Post your Android Desktop

[trick202]

Yeah, I'll second that.

I was going to have a mess with ahome, but don't know if it's worth it with the sense UI on my hero.

Anyone?

 

[gigabit]

Here's a couple of my screens, I turned off Sense UI on my Hero and switched to home, kept it kinda simple but it still looks sexy:

sexy. plain and simple. im waiting for sprint to release the HERO, then one day i shall have a phone similar to yours.

where did you get that background? me wants!!!

 

[i_maq]

sexy. plain and simple. im waiting for sprint to release the HERO, then one day i shall have a phone similar to yours.

where did you get that background? me wants!!!

You can get the background here. I'm using it on my PC too It looks even better in real life with that high quality display...

 

[gnarlyDUCK]

Here are all 7 of my screens:

 

[i_maq]

Here are all 7 of my screens:

You don't have any of the 12 clocks!!!

 

[DeaDnuLL]

Theme can be found at http://www.android-theme.com/

 

[dkaufman1]

Well done...that is really well done.

 

[TreyDaPrince]

You must share how you did this...

...Well you don't really, but it would be much appreciated! =)

 

[Wam]

@DeaDnuLL

Nice .. VERY Nice

 

[Apps_Droid]

Very nice presentation.

 

[DizzyDix]

 

[mcbtrain929]

so, if i were to search for an image online to use as my wallpaper, what's the minimum/preferred size of the image so that it will work as a wallpaper, on a droid or an eris? thanks!

 

[dkaufman1]

so, if i were to search for an image online to use as my wallpaper, what's the minimum/preferred size of the image so that it will work as a wallpaper, on a droid or an eris? thanks!

Prior to a droid the preferred size was always 640x480 which handles the left and right scroll of the home screen very nicely on the 1.x Android devices. Bigger was overkill. I don't know how the droid handles this as it actually has a larger screen size. Try 640x480 and see.

Also - HTC Sense users might offer up a different suggestion for the size of their backgrounds, I believe instead of just 3 home panes they have 5, that might change things as well.

 

[TreyDaPrince]

OK, does anyone know where I can find this theme. I REALLY like it!

 

[barry99705]

Theme can be found at android-theme.com | Buuf rebuilt the only way to theme

Heh, I used to have a theme very similar to that on my Sharp Zarus.

 

[Soda Popinski]

My desktop is so generic and boring looking . I really need to figure out how to make cool looking ones like you guys.

 

[DroidPower]

You all know how this works. Post a picture of your Android's desktop.

There's 2 ways to do this:

With root
1) Download the Screenshot application (free).
2) Open the application, give it su permission, and once the text comes up, close it.
3) Press and hold the camera button for a second at the home screen. The camera application will pop up after a second with a Toast that tells you where the screenshot is saved. Whalah.

Without root
1) Install the Android SDK
2) Enable USB debugging on your device
3) Run DDMS from the tools directory
4) Select your phone from the list
5) Go in the menu, select Device, and then Screen capture. Whalah.

Here's mine (aHome + OS X theme)

I know, I know, Apple. Also, I think the funky left border is from aHome, can anyone confirm?

I'm an APPLE person myself, how good does Safari work on the Droid?

 

[Soda Popinski]

Is there a free icon app that you guys used? Each time I think I found one it says you need to download one of two apps which are both paid apps.

 

[JohnMcClane]

Why in the world is there not just a screen capture app? Capture it was amazing for my BB... This is driving me nuts, lol. I used this non stop!!

 

[Mr_N1ce]

OK, does anyone know where I can find this theme. I REALLY like it!

I found a similar wallpaper. Maybe that helps:

 

[dkaufman1]

Why in the world is there not just a screen capture app? Capture it was amazing for my BB... This is driving me nuts, lol. I used this non stop!!

Apparently the 'lame' excuse is that due to the open nature of the app approval process there was a concern for bad things to happen if screen captures happened without your knowledge by an app, say when you were using another app like Bank of America. I understand the security risk...but it would be nice to have at least an OS user controlled option.

 

[justjimjpc]

Apparently the 'lame' excuse is that due to the open nature of the app approval process there was a concern for bad things to happen if screen captures happened without your knowledge by an app, say when you were using another app like Bank of America. I understand the security risk...but it would be nice to have at least an OS user controlled option.

Dave, that would be Ok... provided it was not accessible as most settings are from a program.... Just like Timeriffic accessing settings can be an done even (without user knowledge) ...

So I think with proper safeguards ..this should be possible ... I just think that possibly google doesnt see it as worth investing the coding protection ....(evenif it is possibly failsafe)

 

[dkaufman1]

Dave, that would be Ok... provided it was not accessible as most settings are from a program.... Just like Timeriffic accessing settings can be an done even (without user knowledge) ...

So I think with proper safeguards ..this should be possible ... I just think that possibly google doesnt see it as worth investing the coding protection ....(evenif it is possibly failsafe)

As a designer/developer and evangelist I want the feature, app etc. I had it with other devices in the past and there seemed to be little risk. I don't see Android as being any more connected.

I have not heard of a screenshot application for a PC that takes screenshots without user knowledge but since there are key loggers and other tracking tools I don't doubt this could be coded and hidden in some application.

Google's lack of inclusion of this feature seems very over protective. People do all sorts of bad things with Google products every day. This seems very small and something they could go with more of a smart approach, not a black/white or 0/1 approach.

 

[justjimjpc]

As a designer/developer and evangelist I want the feature, app etc. I had it with other devices in the past and there seemed to be little risk. I don't see Android as being any more connected.

I have not heard of a screenshot application for a PC that takes screenshots without user knowledge but since there are key loggers and other tracking tools I don't doubt this could be coded and hidden in some application.

Google's lack of inclusion of this feature seems very over protective. People do all sorts of bad things with Google products every day. This seems very small and something they could go with more of a smart approach, not a black/white or 0/1 approach.

Well, I agree and you would think it wouldn't be that difficult ... but maybe google has more pressing holes to plug ...

 

[TreyDaPrince]

I found a similar wallpaper. Maybe that helps:

Close enough. Thanks a lot! I'm thinking his theme is from a rooted phone so I'm content with what I have. Thanks for the wallpaper.