Demo: Customizability on Android
Demonstration of the possibilities for customization on the Android OS. Applications used: – Widget Locker – Beautiful Widgets – No Lock – Droid eye – Launcher pro – Quickdesk – Quick Settings – Locale – Swype – Tasker – Voice Search – Better cut Got questions? Leave a comment! Performed on a non-rooted Nexus One Filmed with a Verizon Motorola Droid
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RoyvanKeulen says:
@mrfuckingmyspace
Haha, I’m still going to reply, because I forgot to mention it. It is a feature that you can activate in launcher pro by longpressing on an icon in the bottom. -
nvm i found it
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just a quick question about that gesture you have for voice search. what app is that associated with. I swear i remember seeing it somewhere on my phone but i cant find it for the life of me. I have the same phone as you to a T. And have picked up a few of the things you have mentioned. I also have launcher pro. If you can help that would be awesome thank you so much.
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If you google for “Droid Eye 2 XDA” then it is the top result. Follow the unstructions over there for how to install it.
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please, what is the exact name of the live wallpaper?
There are a lot of “droid eye”, but no one is that in the video..Put the exact name
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@Quevision
Check the apps I have in my app drawer. Those are all good apps (and my favorites) and most of them should work on your Samsung Epic (nice phone btw!).
You can also scroll through the android market>apps>top free/top paid for the most popular or hot apps.
I can also recommend visiting the sites androidguys and androidandme.Good luck!
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What are the best apps that you use. Also, will the app you are using now will it work on the Samsung Epic? What website you use to get your google apps?
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Love this video. Favorited. I’m flashing a new ROM and wiping data and cache but I’m installing all the apps you showed me. Thank you sir!
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@mcsg27
It’s called Beautiful widgets and it is the no.1 best selling app in the market I believe. -
could you please tell me which clock/weather widget that is?
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this is a great video very well done. keep it up.
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@mannupranav
If you longpress on the search button, it should come up if your phone supports that feature. It will give you menu of voice search and quick settings. Some phones however don’t support this shortcut. You can however, in the settings of quick settings enable a constant shortcut in the notification bar to quick settings.
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Great Vid. Could you tell me how you set the quick settings app shortcut to the search button
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You have all the customizability apps I do! haha
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Thx for the video, you really helped me
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@Tub87
The Voice Actions are also sometimes difficult for me. Simple commands will work, but when it comes to sending texts and emails, I can’t really get it to work. My guess is that it might have to do with being specific with the contacts. So, you might have to say Jazmyn [lastname] for it to work, while with calling (with its countdown before it places the call) is less strict.Other than that, I don’t think I can help. You might have better luck with another recognition app called Vlingo.
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When I try to do the voice search and send a text it doesn’t put the contact name in it. it adds it all to the message so in the “send to” it is blank and in the message part it would say: “send to jazmyn hey whats up”. Can you help?
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Also check out LockPicker, though it doesn’t work with Android 2.2 right now
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Thanks for the positive responses!
I have tried Locale, Tasker, Settings Profiles and Toggle Settings and they are all good in their own way. The problem with the 24 hour return policy however is that you won’t see the things that end up being a deal breaker yet. For example, low reliability for location or other conditions will render the app useless and make you switch settings manually again. Locale has proven itself better time and time again and that’s why it is worth 10 bucks to me.
Roy
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Another good Locale/Tasker alternative is Setting Profiles.
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great tips!
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Good demo with nice and easy stuff ^^
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Nice demo, lot’s of cool stuff
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