Serenity (by ToxicThunder) - Android Homescreen Tutorial

Описание: Serenity by ToxicThunder is an amazing 3-page Screen of the Day. The 3 pages include a home page, which comes with notifications, time, date and weather. The 2nd page is the music page, with music controls as well sound levels at the top. The last page has your storage space info as well as your social shortcuts such as Facebook and Twitter. This video tutorial will help you recreate this amazing homescreen!

Serenity on MyColorScreen: http://mycolorscreen.com/2013/05/31/s...

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Part 1: Before you begin

Download these apps onto your phone:
Minimalistic Text: http://bit.ly/12RjJ4R
MultiPicture Live Wallpaper: http://bit.ly/15WpLXS
Nova Launcher (Free or Prime, ssLauncher/Apex can also be used): http://bit.ly/WlA6U1
Power Toggles: http://bit.ly/ZROKbV
UCCW: http://bit.ly/138wb0D
Zooper Widget (Pro): http://bit.ly/140U4rl

Files you need to copy onto your phone:
Resources: http://bit.ly/111FAF8
Blank.png: http://bit.ly/13HlUdE

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Part 2: Nova Settings

Desktop:
Desktop Grid: 9x7, might need to change for other phones
Width Margin: None
Height Margin: None
Disable: Shadows, Label Icons
Homesceens: 3
Transition Effect: Flip was used in this video

Dock:
Enable Dock: Disabled

Look and Feel:
Show notification bar: Disabled

Gestures and Buttons:
Use swipe up to show your App Drawer.

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Part 3: Wallpaper Setup

1. Open MPLW - Add 3 screens
2. Open Screen (1, 2 & 3) settings - Change to wallpaper that you have downloaded
3. Transition Type - None
4. Disable Reflections.
5. Go back - Set Wallpaper

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Part 4: Minimalistic Text & UCCW

To add the the Minimalistic Text widgets (make sure to copy the preferences into the /sdcard/MinimalisticTextPreferences/ folder, and the fonts into /sdcard/fonts, create the folder if it isn't there):

1. Hold down on homescreen - Widgets - Minimalistic Text - choose size accordingly.
2. Select the first preset - Menu - Import - Choose the right size preference
3. Make any changes if you want - Then press the Save icon.
4. Go into the main app from the app drawer to re-edit these skins later.

For UCCW:
1. Hold down on homescreen - Widgets - UCCW - choose any size.
2. Tap the Uzip button at the top - Select a uzip provided.
3. Once it's imported - Tap the skin to edit it.

For Zooper Pro (Free version can't import skins):
1. First copy the SerenSocialBlank.zw into /sdcard/ZooperWidget.
2. Add a 1x3 Zooper Widget - Tap the widget to open the editor.
3. Search for the imported widget in the SD card tab, select it.
4. Edit settings if required then go back to see what it looks like on your phone.
5. Alternatively you can just use a blank UCCW skin with 3 hotspots.

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Part 5: Power Toggles

1. Add a Power toggle widget above the image on the 2nd screen.
2, Tap each of the toggles and select Remove to delete them, leave one toggle.
3. Select - Add Toggle - Play/Pause, then remove the other toggle.
4. Change the button color to pure white, hide the separator, and make the background fully transparent.
5. Save this as a backup in order to save time for the other 2 music toggles (Next, Previous) - Select Done.
6. Add the other Power Toggles, but now just restore the backup you just made.

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Part 6: App Shortcuts

1. Hold down on the homescreen - Nova Actions - App drawer - to add the app drawer button on each screen at the bottom.
2. Hold down on this icon - Edit - Tap the Icon - Select the Blank.png you copied onto your phone.
3. Add Nova Actions - Jump to Screen - onto each of the icons below the middle image according to what screen you want to jump to, then make these also blank.

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Boom!

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Music Info:

Name of the track: Feel it
Artist of the track: Unknown
Direct URL of the track: http://bit.ly/XGxAZj
Link to online license terms: http://bit.ly/11BM6GG

Name of the track: Feel Good
Artist of the track: Unknown
Direct URL of the track: http://bit.ly/Z7cF4L
Link to online license terms: http://bit.ly/11BM6GG