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Nexus18 said:
As said apex or nova and go launcher are the best.

As for widgets, well this is probably the best there is for a weather widget similar to sense 4 ;)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721809

Or beautiful widgets.

As for calendar widgets (if you use go launcher you can use there go calendar widget, which is excellent) or APW widgets, smooth calendar widget, simple calendar widget etc.

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Nope they don't have any widgets apex or nova.
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Cheers Nexus, really appreciate the info. In order for me to use that sense widget that you posted, do i need to be rooted??
 
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Nexus18 said:
No problem :)


Nope, pretty sure you don't, you only need to be rooted etc. in order to flash the fonts.

If the widget doesn't work/look quite right, you can just install the original app from the market here and choose a custom skin:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDMsImNvbS5hbmRkb2VzLmZhbmN5d2lkZ2V0cyJd


Also palmary is a pretty good weather app (not free though)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...MsImNvbS5wYWxtYXJ5c29mdC5mb3JlY2F3ZWF0aGVyIl0.
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Again thanks bud:), gonna try both and see how i get on. Still not sure on which launcher i should go for lol...
 
Yas786 said:
Again thanks bud:), gonna try both and see how i get on. Still not sure on which launcher i should go for lol...
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Any time :)

Also snowstorm weather is a good weather app, nice and minimal UI but very detailed at the same time and the only weather app, which seems to be the most accurate regarding the forecast for my location :p


Lol :D There all good, I personally prefer apex over nova though for the below reasons:

Nexus18 said:
After having played with both apex and nova now, I have also ended up using apex as my primary launcher now.

- No matter what I did with the margins and grid etc. the widgets just didn't look quite right when compared to apex (using the same margins as well)
- the glow when you select a dock icon doesn't look as nice as apex either (not really an issue, but it annoys me..... :o :p)
- when activating the shortcut for qbright on nova, the widgets reload (go blank and come up saying "LOADING" every time after a brightness has been selected (not a massive issue again, as they load instantly anyway), where as with apex the homescreen just goes blank for like a milli second after you choose a brightness mode
- It is good to have the app drawers back on nova, however, it looks so bland and rather unpleasant IMO when the app drawer is opened and no where near the look of go's app drawers, hope it gets improved
- At first I thought there was a lot more features than apex, however, now I am not so sure as after looking at pro version for apex, both seem to be more or less the same, nova maybe has a few more features
- In some areas nova is more polished than apex and in other areas apex is more polished than nova (after todays update)

So pretty much, they are more or less the same from what I can see.
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Although I think go launcher is better overall than apex & nova especially for the app drawer and widgets, only reason I am not using it, is due to the 3 dot menu button on the bottom of the screen! :mad: :p
 
Nexus18 said:
Any time :)

Also snowstorm weather is a good weather app, nice and minimal UI but very detailed at the same time and the only weather app, which seems to be the most accurate regarding the forecast for my location :p


Lol :D There all good, I personally prefer apex over nova though for the below reasons:



Although I think go launcher is better overall than apex & nova especially for the app drawer and widgets, only reason I am not using it, is due to the 3 dot menu button on the bottom of the screen! :mad: :p
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Well i went with apex as i liked the feature set of it...will now give it a go to see how it looks on my SGS3...again thanks Nexus for the help:)
 
Nexus18 said:
Any time :)

Also snowstorm weather is a good weather app, nice and minimal UI but very detailed at the same time and the only weather app, which seems to be the most accurate regarding the forecast for my location :p


Lol :D There all good, I personally prefer apex over nova though for the below reasons:



Although I think go launcher is better overall than apex & nova especially for the app drawer and widgets, only reason I am not using it, is due to the 3 dot menu button on the bottom of the screen! :mad: :p
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i still prefer nova
 
Has anyone else noticed their GPS being slightly off too often for comfort? My GPS locks on very quickly and is normally very good, but every so often it thinks I'm 20-30m to the right (never to the left). This is quite annoying, mainly because everytime I drive past a junction or parallel road it thinks I'm on that and reroutes me. Notice that there's no radius around me, so it thinks it's accurate.

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Teledude said:
Just noticed on Maximus I am now on 3G O2 - UK now not just O2 - UK :)

APM mod is very aggressive - will see if it makes that much difference :)
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I noticed I was on 3G Orange. Which was fine, until I realised that when I go to change network to T-Mobile manually, the only option I have is T-Mobile - Orange. Which is frustrating because my 3G speed is quite sloe when I'm on T-Mob - Orange.

EDIT: reflashed ROM and the issue was resolved. Woo
 
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Right then boys and girls, my OneX arrived (yesterday, at work, the one day I was at home instead, quelle surprise!) - What should I do with it first?

Very good first impressions. Very light for such a big phone and aesthetically a million miles ahead of the SGS3 IMO. Does seem to get warm quite quickly though? I imagine the metal body of my Desire HD shields more of the heat than the polycarbonate of the HOX, not to mention the processor, but it's still a bit odd to feel it warm in the hand just browsing the web.

Surprisingly I don't find the screen to be OMG WOWZ that some reviews have mentioned. I really didn't think the SGS3 screen was that much of a step forward either. My DHD compared to my iPhone 3G was a big difference, but this just seems a more conservative bump. To be honest the main difference is not having the screen as recessed, it's a bit sharper, bit bigger, but I can't honestly say if I had to go back to my DHD that I would be yearning for it.

The phone also isn't as smooth as I imagine it should be given the power they've managed to squeeze into it. It just doesn't feel that fluid. Seems to be a reasonably common observation with Sense though.

Why did they move the lock button over too? Nightmare for rightys! Same goes for the volume rocker! Pesky buggers.

I know it sounds like all I've done is complained :p But it is a very nice phone. With a few software tweaks here and there I can see it being an equally trusty companion as my DHD has been.
 
I think I've broke my one x. Won't tether anymore either via usb or wifi. It started playing up and now the App just crashes had the settings resent. Laptop just says there's a problem with the connection. Any ideas? Or should I just try and return it?
 
forumID said:
Right then boys and girls, my OneX arrived (yesterday, at work, the one day I was at home instead, quelle surprise!) - What should I do with it first?

Very good first impressions. Very light for such a big phone and aesthetically a million miles ahead of the SGS3 IMO. Does seem to get warm quite quickly though? I imagine the metal body of my Desire HD shields more of the heat than the polycarbonate of the HOX, not to mention the processor, but it's still a bit odd to feel it warm in the hand just browsing the web.

Surprisingly I don't find the screen to be OMG WOWZ that some reviews have mentioned. I really didn't think the SGS3 screen was that much of a step forward either. My DHD compared to my iPhone 3G was a big difference, but this just seems a more conservative bump. To be honest the main difference is not having the screen as recessed, it's a bit sharper, bit bigger, but I can't honestly say if I had to go back to my DHD that I would be yearning for it.

The phone also isn't as smooth as I imagine it should be given the power they've managed to squeeze into it. It just doesn't feel that fluid. Seems to be a reasonably common observation with Sense though.

Why did they move the lock button over too? Nightmare for rightys! Same goes for the volume rocker! Pesky buggers.

I know it sounds like all I've done is complained :p But it is a very nice phone. With a few software tweaks here and there I can see it being an equally trusty companion as my DHD has been.
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Test it for a week or so and make sure you have none of the mentioned issues such as wifi signal, signal issues and such and then unlock the bootlaoder and flash the new test base it is a big improvement compared to the current base :D
 
forumID said:
Surprisingly I don't find the screen to be OMG WOWZ that some reviews have mentioned. I really didn't think the SGS3 screen was that much of a step forward either. My DHD compared to my iPhone 3G was a big difference, but this just seems a more conservative bump. To be honest the main difference is not having the screen as recessed, it's a bit sharper, bit bigger, but I can't honestly say if I had to go back to my DHD that I would be yearning for it.

The phone also isn't as smooth as I imagine it should be given the power they've managed to squeeze into it. It just doesn't feel that fluid. Seems to be a reasonably common observation with Sense though.
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You must have the worse eye sight ever in order to not notice the difference then, lol :p :D

The screen is a MASSIVE improvement upon the desire HD screen, I found the DHD to be the worse screen I have ever seen, it just looked blurry and the colours were terrible, completely washed out looking even when viewed heads on and next to completely useless in sun light.

And yeah, it is just poor driver/software optimization with sense V4 and the tegra chipset etc. on the X, the S/XL is perfectly smooth and fast with the snapdragon S4.
 
Nexus18 said:
You must have the worse eye sight ever in order to not notice the difference then, lol :p :D

The screen is a MASSIVE improvement upon the desire HD screen, I found the DHD to be the worse screen I have ever seen, it just looked blurry and the colours were terrible, completely washed out looking even when viewed heads on and next to completely useless in sun light.

And yeah, it is just poor driver/software optimization with sense V4 and the tegra chipset etc. on the X, the S/XL is perfectly smooth and fast with the snapdragon S4.
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Hah, I would like to think given my occupation I have both good eyesight and a better than average eye for screen quality and colour reproduction ;) Of course there is a difference, just now I have the two side by side I don't think it's a game changer. I certainly wouldn't use the word massive, certainly not in capitals :D:p I don't want to give it up, but if forced I doubt I'd lose any sleep over it.

I will try this whole custom rom malarky after a few weeks to make sure there are no problems. I've never bothered because stock Android really gave me everything I wanted from my iPhone. After I Jailbroke I found that if I didn't keep my ear to the ground with developments, updating etc became a right pain. I'm really not that much of a phone enthusiast to keep up, so I just try and avoid it now!
 
Oh Dear.

I just rooted my device through HTC Dev, worked a treat, installed recovery. Then went to flash maximus rom. Now the device just seems to be stuck at the htc one screen(the second splash screen). Any ideas?
 
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