For questions regarding Android widgets, functional "super icons" that can be added on to a launcher home screen.
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Can I remove the last 3 widget host of the tablet I have?
This is maybe silly question but I don't know how to get it.
When I start my android Tablet then I see 5 widget host where I can drag my app for easily run. I have removed few apps and now end 3 are ...
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Is there a widget for twitter search?
Id like to monitor Twitter for certain keywords and I wonder if there exists a widget which displays live search results on my homescreen. Ive tried almost every app in the store, but none provides ...
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Why Have Some of My Widgets Disappeared After Switching Launchers?
I recently changed my launcher from the default TouchWiz (I have an AT&T SGS3, with the official 4.1.1 installed) to Nova Launcher. I enjoy Nova, but I've noticed something strange: the Calendar ...
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Password unlock and access to widgets?
So I just realised that having a Swipe unlock allows you to have widgets and access to the camera etc. But whenever I put a password, these features are gone.
Is there a way I can allow for a swipe ...
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Widget to show calendar events and TODO items merged in a single agenda?
The Calendar application works with Google Calendar and its agenda style is really useful. Nevertheless, for some reason, it does not work with Google Tasks, so I use GTasks that works with the Google ...
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how to lower boot up time? (many apps 122, rooted device)
[old subject: link2sd not mounting second partition, "quick restart"
fails too]
[IMPORTANT: boot time took 20 minutes, see at the end...]
My phone suddenly reboot (while I was ...
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can't remove persistent android widget (accuweather.com)
I am facing an annoying problem due to the widget called "accuweather.com". It pops up while I'm using applications on my phone (Samsung galaxy s2 with gingerbread 2.3.5). I can't uninstall it because ...
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on home screen what is small clock icon appearing just above AM/PM on 4x2 clock widget
Just received jelly bean 4.1.2 on my Sprint Samsung galaxy s3. I have always used the 4x2 digital clock widget and I noticed a small icon that looks like a clock appearing just above the AM / ...
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Clock Widget on tapping does not open
I currently switched to Samsung Galaxy s3! The first two days I would tap on the digital clock widget on the home screen to access the alarm. However, yesterday the software of the phone updated by ...
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Volume slider/widget that stays functional even when running app?
On my phone (Motorola Android 2.3), I have an app that places invisible touch zones on each side of the screen and when these areas are tapped change the song back or forward (Plug In Music Widget). ...
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Smaller “Turn off all sounds” widget
My OS version is 4.1.2.
I'm currently using the "Turn off all sound" 2x1 widget on my home screen, but I feel it is too big. I'm looking for a widget that is 1x1 and has the same functionality: mute ...
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Can I remove the gray triangle in the lower right of a contact icon?
I added a contact widget to the home screen of my Droid Razr M (running stock Android 4.1.1), and the icon has a little gray triangle in the lower right corner. Is there a way I can remove that from ...
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How to extend the timespan of Google's calendar widget?
Or in other words: How to show more dates in Google's calender widget?
The next date I added to my Google calender is an appointment I have in eight days from now. The Google calender widget does not ...
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How to hide calendar but receive reminder notifications?
I have a calendar containing only regularly recuring dates. I would like to hide this calendar or these dates from the ordinary Google calendar app and the Google calendar widget.
The reminder ...
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How to stop Beautiful Widget from being removed on device reboot?
I have a Nexus S running 4.1.1 and a Nexus 7 running 4.2.1 and they both have the same problem with Beautiful Widgets. Whenever I reboot either device, the widgets no longer show up on the home ...
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Widget to display a text file (complete) which is stored on sd card
I'm looking for a widget (4x4 best) which can display a text file permanently which is stored on the SD Card.
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Do widgets slow down android phone?
I use a lot of widgets (like gmail, calender,weather app , facebook ,music , news etc)and since I have been using them I feel my mobile have become slower than before .
I don't use task manager ...
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widgets problem
i have been using cyanogenmod 7 for nearly 4 months in my HTC desire mobile. It has solved most of my issues with space and other stuff but the problem is that while trying to set widget in my home ...
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how do I get the “Power control Widget” to appear with labels?
In Android 4.1.1, how do I get the "Power Control Widget" to appear with labels? I would like to have labels for the icons because my mom can't remember what they are.
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Maximize Lockscreen widget?
I am on Android 4.2.1 (Galaxy Nexus), when using Lockscreen widgets, they are always quite small until once drags them down, then they get maximized. Any way to maximize them by default? Thanks :-)
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Do widgets run if not on current home screen?
I have the EA daily deals widget installed on my second home screen. The widget is basically a rotating banner of deals in the Play store. Since it is constantly rotating the displayed banner I assume ...
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How can I verify that a widget updates only when it's visible?
I've installed a task manager widget that shows me the amount of free memory I currently have in the icon of the widget. When I look at it it updates every ~3 seconds, so it definitely drains some ...
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Asus Transformer 4.1.1 Email Widget shows “Waiting for sync” forever
I have the Asus Transformer running Android 4.1.1. I'm trying to use the email widget to check my mail. When I enter in my account information, I get a screen that looks like this:
All my ...
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Google Reader widget items blinking
I have both a smartphone (Motorola Defy/MB525 running CyanogenMod 9) and a tablet (a cheap "generic" Genesis GT1230 running some obscure custom ROM). When I add the Google Reader widget (official ...
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Volume Slider Widget - Home and or Lock screen(s)
I recently replaced the micro-USB port on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM version, running 4.1.2) after it corroded due to water damage. During that process, I accidentally ruined the connection to the volume ...
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Email widget: How to show inbox instead of subfolder?
I have a question regarding email on my Nexus 7 3G:
When I try to add an email widget on my home screen I'm asked to choose a folder, but I only have the option to select a sub folder in my inbox, ...
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N7/4.2 Can't add lock screen widgets?
I was pretty excited to hear Android 4.2 brings lock screen widgets. But after updating my Nexus 7 tablet, I'm not able to do that: I just have a clock widget that I can remove (it reappears after ...
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Identify this Clock-Weather Widget [closed]
I've just found this photo on CNET:
I want to know which clock-weather widget app is that?
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Calendar widget showing the wrong event dates
Am I the only one experiencing this? The calendar widget is showing the correct day but the event shown next to it is in 2 days and it shows for tomorrow. Perfect example (see attached image): today ...
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simple photo frame widget
Is there a widget that will show an image you select and quite literally nothing else? No buttons, no switching photos, no sycning or grabbing from remote locations. Just show an image.
EDIT: I'm ...
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Is there an interactive calendar widget that allows me to switch between agenda view and calendar view? [closed]
I'm looking for an interactive calendar widget that allows me to switch between agenda view and calendar view.
The Go Calendar widget is really useful allowing you to scroll through the agenda and ...
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How do you resize the Gmail widget?
I can't seem to get the Gmail widget resized to full screen on my SG2. How do I resize it so that it covers the whole screen area?
Android 4.0.4.
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HTC Clock widget takes 2-3 seconds to update after unlock
On my HTC One X, my home screen has an HTC Clock widget on it. When I unlock my phone, the time displayed on the clock shows the old time (when the phone was last unlocked) for about 2-3 seconds, and ...
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Widgets occupying the whole screen
I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, I use the Android App called as "Any.Do" to help me with my To-do list management.
One of it's widgets called as the "Any.Do Grande (4x4)" occupies the whole of my ...
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Possible to monitor multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook pages with widget?
I manage social media for a living and have finally had enough with Apple and made the switch to Android. I love it so far but there are two things I haven't had time to figure out how to do, really ...
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Force Trebuchet to reload my widgets?
Whenever I install a new widget, I don't know if it supports ICS or not immediately because it won't show up on the Widgets tab until I restart the phone. It is highly inconvenient. Is there a way to ...
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widgets not working when app is moved to sd card
When I move my applications to the the sd card using the "Move To SD Card" feature in ICS the widgets for particular application stop working it says "Problem loading widget".Does anyone know a ...
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Have a widget activating something in an app?
I have the SyncMe app, and I would like to have a widget activating a fuction in the app.
Now I have to open the app -> Click on a button -> Click on another button.
Can I have a widget doing this ...
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Corporate Sync - widget for unread count?
I just got corporate sync working on my phone with my organization's Exchange servers. Everything is working fine except I'd like a widget that will show me the unread count of emails for that ...
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Picture Frame Widget - recommendations
When I had the stock rom on my Galaxy S2 it came with a pretty decent photo widget which allowed me to select multiple pictures to display.
Allowed multiple images to be selected and rotated
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Is there an easy way to switch render effects?
I find myself changing render effects a lot on my Nexus One. During the day brightness is ok, but to read on bed it's extremely bright even on the lowest setting.
I find that going to options, ...
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Stock widget in Apex Launcher
How do I get to use stock widgets (like email) on HTC Sensation 4G running on ICS and Sense 3.6 with Apex Launcher Pro?
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Is there a way to make a link to a specific page of a PDF file *on the desktop*?
Like, how a lot of application shortcuts let you link a particular shortcut within the application on the shortcut - like how the Dropbox Android application allows you to set shortcuts to particular ...
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Can widgets with settings be moved from one launcher to another?
I want to switch from ADW.Launcher to GO Launcher Ex but want to maintain my desktop layouts and widgets. Is there any way to move or copy widgets from one launcher to the other so that they have the ...
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GO Launcher EX: widget lost after reboot
Whenever I reboot, widget get lost in GO Launcher EX.
how can I fix this?
NB: the widget is on the internal memory
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Weather widget with multiple day forecasts and hourly forecasts? [closed]
I am looking for a weather widget that can display:
Hourly forecasts
Multiple days forecasts (at least 3).
Doesn't have to be on the same widget. Could be multiple widgets of one application. ...
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A music widget that works with Google Music streaming and offline service?
I'd like a widget to display playing info and cover art that works with latest Google Music app, more importantly both while playing offline tracks (those marked to be offline, so actually Google ...
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Where can I find a widget to enable or disable GPRS in my Spice Mi-270 Android handset?
I have a Spice Mi-270 Android phone. There is no touch gadget to enable or disable the GPRS connection. Every time I have to select settings -> wireless & networks -> data communication sim ...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Wifi Hotspot Toggle Widget
I have upgraded to ICS on an i9100, from GB. Both of these provide wifi tethering by default. Under GB many of the widgets available could toggle the wifi tethering on and off - a simple switch.
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Better folders, which support drag & drop: is that even possible?
I've tried three different folder widgets for Android 2.3, but I noticed none of them supports adding applications via drag & drop, like the native folders do.
Is that even possible to do?
I ...
