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Heaps of bug fixes, hugely improved image handling and caching, wayyy more stable, handful of new features (turn off landscape, springboard hierarchy, better pixel grading on rounded corners).
I am almost done with my theme, but want to make just a minor improvement
I have on the main screen the Beautiful Widgets Smaller Home, Handcent, and VizBattery
When I click on any on the springboards, like the phone, I have the contacts and recent calls along with a custom tray
What I want to do, is to click on the springboard, automatically hide the three widgets that I mentioned, and increase the size of the calls and contacts list
Someone mentioned triggers, but I have no clue as to how to set those up
Any ideas?
Thanks
Last edited by jfe; February 1st, 2010 at 11:36 AM.
i dont think you can make a springboard both open what it controls and minimize what nothing else does.
my best suggestion, make a 100% transparent springboard somewhere on the screen that brings up the 3 widgets, and just keep it open until you need another springboard and hit it again when you get done.
Last edited by MYandroidUSERNAME; February 1st, 2010 at 04:03 PM.
The springboards turn from black/white with black lettering when off to white/red with white lettering when on.
Top screen - calendar.
Bottom screen - All Apps tray.
Left screen - Settings and Tools
Home screen - Contact, Phone tools, Messaging, Market and Browser.
Right screen - Multimedia, Games, and Navigation.
And just in case anyone wants it. It is in the theme list, search for "jps_droid" theme name, or "gwwjpd" theme author.
And whoever said there was a "learning curve" with Sweeter Home, was not kidding. Tough to get started, but it does get easier. Customizing is unlimited as far as I can tell.
im also very confused about the map... how does this work? it doesnt track me, tell me where i am or show lattitude? am i doing something wrong here or are there un-implemented features that just dont work yet? thanks for the help!
Oh good, new update. I just switched back to default Home today because I was getting so tired of force closes, beautiful home ceasing to update after said force closes, slow screen switching from time to time, and then having my phone lock up and forcing me to pull my battery on a couple occasions with the previous version. I'll give this new one a try... hopefully this will alleviate some (or most) of these issues.
If you install SH2 without removing GDE and just setting your default to SH2, wouldn't your GDE still keep its current configuration? That's how it was when I had Home++ and I switched to SH2.
If you install SH2 without removing GDE and just setting your default to SH2, wouldn't your GDE still keep its current configuration? That's how it was when I had Home++ and I switched to SH2.
I assumed the gde processes might be running on the background.. that is why I was thinking of waiting.. Am I wrong?
Ahh, yes. It probably would run in the background. I'm not sure if it would auto-start if you force closed it while it wasn't set as your default home though.
Ahh, yes. It probably would run in the background. I'm not sure if it would auto-start if you force closed it while it wasn't set as your default home though.
I will give it a try.. I will set sh to be default.. power the phone off and turn it back on..
ok maybe someone has explained this already, I would like to post my "borrowed theme" can someone explain how to include photos in your response? I took screenshots but cannot figure out how to post them in my response.....
Upload them to an image hosting site (e.g., photobucket, flickr, imageshack, tinypic, etc.). Then click on the little yellow icon of the Mountain in the message editing box and paste the URL for the image into the box that pops up. It'd be best if the picture was sized down so that it's not so gigantic.
Or you can use the attachment feature to upload your photos.
ok, here it goes... my first attempt at sweeterhome... still a major work in progress i borrowed a theme just until I can figure it out... but does anyone see the humor in my "sweeterhome".... my wallpaper is a Home... I thought it was funny... also the bottom center picture is me and the hubby..... Hopefeully I can get the hang of this....and fingers crossed the pics are an ok size....still cant get the pics to show up grrrrrrrr
Build 727 is rockin! When I installed it, I turned off "Automatically sync tags", removed all of the tagged trays and exchanged them for custom trays, and I have yet to sign in. It is running faster than any other home app (including the stock app) that I've ever used. Awesome!
Build 727 is rockin! When I installed it, I turned off "Automatically sync tags", removed all of the tagged trays and exchanged them for custom trays, and I have yet to sign in. It is running faster than any other home app (including the stock app) that I've ever used. Awesome!
you are killing me!!!! I have been on this forum almost a month now... still trying to figure out the sweeterhome thing and everytime I blink you have a whole new theme..... haha I like this one though.... Mine is not my own, borrowed it and still trying to figure out the sweeterhome thing..... been reading many of your posts... very helpful....
I think I've gotten my home theme to a decent place functionally and aesthetically.
Note: I definitely borrowed wallpapers/ideas from many others
Home: Media, Connect, Location
Left: Calendar, News, Recreation, Social
Right: Tools, Productivity, Commerce, Car
Top: Direct Dial shortcuts
Bottom: All Apps
you are killing me!!!! I have been on this forum almost a month now... still trying to figure out the sweeterhome thing and everytime I blink you have a whole new theme..... haha I like this one though.... Mine is not my own, borrowed it and still trying to figure out the sweeterhome thing..... been reading many of your posts... very helpful....
I'm not creating "new" themes ... I just keep tweaking my DrPepper theme. Recently I just created my own custom wallpaper instead of using the stock one, and I created my own icons down at the bottom (stock icons are so lame). I also tweaked the Beautiful Widget clock a little (transparent background w/ 3D numbers).
switched to a blue themed ROM and finally installed the new build...heres what i have now. i wish i could get rid of the top and bottom screens. hell, i'd pay for sweeter home in a heartbeat if it had the option to use just 1 screen.
Last edited by MYandroidUSERNAME; February 11th, 2010 at 12:51 PM.
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ok, here it goes... my first attempt at sweeterhome... still a major work in progress i borrowed a theme just until I can figure it out... but does anyone see the humor in my "sweeterhome".... my wallpaper is a Home... I thought it was funny... also the bottom center picture is me and the hubby..... Hopefeully I can get the hang of this....and fingers crossed the pics are an ok size....still cant get the pics to show up grrrrrrrr
I think you have real potential. I like the room concept. You should place your springboards in top of furniture. Like press the sofa for entertainment, etc.
@MrMan, I didn't think anybody would want it, but I've uploaded my theme. You can search under my username.
@MYandroidUSERNAME, I remember you uploaded some of your black-colored icons a while back. I really like these blue-black ones. Any chance you could upload those as well? These icons might actually prompt me to use Bettercut.
@Everybody: i just uploaded my theme, and I checked to make sure all my trays had the "Embed" option set to "no". However, if I clear my theme, create a new one, reboot etc., and then download my own theme again, all the items, including Direct Dial shortcuts, are there. Is that because SweeterHome is saving some info on my SD Card, or because I actually have embedded some of my info without realizing it? Thanks.
Would be nice to get all the quotepics removed from this topic. No need to see the same dozen pics 20 times because everyone wants to know "omg what widget is that?"
One issue that I have always had with Sweeter Home is that I have some pics on my left, right, and bottom portrait screens. And if I use landscape mode (which has totally separate screens on them as well), when I return to portrait mode, these icons are resized and look bad. I have tried everything I can think of to keep this from happening. I guess I should take screenshots to show y'all what I'm referring to.
