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Help Customizing my HTC Desire

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EricKiddoo

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I am still not as savy with this phone as I would like. So I will come here cause you guys are great!

Right now my phone is setup under the basic "Sense" style. What are some more in depth ways to actually customize the home screen and what not? Themes, etc... I see other themes that people have used and I tried the "Home" or something but I could not figure everything out that well. Glitchy, etc..

HELLLPPPP!!!!???:confused:

Please explain everything in :D"Stupid Dummy";)terms. LOL..
Also, my phone is NOT ROOTED... This interests me but Im not savy enough to utilize this..yet..

Again any advice helps... Thank you all very much!
 
Ok.... WHat does that mean..? lol.

Like I am very serious on the whole explain it in "Stupid Dummy" terms. Is that something I download and it just lets me go nuts on customizing or what..lol... Again thanks.
 
EricKiddoo said:
Ok.... WHat does that mean..? lol.

Like I am very serious on the whole explain it in "Stupid Dummy" terms. Is that something I download and it just lets me go nuts on customizing or what..lol... Again thanks.
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HTC Sense is a user interface that sits on top of Android. If you look in the "Post your homescreens" thread, many of the custom screens are using launcherpro.

Its an app from the market. It is an alternative to HTC sense (another user interface), so it changes the app drawer, app dock at the bottom of the homescreen and the homescreens themselves.

The downside is HTC widgets will not work on any other UI other than Sense.

The upside is that you don't need HTC widgets and you can change the icons, what they do and how you interact with them (on the dock)
 
So do I jsut look for "Launcher Pro" in the app market? Is it free, easy to use? I am still learning the Android. The OS is pretty powerful.
 
I tried LauncherPro. Hated that there is only 3 screens to customize... The Home one only has 5... Is sense the only one with 7? Cause after having 7 screens for so long it would suck to down grade.
 
EricKiddoo said:
I tried LauncherPro. Hated that there is only 3 screens to customize... The Home one only has 5... Is sense the only one with 7? Cause after having 7 screens for so long it would suck to down grade.
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Launcherpro has more setting than sense.

When launcherpro is running, press menu, preferences. You can set 1 - 7 homescreens
 
launcher pro is the future :)
As you have figured out now, yeah its a free program.
just use it for a little, mess with the settings etc etc. i thought it was a bit weird when i first got it an didnt like it.
now though..now its all i use =)
Oh an what LightOrion said... give it a read, im sure you will learn many hints an tips about how you can customize your new powerhouse... Once again, i did =)
 
Thank you guys. I played with Launcher Pro last night. I will most likely buy the full one to utilize their widgets.

Any sweet widgets you all use?
 
I have had my phone about 4 months and NOT savvy, but I have got it now as I want it and Im glad its took me a while. To the OP, no rush mate enjoy experimenting. One thing though, make sure you continually save what you are doing:

menu > scenes > save :)
 
I second launcher pro.
I got the plus version for the calendar widget. The dock at the bottom is so much more useful than the mega lump at the bottom of the Sense UI as you can have it setup with up to 15 buttons(i think) that you can cycle through.
And as the previous poster said, take you time to mess with it and check out the homescreens thread, I got loads of ideas from there for my desire.

Cheers
Elbeeuk
 
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