I see ont he market are all of rainbows and ridiculous bullshit, so I keep avoiding it.

If it's so diverse, why not advertise it's capabilities more?
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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Back to this look, still messing around with the clock part. Can't seem to duplicate what I had before from memory.


Very cool, and quite original


Not perfect as the epic touch doesn't have many themes yet. I want to remove my battery icon soon and a few other changes.


What are you using for your battery icon in the status bar?
 

Spoooon

Lifer
Mar 3, 2000
11,563
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When I make a "theme," I just focus on the homescreen. I don't like having a bunch of custom icons and then one or two stock icons in the app tray.
 

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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tbqhwy.com
What's the ap some of you use for time and battery that's just txt on the screen

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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AH. Everyone seems to talk about it and praise it, but the images I see ont he market are all of rainbows and ridiculous bullshit, so I keep avoiding it.

If it's so diverse, why not advertise it's capabilities more?

I tried Go Launcher and while it had a ton of customization compared to the other launchers, it was SO SLOW and choppy. I went back to Launcher Pro because of how smooth it is.
 

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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tbqhwy.com
AH. Everyone seems to talk about it and praise it, but the images I see ont he market are all of rainbows and ridiculous bullshit, so I keep avoiding it.

If it's so diverse, why not advertise it's capabilities more?

just google go launcher themes or do a market search for that, you can see tons of them and they are not all rainbows

you can view the golauncher theme store from within the ap as well
 
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mirandu04

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Aug 29, 2011
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Just noticed, am I the only person to use folders on my home screen to keep all my shortcuts in?

I would leave a screeny but most of my pages have widgets with personal stuff in.
I have like 2 folders that keep the most used shortcuts. one is for games and another one for apps that don't have widgets implemented. The one thing that i would like is an app that would give more features to folders like changing how they look, functionality etc
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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I have like 2 folders that keep the most used shortcuts. one is for games and another one for apps that don't have widgets implemented. The one thing that i would like is an app that would give more features to folders like changing how they look, functionality etc

There was a folders app that I was using, but it kept crashing on me so I had to stop. I'm not a fan of how limited the built in folder functionality is either.
 

Spoooon

Lifer
Mar 3, 2000
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There was a folders app that I was using, but it kept crashing on me so I had to stop. I'm not a fan of how limited the built in folder functionality is either.

Just curious, what doesn't it do that you want it to do? I haven't used anything other than ADW EX in a long time.
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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Just curious, what doesn't it do that you want it to do? I haven't used anything other than ADW EX in a long time.

Can't change anything about the folders. Can't change the color or icon, can't change the # of apps that show up on each folder "screen", can't change the background of the opened folder, etc. I don't know if it's a limitation of the launcher (Go launcher EX) or my rom but it's kind of a bummer.

However it's not enough of a bummer to switch launchers if that's the case. I've tried all of the major ones plus some different ones and GO launcher is the best for me. Most response and most updated.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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I have like 2 folders that keep the most used shortcuts. one is for games and another one for apps that don't have widgets implemented. The one thing that i would like is an app that would give more features to folders like changing how they look, functionality etc

Can't change anything about the folders. Can't change the color or icon, can't change the # of apps that show up on each folder "screen", can't change the background of the opened folder, etc. I don't know if it's a limitation of the launcher (Go launcher EX) or my rom but it's kind of a bummer.

However it's not enough of a bummer to switch launchers if that's the case. I've tried all of the major ones plus some different ones and GO launcher is the best for me. Most response and most updated.

try circle launcher. I picked it up the other day when it was Amazon's free ap of the day. I haven't messed around with it too much, but it does offer a nice deal of variety to how folders operate and allows a lot of customization with the folder icon.
 

Spoooon

Lifer
Mar 3, 2000
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Can't change anything about the folders. Can't change the color or icon, can't change the # of apps that show up on each folder "screen", can't change the background of the opened folder, etc. I don't know if it's a limitation of the launcher (Go launcher EX) or my rom but it's kind of a bummer.

However it's not enough of a bummer to switch launchers if that's the case. I've tried all of the major ones plus some different ones and GO launcher is the best for me. Most response and most updated.

Does simifolder work for you or is that the one that crashes?

I tried GO Launcher for a while, decided to go back to ADW EX.
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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try circle launcher. I picked it up the other day when it was Amazon's free ap of the day. I haven't messed around with it too much, but it does offer a nice deal of variety to how folders operate and allows a lot of customization with the folder icon.


That's pretty neat. Thanks


Does simifolder work for you or is that the one that crashes?

I tried GO Launcher for a while, decided to go back to ADW EX.

Simi folder is the one I'm having probs with. I'm not sure why because it doesn't look like more folks are having the same issue. I might try reinstalling it and see what happens.
 

Yuriman

Diamond Member
Jun 25, 2004
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Running pretty close to stock ICS, but seeing this thread has inspired me to do some skinning.

 
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