[App] Tweaked Xperia S Home Launcher (Dock and/or Corners) for MDPI - v7.0, 10/06/12 - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Here is my Xperia Home SEVENTH version for Xperia HVGA (MDPI) devices. It was ripped from Xperia S.
The original version is: com.sonyericsson.home - 2.2.A.0.14, see img:
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This mod since v6.0 was officialy baptized as MOAL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26003975&postcount=467
I have made some tweaks like:
v7.0 (10/06/12):
- Preference to choose between 9 dock background styles/colors (system default, cosmic silk, cosmic turquoise, cosmic emerald, cosmic sapphire, cosmic gold, cosmic ruby, cosmic amethyst, transparent)
- Preference to choose between 6 corners opacity percentages
- New dock glow animation (when closing app drawer)
- No more need to restart after toggle some preference, just once when closing preference main screen
- Fixed ICS restart problem (no preference changed)
- Versions with default stock desktop row height (all stock widgets compatible)
- Versions with less desktop row height (some GB stock widgets won´t fit properly) and free screen indicators space
- Ukrainian screen preferences translations (thanks Kobzar666)
- Fixed some layout issues
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v6.0 (25/05/12):
- New and improved preference screen with icons and separeted categories
- 4x4 desktop layout for all versions
- 4x3 (v5.1 layout with icon/folder titles) desktop layout for dock and dock with top corners
- Choose between 8 app drawer background styles (light gradient, dark gradient, transparent, 25% opaque, 50% opaque, 75% opaque, opaque, transparent plate)
- Choose desktop screen indicators style
- Preference to direct access Xperia Home and Xperia Home Preferences in android settings
- Fixed some layout issues
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v5.1 (01/05/12):
- 3 desktop rows layout for Dock and Dock_TopCorners versions
- Home restarts now will be for each preference (if needed)
- Enable/disable desktop screen indicators
- Dock icons with labels (single line)
- Fixed widgets layout sizes in landscape
- ICS Square folder
- Fixed desktop icons labels alignment
- Hungarian screen preferences translations (thanks gyeben)
- Vietnamese screen preferences translations (thanks kulroyal)
- Fixed some Russian screen preferences translations (thanks himasura)
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v5 (27/04/12):
- New Xperia Home preferences screen (a very special thanks to ra3al for helping me)
- New dialog "Xperia Home" item to start preferences screen
- New menu "Xperia Home" item to start preferences screen
- Select between 1 to 11 home screens (panes)
- Enable/disable wallpaper scrolling
- Select home button action: Go to Default Home Screen or Open/Close App Drawer
- Enable/disable automatic screen orientation
- Enable/disable going to first pane when opening the app drawer
- Fixed fourth "Dock with Top Corners" row to receive icons/widgets in all cells
- Russian screen preferences translations (thanks himasura)
- Indonesian screen preferences translations (thanks Black_jackss)
- German screen preferences translations (thanks switcher)
- Greek screen preferences translations (thanks T3sla)
- Serbian screen preferences translations (thanks Theonewithideas)
- Spanish screen preferences translations (thanks Svartehjerte)
- Portuguese brazilian and English screen preferences translations (thanks me)
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v4.1 (23/03/12):
- 18 new dock / corner / portrait (static) / sensor (auto-rotation) combination versions
- Fixed all reported issues from v4 and more
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v4 (17/03/12):
- New Xperia S based Home ported from scratch to MPDI (480x320)
- Round ICS style folder
- Black expanded folder background
- Multiline icons labels on desktop and folders
- Blurry or transparent dock
- 3 (3H), 5 (5H) or 7 (7H) home screens
- New attachments
- New screenshots
v3 rev. 1 (17/01/12):
- New flashable install option (CWM)
- New attachments
v3 (17/01/12):
- Versions with 5 (5H) and 3 (3H) Home Screens
- New App Drawer with Fading Dividers (Portrait and Landscape)
- New Black Transparent Gradient App Drawer Background )Top Alpha 0 to Bottom Alpha 175)
- Original (Stock) Desktop/App Drawer Animations
- New White Transparent Icon Highlight
v2 (18/12/11):
- New Square and Transparent Folder Style (Like Square ICS Folder)
- Full Alpha 150 Background for App Drawer
- Full Alpha 100 Background for Expanded Corners and Folders
- New App Drawer/Desktop Zoom Animations
v1 (04/12/11):
- Transparent 4x4 App Drawer (Portrait and Landscape)
- Semi Transparent Corners (Alpha 100)
- Transparent Background for Expanded Corners
- Transparent Background for Opened Folders
- Multiline Icons Labels on Desktop (Portrait) and Folders
Stock 4 Rows Height Screenshots:
Less 4 Rows Height Screenshots:
Application Drawer Screenshots:
Preferences Screenshots:
Instructions for manual installation on Xperia MDPI devices:
Before you install it, you must check for two system dependencies, see imgs:
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If you are running the GB 2.3.4 firmware or ICS you should have these files.
TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!
Clearing predefined system settings xml´s folder for Home.apk:
- Check for this path in your /system: /system/etc/customization/settings/com/sonyericsson/home
- If the /home folder is there, just delete it (only /home) !!!
Now install:
1 - Download choosen attached apk (v7_???_Home.apk) and put it on your sdcard.
2 - Rename it to Home.apk
3 - Download attached v7_HomePreferences.apk and put it on your sdcard.
4 - Rename it to HomePreferences.apk
5 - Using Root Explorer copy both files to /system/ (mount /system as R/W)
6 - Change both files permissions to rw-r--r-- like img:
7 - Long press on Home.apk and select Move
8 - Paste Home.apk on /system/app/ and replace original apk
9 - Long press on HomePreferences.apk and select Move
10 - Paste HomePreferences.apk on /system/app/
11 - Reboot you phone
Important (after reboot)
12 - Go to "Config >> Applications >> Manage Applications >> All", tap on "Xperia Home" and select "Clear Data" (you need to rearrange your widgets)
VERY IMPORTANT
Home.apk and HomePreferences.apk work together and they should be in the /system folder!!
Or simple create a flashable .zip with choosen apk version and flash it on recovery with CWM !
To create your own flashable .zip:
1 - Download attached v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip
2 - Download choosen attached apk (v7_???_Home.apk) and put it on your computer
2 - Rename it to Home.apk
3 - Open v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip with WinRAR and go to \system\app\ folder
4 - Drag Home.apk from your computer and drop it on \system\app\ WinRAR folder
5 - Close v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip file
6 - Ok (rename it if you want)
To do:
- Vietnamese translations
- Hungarian translations
- Chineese translations
- HDPI versions
If you like, press thanks...

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try it now..reporting later..btw..nice thread

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SK17i can install and run, but the draw still 3X4 not 4X4. The top and bottom line disappear and all icon go upper, and then the fourth line is blank.

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pckeung said:
SK17i can install and run, but the draw still 3X4 not 4X4. The top and bottom line disappear and all icon go upper, and then the fourth line is blank.
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go to settings --> Application settings --> manage applications --> all --> sony ericsson home --> clear data... (you must rearrange your widget)
it works
love it... I have a lot of apps installed, this is really helps thanks...

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krizky82 said:
go to settings --> Application settings --> manage applications --> all --> sony ericsson home --> clear data... (you must rearrange your widget)
it works
love it... I have a lot of apps installed, this is really helps thanks...
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Thanks for support...

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wooow... its work on Live Walkman too... Nice...
but, how to put back the black transparant background on app drawer?

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Telephone restarting, installed reboot succes, now this one gonna check in a minute
Togehter with 1.9GHz stable clock on mini pro
---------- Post added at 07:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 PM ----------
If you have some "com.sonyericsson.home" installed, you must uninstall it.
lol oversaw that part xD reflash time loool

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Version with black background in drawer will be great, can You do this?

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can u make the apptray be slide loop?
sorry for my poor english, i mean i have 10 pages app installed, when i slide to the page 10 i wanna the page 1 will be slide next, don't need slide back.
sorry, do you know what i said?

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kiwi0033 said:
Version with black background in drawer will be great, can You do this?
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do you mean like this one?
here you go.. click

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Something like that but with no transparent or more blurry background Apps will be more visible on colorfull wallpaper
@UP
Your home.apk bootloop my phone, You do something wrong while editing apk.

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kiwi0033 said:
Something like that but with no transparent or more blurry background Apps will be more visible on colorfull wallpaper
@UP
Your home.apk bootloop my phone, You do something wrong while editing apk.
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bootloop? its work fine on my phone.. what phone are you using?
i only replace the .png background
try this:
1. change your home launcher with other ( to avoid force close or bootloop, perhaps )
2. using root explorer, delete home.apk in system/app (back up the original first)
3. copy home.apk (mod) to system/app. change permission to rw-r--r-- or same as other .apk in that folder
4. reboot
i try it more than 5 times, never get bootloop..
how about this one? im not good in photoshop
click here

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This one look nice I dont know what's wrong, I do it correctly like you said
EDIT: Where is apk to download?
Sent from my SK17i using Tapatalk

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kiwi0033 said:
This one look nice I dont know what's wrong, I do it correctly like you said
EDIT: Where is apk to download?
Sent from my SK17i using Tapatalk
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sorry.... my fault
link added..
if its still in 3x4, try this:
krizky82 said:
go to settings --> Application settings --> manage applications --> all --> sony ericsson home --> clear data... (you must rearrange your widget)
it works
love it... I have a lot of apps installed, this is really helps thanks...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

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Works perfectly, thanks man
Sent from my SK17i using Tapatalk

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kiwi0033 said:
Works perfectly, thanks man
Sent from my SK17i using Tapatalk
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sure.. no problem

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bramprasetyo said:
bootloop? its work fine on my phone.. what phone are you using?
i only replace the .png background
try this:
1. change your home launcher with other ( to avoid force close or bootloop, perhaps )
2. using root explorer, delete home.apk in system/app (back up the original first)
3. copy home.apk (mod) to system/app. change permission to rw-r--r-- or same as other .apk in that folder
4. reboot
i try it more than 5 times, never get bootloop..
how about this one? im not good in photoshop
click here
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Thanks for support.
I will release v2 soon with several tweaks, and blurry background is one of them. Thanks again.

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See new v2...

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I replaced the Home.apk with your, and now it wont open.
I don't know what I did wrong, I used it before, but I had to reflash my phone, and now, this happens.
Basically, I can't access any app, since app drawer is down.
What should I do now?
Something with ADB?

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Theonewithideas said:
I replaced the Home.apk with your, and now it wont open.
I don't know what I did wrong, I used it before, but I had to reflash my phone, and now, this happens.
Basically, I can't access any app, since app drawer is down.
What should I do now?
Something with ADB?
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Download golauncher your example on your pc,then boot to CWM or boot phone if it goes beyond bootanimation and type this in "adb install "(folder in file is located)/"go launcher name".apk"