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skybaby said:
New launcher pro, calendar widget for pro users included

hmmm i still like pure and how they show the text on the calendar and it has the calendar lines for how long it runs (and different colors for the different calendars). Its a really good start though


edit... does he have any plans for an email widget before i go buy the pure email widget?
 
zesty said:
The calendar widget was the one I was most excited about and I really like the execution.
Yea, it looks nice.

Does anyone know how to make the contacts widget load pictures that aren't from gtalk? Most of my contacts don't have gtalk avatars >.>
 
skybaby said:
New launcher pro, calendar widget for pro users included
I bought Pure Grid Calendar when I first got my EVO and really like it. I do like the look of the Launcher Pro widget though, it's a bit cleaner like the HTC widgets, and I like being able to open agenda view from it (though Pure does let you open a single days agenda). If the Launcher Pro widget got the calendar timelines on the main grid I'd probably switch.
 
zesty said:
The calendar widget was the one I was most excited about and I really like the execution.
How do I get the calendar widget? I just purchased/activated LauncherPro Plus but I don't see this cal widget...?

EDIT: Also, my People Widget won't load any pics. Sup with that?
 
speaking of launcher pro, does anyone know how to assign a pic to your bookmarks for the purposes of the bookmarks page? only wikipedia, google, and espn seem to have them.
 
AstroLad said:
speaking of launcher pro, does anyone know how to assign a pic to your bookmarks for the purposes of the bookmarks page? only wikipedia, google, and espn seem to have them.

did you try fetching thumbnails? There is an option to do that in the bookmarks settings.


glad i'm not the only one who likes the timelines on the calendar. I think the LP widget is definitely nice and clean, but another revision or two will make it great. If they release a scrolling messaging widget i'm in love... and google should just buy these guys out
 
gcubed said:
did you try fetching thumbnails? There is an option to do that in the bookmarks settings.


glad i'm not the only one who likes the timelines on the calendar. I think the LP widget is definitely nice and clean, but another revision or two will make it great. If they release a scrolling messaging widget i'm in love... and google should just buy these guys out
oic, when you visit it just grabs a thumb. simple enough!
 
BTW, about the new launcherpro, hold an icon in your dock to reveal gesture shortcuts. Now you can tap or swype the icon for different actions.
 
Is there some sort of app I can use that will automatically submit login information when I connect to open WIFI networks that require login via a browser?

My friends have an app that does this for iOS.
 
Superblatt said:
Anyone know about there being any major software bugs in the Incredible or Andoird?

Starting yesterday, I began getting a low memory error message. The strange thing is that I've only had the phone for a week, and after double checking available space I was able to confirm that I'd barely even scratched the surface on memory used. In other words, the error message was totally bogus.

Before I knew it, I had a second memory error message. When this one showed up, I was unable to send SMS, do email or even browse the web. I was still able to make phone calls, but the phone was 80% useless. So, I figured I'd just do a reset, and that would likely fix the issue, right? Low and behold when I restarted, the phone was bricked. WTF? I've had this thing for under a WEEK!

After doing some research, it turns out there is a very well known memory leak on the Incredible. Verizon and HTC have no solution, and it just hits randomly. Talk about rifuckingdiculous.

Full detail here:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/dro...emory-leak-bug-phone-storage-getting-low.html

I use this phone for work, as it's connected to my Exchange account. I can't be without out, and after just switching from an iPhone 4 last week I'm starting to question my decision. Is Android really this unstable? Or, I'm I the one unlucky guy to have an issue? Is Andoid just not good for corporate exchange email?

Bottom line is Verizon is sending me a new Incredible overnight that I'm expecting to receive today by 1pm. But, I asked for them to place an order for a Droid X for me as my confidence in the Incredible is gone....

Known issue w/ the HTC mail client, go into apps, then manage applications, then select the HTC mail client, clear cache, problem solved. Relax.
 
Just bought LauncherPro Plus. Second app I've actually bought.

Edit: Holy fuck, this dude's calendar widget owns. Actual in-widget scrolling by swipes and list view on the fly.

If he adds a music widget and mail widget Sense will have been rendered completely obsolete.
 
skybaby said:
BTW, about the new launcherpro, hold an icon in your dock to reveal gesture shortcuts. Now you can tap or swype the icon for different actions.
Ooh, think of the possibilities. I can swipe the phone to go into contacts. I love you launcherpro.
 
AstroLad said:
oic, when you visit it just grabs a thumb. simple enough!

There are widget options under Launcher Pro and one of them is to auto populate your bookmarks with thumbnails. ;)
 
just got my droid (my first android phone) and spent all day on the market :D this thing is amazing.<3 <3
what app would you guys recommend for managing/editing contact and such?
 
Kraftwerk said:
just got my droid (my first android phone) and spent all day on the market :D this thing is amazing.<3 <3
what app would you guys recommend for managing/editing contact and such?


Firefox/Chrome Browser and Google Contacs ;)
 
Kraftwerk said:
hmm i did a search for firefox and all i find is the 'fake' versions..is it still not out?

He means you can manage them on your PC/Mac/whatever using your Google account and then sync the google account to your phone.
 
radioheadrule83 said:
He means you can manage them on your PC/Mac/whatever using your Google account and then sync the google account to your phone.

This, it's so much easier to set everything up on your PC, then just sign into your phone and import everything.
 
Can you add more columns/rows in Launcher Pro?

I prefer the dock and "hide icons in app list" feature in Launcher Pro but ADW Launcher just gives me more real estate to work with with the custom column/rows layout.
 
The Interrobanger said:
Can you add more columns/rows in Launcher Pro?

I prefer the dock and "hide icons in app list" feature in Launcher Pro but ADW Launcher just gives me more real estate to work with with the custom column/rows layout.

you can add one more row and you can remove labels
 
The Interrobanger said:
Lame.

I have 5 columns/7 rows on my HTC Magic (+ labels turned off) with ADW and it's glorious. It's almost like I have a 480×800 screen. :)

ADW is like glacially slow compared to both Sense and Launcher Pro, though. Even on my EVO it chugs.
 
Quick question.

I'm getting ready to upgrade my SD card and was wondering how I go about restoring my apps.

Is it possible to mount it and copy over the root directory structure, then copy that to the new SD card without losing anything?

Edit:

Just tried backing up everything like I had asked and everything came over without a problem, 100% restored.

:D
 
hey guys, I just rooted (I think?) my htc hero using unrevoked, what should I do next, or what can I do? I was told 2.2 is available via root and such..
 
Is that for the sprint version htc hero? And what does it do, i'm totally new at this.. Last time I cracked a device was a psp :lol
 
Uh oh. I've come across my first problem with froyo on my desire. The internet browser is noticeably less responsive. That's not to say pages load slower because thet don't but slow intricate moves around a web page are either no longer picked up or slightly more sluggish. Anyone else noticed this or having similar experiences?
 
is it better than words with friends? b/c besides being scrabble, which is fun, i find wwf to be pretty wack (loses games, 2p only, no option for challenges and putting in non-words)
 
tokkun said:
ADW is like glacially slow compared to both Sense and Launcher Pro, though. Even on my EVO it chugs.

Really? ADW and LauncherPro both preform similarly as far as I can tell. The Magic is an older device though so maybe I'm just used to sluggishness.
 
Uh, I just got my Droid X. I have no clue what to do with in. Halp? Also, I added my gmail/twitter and now my contact list is filled with them...how do I get them off of it?
 
AstroLad said:
is it better than words with friends? b/c besides being scrabble, which is fun, i find wwf to be pretty wack (loses games, 2p only, no option for challenges and putting in non-words)
I've never played WWF, but Word Fued is fairly basic as well. Two players and you can only enter words that are in its dictionary, but it's fun. I've had a game that's been going on for a couple of days and WF hasn't lost track of it, so I guess it holds up on that front.
 
Alucrid said:
Uh, I just got my Droid X. I have no clue what to do with in. Halp?
when u get tired of the Blur Ui. make sure to download LauncherPro
Dazzle Widget (or other switcher widgets) that let u turn on/off wifi, ringer (to vib - max)
BatteryLeft widget - shows u the hours of battery left in ur DX before shut down. (make sure to drain ur battery once to get accurate reading)

not sure about the twitter account, but maybe going to the messaging app and press menu button -->manage account and see if u can delete ur Twitter account
 
goldenpp72 said:
Is that for the sprint version htc hero? And what does it do, i'm totally new at this.. Last time I cracked a device was a psp :lol

villain rom is for the GSM (european chinned Hero)

You'll want to go to the HTC Hero CDMA Forum on XDA Developers for a Rom for you.
 
Anyone figure out how to get out of "Authorizing Purchase" purgatory? Have one app I haven't been able to d/l for three days now and another one I got today that is doing the same thing. Meanwhile other apps are going through fine. Turned off wireless, stopped and restarted d/ls, and did a battery pull but still stuck.
 
AstroLad said:
Anyone figure out how to get out of "Authorizing Purchase" purgatory? Have one app I haven't been able to d/l for three days now and another one I got today that is doing the same thing. Meanwhile other apps are going through fine. Turned off wireless, stopped and restarted d/ls, and did a battery pull but still stuck.

I take it its a paid app? I advise cancelling / refund the purchase, check your card details are right, up to date on your google account and that you have the funds before trying again. Seems odd that it would affect only one app though, so it could be some kind of horrible cock up on their end / the market's end.
 
Adw and launcherpro perform very similarly for me, droid.

Since the intro of the widges and some other cool features I've become a LP convert. The bookmark and people widgets are ok, love the calender (prefer it over pure) and am most excited for the fb widget.

The swipe gestures are cool but I haven't found a great use for them. I'm noticing a bit more buggy and slow behavior + more fc than ever, I hope this isn't a sign of what's to come as he continues to add widgets and features.
 
bathala said:
when u get tired of the Blur Ui. make sure to download LauncherPro
Dazzle Widget (or other switcher widgets) that let u turn on/off wifi, ringer (to vib - max)
BatteryLeft widget - shows u the hours of battery left in ur DX before shut down. (make sure to drain ur battery once to get accurate reading)

not sure about the twitter account, but maybe going to the messaging app and press menu button -->manage account and see if u can delete ur Twitter account

Got launcher pro, and from the few minutes I spent with blur I can see the vast improvement. I'll grab those widgets you suggested too, and deleting the twitter account from my mange account screen worked. Gracias. Oh, is there any way to get rid of apps like blockbuster and what not that were already on the phone?
 
Captain Blood said:
I am really liking it. I was wondering if it is constantly running throughout the day though?

I believe it does. The amount of juice it uses shouldn't be much more than getting your emails pushed though.


Chairhome said:
Hmm, I've been using word wise which is basically words with friends. Its pretty good, and the best part is that after two invalid word tries, you lose your turn :-D

I'll check this out though.

Also, I heard Droid users can manually install Froyo now (sans root), saw it on Lifehacker, don't know if anyone already mentioned it.

And I got really excited cause T-mobile sent me a text saying that a mytouch slide update was coming out this week, then i clicked on the link it sent me and it said it was not froyo :-(

Word Feud looks cleaner to me.

Also, I just destroyed a guy 328 to 254. I dropped a 72 point haymaker and he never recovered.
 
radioheadrule83 said:
I take it its a paid app? I advise cancelling / refund the purchase, check your card details are right, up to date on your google account and that you have the funds before trying again. Seems odd that it would affect only one app though, so it could be some kind of horrible cock up on their end / the market's end.
Seems like it's pretty fucked; tried changing my payment method and that didn't work either.

This thread seems to indicate no one really has a clue: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=604fc3f1ecdf9b6a&hl=en

Beh. No paid apps for me for a while I guess.
 
womp said:
Good lord, Word Feud is amazing.
Hmm, I've been using word wise which is basically words with friends. Its pretty good, and the best part is that after two invalid word tries, you lose your turn :-D

I'll check this out though.

Also, I heard Droid users can manually install Froyo now (sans root), saw it on Lifehacker, don't know if anyone already mentioned it.

And I got really excited cause T-mobile sent me a text saying that a mytouch slide update was coming out this week, then i clicked on the link it sent me and it said it was not froyo :-(
 
is anyone here familiar with skype mobile?
if i pay for the $2.99 service, do i get a skype number that reroutes to my google number?
or can i use my existing verizon/google number?
 
Hi,

I have a HTC Desire (Just got the 2.2 update installed, Yay!) and have been taking a lot of pictures with my phone since it is so easy to upload to Facebook and such. But after looking at my friend demoing his IPhone 4 and some picture apps (like photo box?) I was really amazed at how good the pictures could look when using the different filters and effects and what not using his apps on the IPhone.

So my question is then, is there something similar to the Android? If there is, what would be the best camera app out there?
 
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