For questions regarding Android widgets, functional "super icons" that can be added on to a launcher home screen.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Recover mini paper widget contents after update (2.3.3 to 2.3.4)
I've updated my Galaxy S2 from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 only to find that the mini paper widget is now broken. Plenty of places on the web explain how to clear the data to get it working again, but is there ...
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S Planner (Mini) widget in Galaxy Note 2 (running on 4.1.2 JB) doesn't update
Recently added the S Planner (Mini) widget to the home screen to have a quick glance of my calendar for the current day. But the widget is not updating by itself. When I tap on 'Today' then the date ...
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Clock widgets and other widgets freezing on GS4
Often when I charge my GS4 phone two different clock widgets and my GNotes widgets freeze up. I have to restart the phone to make the widgets work again. The clock widgets are BeWeather and Fancy ...
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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 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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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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Do any launchers restore home screen widgets from Google backup?
Are there any custom/3rd-party launchers that, when you have Back up my data turned on in the Backup & reset settings, restore home screen widgets when a backup is restored? I know the stock one ...
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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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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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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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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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