Help Looking for hidden apps in ICS? Try ES file explorer (Polaris, twitter, etc)

[CyreneK]

Quick Shortcut Maker, available in the play store, unhides these apps and creates shortcuts. Works really well!

 

[skip66]

Thank toi harry2, you were exactly right: you need to make some space on first home screen in order to get the shortcut pasted there from ES File Explorer.
But is it really a shortcut that is being created? The shortcut doesn't look like one (no arrow), and when I press long on the icon, the "modify" option is unavailable. The shortcut should link to "Google Authenticator", then I want to change its name (being truncated on my HTC One X). Or is there another way to change the name of apps without having to shortcut them?

 

[Harry2]

A 3rd party launcher might be able ...

This kind of Android shortcuts that I know, can't be changed
This kind of shortcuts you have described I know from Windows OS.

Sorry, can't help you with this.

Harry

 

[Tigger 1]

Installed es file explorer but I still don't see Polaris office listed under apps.

 

[Harry2]

...
1. Launch ES File Explorer
2. Run AppMgr
3. Select Category; Under "Select types" click "All"
4. Find the app you are looking for and do a long press on it; "Operations" will pop up, pick shortcut.

You will now have a shortcut for the hidden apps.
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Installed es file explorer but I still don't see Polaris office listed under apps.

Did you choose "All" when you selected types ?

Harry

 

[Tigger 1]

I did finally find it but when I put the icon on the home page it was listed as Polaris office apk and it wouldn't open. When I selected it a window would pop up about repla replacing a system file but even when I said yes it would say install failed.

 

[doggk9]

Before I switched to a custom rom I was able to make recent downloads show up in my app drawer. I have no idea how I did it. I was searching for a picture I saved in es file explorer and when I was done, the download arrow was there. Any idea how I can do this again?

 

[blu3funk]

OK. Hi all. I have found some things.... Evo 4g lte, ICS, Using the ICS Google Search bar if you search Polaris Office, SoundHound, or Mirror (another hidden app I found somewhere.. can't duplicate but it is there), the "app" appears at the bottom of a short list. Click on that app link and see what happens. You will actually be inside the app. There doesn't seem to be any android settings available for the Polaris related items that come up. And I am actually new to SoundHound ,but the app is quite nice and does have adjustable settings. I certainly cannot explain the mechanism here or why they are buried like this, but they are there. Check it out. I would love insight on this one. Anybody?..........................................

 

[Harry2]

As far as I know it is a HTC Sense thing.
With root, a .xml list of the hidden apps can be edited for to show this apps in the app tray.

There is a thread about in the forum.
I'll try to find it

EDIT: Here ... post by jmz ...
http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=4459451

Harry

 

[CyreneK]

Refer to my previous post #26. Polaris Office and Sound Hound (among many others) can be found with Quick Shortcut Maker available in the Play Store. Shortcuts can be made to your home screen. Easy.

 

[PyroSporker]

This may have been added with a prior Ice Cream Sandwich maintenance that I never installed, but

With the update to JellyBean, HTC added some integrated LinkedIn functionality to the phones software. It is in the list of accounts that can be added under Sync, and the application 'Linkedin for HTC Sense' now appears in the applications list. There is no widget, it does not appear in the application tray, and there is no other way to access the application that I can find (maybe in Music or Gallery it comes as a default app shortcut).
So I'm noting it here as another hidden application/service.