ryanstanikk

Are you blind? It's about the only font in the world that cannot be styled to look remotely good!

niteowl360

Thanks mjmonsada
This and the two other screens stayed on my phone for at least a week, which was an all time record

Apps you need

1. Multipicture Live Wallpaper
to place 3 images which results in a 'seamless' widescreen when moving between the 3 screens

2. Desktop Visualiser
to place transparent images over the relevant text at the bottom to open the apps associated with the respective shortcut links

3. LauncherPro to place the Dock image of the highlight pen and link the shortcuts to 'text, mail, phone'
You will also need the LP Plus version to enable you to resize the Widgets over the text in point 2 above (there are others that are free that also allow resizing eg GoLaucher etc)

4. SimiClock for the clock

Brief comments on images
a) wall from wallbase.net (Saturation applied to mine as it was a little 'lifeless' without this)
b) text at bottom created in photoshop with shortcut links placed as seen
c) placement of various widgets on the other two screens

NB
d) Certain text was added to the 'blackboard' on a later version of this design where I replaced the bottom highlight dock with chalk images on the top part of the screen by handwriting with the mouse and using a 'chalk' type filter etc
You should find that in My Modified Walls in Dropbox Gallery
(my preferred look of this design maybe you'll like it too )

I think all images should be in my Dropbox Gallery and have been posted with the various posts for this image and are available for both 480x800 screens and Galaxy Tab 600x1024 screens

Hope this helps.

Cheers

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Geez, everyone has a different taste and a different opinion on what "looks good" and what not. Live and let live.

And now back to screenshot posting please

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mjmonsada

Thank you Thank you very much! This was very helpful! And always looking forward to see your other designs

DT3CH

mykela25

LMAO. I DID read my email thats why its that low. Thats a good day, its normally over 1000. I just got tired of scrolling thru once I hit 300 hahaha

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Sorry if images are huge on here was to lazy to re-size em, just showing my KB i made plus others i do for swype, you can see more samples over on theMikMik.com • Home search for caliguy in the forums


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mjmonsada

I'm having problems with the dock. I'm able to replace the default dock with the highlighter dock picture but I have no idea to link the shortcuts with the "phone text mail." The only thing i can do is remove the dock icons. Any idea what I'm missing/doing wrong?

paulmz

It's a shame that background isn't a live weather widget. It would be awesome if the art changed with the weather.

Hmmm... maybe another project for me?...

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Mavyrk

I like to keep it clean. I keep my dock and notification shades hidden, gestures to show/hide. CyanogenMod CM7, RC4 on t-mobile g2.



My lock screen, rotary wheel. Pulling lock right = unlock, pulling sound left = mute/unmute. Center button pulls down to immediately go into SMS with a specific contact (my girl), because at least 50% of my having to unlock my phone is just to see what she texted.



My default screen. Minimalistic text custom widgets at the top (time/date) and bottom left (top row = battery life, bottom row = weather.) The clock icon is for xTreme Alarm, the RSS icon is SlashDot Frontpage. We pull to the left to reveal...



My second (and only other) desktop page. I revealed my dock at the bottom for symmetry. Icons are, from left to right, K = Kongregate app, N = n64oid, A = astro file manager, P = FPSe. The nes/snes/etc are their appropriate emulators. FM is stock FM radio app. My dock is market, SMS, browser, phone, and app launcher.

Wallpaper on DeviantART. Available here. It's not mine so I wouldn't feel right not showing the source.

Minimalistic text widget, minimalist ADW theme (white) for icons. I know it's not much to look at, but I like a clean look.

qraider

New set up after playing some more

Lock Screen: nothing different here yet


Main Home Screen: GO Launcher / Glass Clock / Glass Calendar / OneSeven

Dock icons: phone / email / apps / sms / internetz (I've swapped the last 2 around after I took the screenshots)

Device Apps Screen: GO Launcher


One screen to the left: Dropbox icons / Rift authenticator / IP Address widget / Elixir widget


One screen to the right: Agenda widget


All my apps can be found [here]

niteowl360

After you remove the default icons making them 'blank', long press on the doc image icons and select Custom icon and choose a transparent image 72x72 pixels. Also link to the Application you want to open ie Phone, Messaging, Gmail etc.
If you need there is a transparent.png in my Dropbox icons folder.
When you download from Dropbox, open the file first in Dropbox, then make sure you use the Save button at the bottom of the screen.
It will still look 'Black' or 'White' but when you select the transparent.png file in LP it will be truly transparent.
Right clicking and Saving from Dropbox will not be transparen!

niteowl360

This one took me ages, even though it looks simple
I have learned that Mini posts are not 'in demand', so I knew from the start this one was for me.
So, pleased you liked it too

mjmonsada

Got everything to work! Thanks again!

sonofaresiii

i know someone somewhere said they had something in live wallpapers that had it change the wallpaper based on the weather. I know I'm not being helpful at all... besides just to say it IS possible, someone has done it!

p.s. love the homescreen, share a few deets for a newb on how you made it?

MickeyCee

I know it may not be the same but changing the wallpaper to match the weather can be done with Tasker...here is the link --> http://androidforums.com/android-applications/158265-what-tasker-profiles-everyone-using-11.html#post2550653

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poopookakada

this changes with the weather: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spiderflystudios.weatherwallpaper

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gwcaton

Feeling lazy but couldn't resist the smiley face . LOL
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VizualProphet

People using SMS Unread, how do you change the colour of the circle from red to blue? is this a MOD or is there an option somewhere?

sevenofnine

Thanks!!
I used multipicture live wallpaper and set the crop/size ratio to "show entire picture." And I set the background color as black. That's how I got the entire wallpaper to show on one screen with the black spaces above and below the wallpaper.
The weather is beautiful widgets, emotisun (or something like that) skin
The clock is make your clock widget
the battery percentage, day of week, and date is minimalistic text

I also thought it'd be cool if the wallpaper could change with the weather... There's a "weather girl" widget who changes clothes with the weather... https://market.android.com/details?id=ro.noelx.android.wg3&feature=search_res ult I tried it but I didn't think it worked that well. Maybe you could make a better one, and make it look cuter like the wallpaper!

Gipson

been a while since i changed my s* around
just flashed Darky's 9.5 and Valle's honeycomb theme and loving it.

lockscreen and main homescreen:



minimalistic text and missedit for sms/missed calls

sonofaresiii

I'm still pretty new at this... but I didn't want to miss out on the fun!



Here's what I've got at the moment:




That's right. It's Batman.

edit: and yes, sevenofnine, I totally stole your formats for makeyourownclock and minimalistic text.

oh and if anyone has any suggestions for how to make things look a little better... like i said, new at this and i'd appreciate the help

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niteowl360

Green and Blue bubbles posted in XDA thread.
Here they are attached as .apk

Attached Files

smsunread_green_blue.zip (431.1 KB, 24 views)

Roze

What's the calls/mails/texts app thingy? It looks interesting.

Is the date/batt/temp widget minimalist text?

Do you have the app drawer icon in white as well I'll still take black if that's all you got :P


I hope those are spams and not important...

What's the icons set's name and are there a lot of icons in the set

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mykela25

The missed call/text/mail is just SMS Unread with transparent pngs. The icons are part of the wallpaper, the bubbles are a purple sms unread mod. HERE it is if u want it. Yes the batt/temp is minimalistic text. I can never go without MT on my screens lol. And the app drawer icon is my own creation. if there are specific colors you want I wud be happy to make one for you. The one on my screen is in my dropbox under MISC icons. Its titled MYLAUNCHER2. theres are 3 versions in there. If you want a different color just let me know though. DROPBOX link for you. Oh, and the emails....*hangs head in shame* sadly they are NOT all spam lol

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Roze

Thanks and Oooo! A treasure trove of cute icons! And you have the white app laucher

I need to find a tutorial on how to use MT...there are way too many options/selections...it's overwhelming XD

Dan1113

Some seriously unique ones here! How hard is it for a newbie to design my own theme? Am hoping there are lots of nice ones I can download once I get my phone, to get me started at least.

sonofaresiii

p.s. how are people getting what appears to be custom words for their icons? are they just icon packs? or are they going into photoshop and actually creating the icons...?

sonofaresiii

However hard it is, it'll get way easier once you start! So go give it a shot.

qraider

The icons are the default ones from the GO Launcher, not many there unfortunately.

I may just create some text icons to replace them ... or grab an icon set from somewhere ...

My HTC Desire is my testbed for my "soon to arrive" SGS II (due 4th May-ish)

qraider

^This
This thread has loads of good stuff to play with, plus lots of inspiration from themes others have created.

Download and play!

Short answer: Yes

Slightly longer answer: You can use all of the methods you mentioned

Last edited by qraider; April 18th, 2011 at 03:42 PM.

Roze

haha, too bad :/ those icons are really nice...similar to the silver icons I have. The only problem is that there aren't that many icons in the pack and it's PC base and not Android base, so half of them are unusable for me.

You're getting the SGS2...damn I'm jealous. Well I wouldn't trade my Atrix for the world...but still the SGS2 is one of the phone that's a head turner for me.

Aplus

For today

rayche

First post of my homescreen! I had to do the whole download sdk and install various things just to get a screen capture. why, google?

Anyway, i have just 2 screens:



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Fancy widget, smooth calendar, and Go launcher.

sevenofnine

haha I'm flattered actually! =)

StevenW.

There are a lot of great ideas in here!

Well, here's what I've got right now. Using ADW and desktop visualizer:



Believe it or not, I actually did that one entirely in Paint.





And my Widget Locker:



A little messier than I usually like, but I still think it's pretty cool.

androidisforporn

sonofaresiii

Bloomington, eh? I hear great little 5 stories all the time.

syrguy1969

What clock/weather is that? I am getting back to WL and I am starting to toss around clock and weather ideas.

Thanks

StevenW.

None from me unfortunately. I'm too busy with silly things like "graduating" and "finding a job."

That would be Fancy Widget.

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Weather: Fancy Widgets
Battery and Clock: Minimalistic Text
Icons are from some chinese MIUI theme

gwcaton

great job !

Last edited by gwcaton; April 19th, 2011 at 07:30 PM.

gwcaton

WIP. Learning some new things in GIMP. I made the "polaroid"pic frames .Major feat for me LOL since the tutorial made no sense to me so i was mostly on my own.
Need a few more icons and looking for a new dock bar. The icons i do have are
White_wall_text_icons_by_MrPorter. , not sure where i got them...devianart or the icon thread on xda.
Just started using fancy widget.
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sevenofnine

I got mine from here: Icons: Simple Text

mini007

poopookakada

What's with the floor angle there? Did you make your dock background by anychance??

other than that it all looks great just looks a touch odd there.

Mavyrk

Not really my desktop, but as I recently flashed over to CM7 stable I decided to wipe my data/cache and start from scratch. In the process of building my UI from the ground up, I began with a custom lock screen, as shown below.



The bottom # after $su is the iPhone style unlock slider. The block under $sysinfo is my battery percentage, outside temps, date, and time. The APKs in the #rm com.ETC.apk are the day of the week and the weather conditions. The rest is just a wallpaper I made in photoshop.

Made with WidgetLocker and Minimalistic Text. Had a bit of an inspiration and just ran with it.

niteowl360

LOL. If they weren't such great screens you would haven't studied them that hard
Well spotted and well done mini007, looks really nice

gwcaton

Very nice. I like it. Very creative!