Dos_Box Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 My new phone has just arrived from China this morning (no doorstep import or delivery costs before anyone asks) and have been re-installing my apps. The only issue to date is that I use Beautiful Widgets for icons and panels etc. and I can't seem to get it to offer any options beyond changing wallpapers when I press the desktop. The instructions say I have to press and hold the app launcher (which is the bar at the bottom?). The phone is running Jelly Bean, which is quite a step up from my 2.3.x Nexus One that it is to replace. No doubt I am missing something really easy here, so any help would be appreciated.
X-13 Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 From what I can see, Beautiful Widgets has had a LOT of problems since the last update. Try long-pressing the Beautiful Widgets icon [i think that's what it means by "app launcher", the actual launcher does nothing with long-press.]
Dos_Box Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 *Solved* I had to install a separate launcher rather than using the stock Android one. I chose Nova Launcher Prime and all is now well.
Dos_Box Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 Hey! What's wrong with cheap Chinese clone phones? You'll see! You'll all see! Mwuhahahahah! In all seriousness, the main problem I have had so far is getting my head around Jelly Bean. The phone has behaved itself so far. Mind you, when I start to just how reliable a piece of kit is after only running it a couple of hours I'll start to act like an iPhone owner.
X-13 Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Hey! What's wrong with cheap Chinese clone phones? You'll see! You'll all see! Mwuhahahahah! ...and then the phone exploded.
mac_shinobi Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Hey! What's wrong with cheap Chinese clone phones? You'll see! You'll all see! Mwuhahahahah! Mind you, when I start to just how reliable a piece of kit is after only running it a couple of hours I'll start to act like an iPhone owner. They were banned from China so they flog it to everyone outside of china ! * tongue in cheek * Edited February 5, 2013 by mac_shinobi
aerospacemango Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Hey! What's wrong with cheap Chinese clone phones? You'll see! You'll all see! Mwuhahahahah! In all seriousness, the main problem I have had so far is getting my head around Jelly Bean. The phone has behaved itself so far. Mind you, when I start to just how reliable a piece of kit is after only running it a couple of hours I'll start to act like an iPhone owner. Been running Jelly Bean on my old Galaxy S for the last 4-5 months (I think!) and have just put the latest build on.... What's there not to get your head around? Super-smooth in every way! If I can help, drop me a line
SYNACK Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Hey! What's wrong with cheap Chinese clone phones? You'll see! You'll all see! Mwuhahahahah! I think Community did this best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nRlsRWQlA Epic Edited February 5, 2013 by SYNACK
Dos_Box Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 Been running Jelly Bean on my old Galaxy S for the last 4-5 months (I think!) and have just put the latest build on.... What's there not to get your head around? Super-smooth in every way! If I can help, drop me a line It's fine now. When it arrived it was a real 'bare bones' Android install. You don't realise just how much the manufacturers add on when they release their phones. a new launchers installed and all of my old apps (Poweramp and CoPilot amongst others) and it's playing a lot better now.
aerospacemango Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 It's fine now. When it arrived it was a real 'bare bones' Android install. You don't realise just how much the manufacturers add on when they release their phones. a new launchers installed and all of my old apps (Poweramp and CoPilot amongst others) and it's playing a lot better now. Oh trust me....the builds that I use have none of that bloatware on!!! But I can understand the shock of seeing a "clean" system!
crc-ict Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 It's fine now. When it arrived it was a real 'bare bones' Android install. You don't realise just how much the manufacturers add on when they release their phones. a new launchers installed and all of my old apps (Poweramp and CoPilot amongst others) and it's playing a lot better now. I had a similar shock when I got my Nexus 4 for Christmas. Very few pre-installed apps, and things like the stock Android Calendar and E-Mail client are very spartan compared to the HTC offerings I had on my Sensation.
Dos_Box Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 From what I can see, Beautiful Widgets has had a LOT of problems since the last update. Try long-pressing the Beautiful Widgets icon [i think that's what it means by "app launcher", the actual launcher does nothing with long-press.] I see what you mean. They worked fine on the Nexus, but vanish after each re-boot on this!
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