Power control widget

[Brooke]

I don't get a widget option when long pressing the home screen in ICS, you do?

ICS doesn't use the long-press. Go to the center App button on your dock. There you can get to Apps and Widgets.

 

[kolonji]

sure it does.. do it all the time

 

[auburngirl]

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Thats when I long press on an empty spot on any homescreen

I don't get this menu. Just a list of wallpaper options.

 

[ragnarokx]

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Thats when I long press on an empty spot on any homescreen

That's because you're not using the stock launcher. For the stock ICS launcher, widgets can only be found in the app drawer.

Sent from my Nexus S

 

[kolonji]

eh .. maybe its an adw feature .. although i had power widget set up before i installed adw .. so I dunno .. i long press an empty spot on hs ..

 

[kolonji]

That's because you're not using the stock launcher. For the stock ICS launcher, widgets can only be found in the app drawer.

Sent from my Nexus S

yea .. just said that

 

[Brooke]

sure it does.. do it all the time

Long press to add widgets? I get wallpaper options ... Sorry, just read balance of thread ...

 

[M_i_k_e_B]

Brooke, open your app drawer and tap Widgets at the top. You'll see icons for all of your available widgets. Tap and hold one and you'll go back to your home screens. Drag and drop it where you want it.

 

[kolonji]

Id just get adw .. awesome launcher so far

 

[ofthecats86]

Widgetsoid 2.x is free in the market.

superb widget customization, and can add widgets to notification bar. i've even added a few apps to my notification bar.

a must!

 

[Dr. VanNostren]

I use it, but I use the Switch Pro Widget version for the tethering/wifi hotspot.

 

[greyhd]

You can't customize the stock widget?

 

[johnnyshinta]

You can't customize the stock widget?

Nope

 

[RifterAD]

I use it since it's easier to toggle the GPS with it (rather than scrolling and clicking a few times). Plus, I can easily see if my GPS was left on or not since it's useless inside my huge building at work.

 

[jcrome04]

Use stock power control widget everyday. I think its stupid in the notification bar.

 

[booboolala2000]

Anyone use it? With the settings menu so conveniently located in the notification bar do you really need it?

Sure do. I have it on my home screen and turn wifi and GPS on and off quite a bit. It is nice to be on another screen and do those changes from the notification bar.

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[justinsims241]

I wish there was something you could press up top to make the screen shade scroll back up.

you could just tap the little circle at the bottom and it goes back up

 

[blue duck butter]

I use it every day. It's much more convenient than using the drop down settings menu, which isn't a settings menu at all. It's just a shortcut to the settings app. webOS, on the other hand, has an amazing and very useful drop down settings menu where you can actually toggle settings right from the menu. Huge oversight on Duarte's part. If he could do it on webOS, I don't see why he couldn't do it in android...

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[yosteve]

you could just tap the little circle at the bottom and it goes back up

A nudge like tap

 

[LBTRS]

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Thats when I long press on an empty spot on any homescreen

Then you are not stock because my stock phone doesn't look anything like that.

ETA: I just read the following posts and see you are not stock now.