Home Replacement Apps = Completely new phone experience.

[gardobus]

What app do you use to scan those?

get Barcode Scanner from the market

[bamfsig45]

Yeah I was really excited about Open Home so I got it and installed it and it looked great, installed a few themes and icon packs, setup 5 out of my 7 screens, everything was great but it ForceCloses too often for me. That was the ONLY issue. It was NOT laggy, it wasn't "stretched" or anything for the larger resolution, nothing like that. The ONLY issue was the random forceclosures. Once it is a bit more stable I will go for it.

Also, please note that if you get the lite version, it is nowhere near as feature rich as the full version. The lite version only lets you use like 3 widgets and no icons or something if I remember right. The full version has a LOT of options and you can use all the normal widgets plus like 5 or 6 OpenHome exclusive ones.

It is an awesome app and I'd have it installed now if it didn't FC so often

Im going to keep trying it for a while, I havent had any force closes during normal operation. Im digging the "Droid" theme that keeps the phone looking stock but using the stock icons and This theme seems to run the best.

[mynamesjose]

The comments on the crashing has me hesitant to download this. Any more reviews on this?

[bamfsig45]

Well it does allow a refund if you dont like it. You gotta realize some people on those reviews are running G1's or MyTouch devises, Droid is far Superior in hardware and software. If it didnt run good I wouldnt use it. Also you can get to land scape mode w/o keyboard with Open Home.

[gardobus]

I will admit that even when it DOES forceclose/crash, it comes back up fairly quick and remembers all your screen setups and whatnot so crashing doesn't screw anything up, it just got annoying to me. It also didn't happen THAT often, I'm just kinda picky lol

[mad3963]

Yeah I was really excited about Open Home so I got it and installed it and it looked great, installed a few themes and icon packs, setup 5 out of my 7 screens, everything was great but it ForceCloses too often for me. That was the ONLY issue. It was NOT laggy, it wasn't "stretched" or anything for the larger resolution, nothing like that. The ONLY issue was the random forceclosures. Once it is a bit more stable I will go for it.

Also, please note that if you get the lite version, it is nowhere near as feature rich as the full version. The lite version only lets you use like 3 widgets and no icons or something if I remember right. The full version has a LOT of options and you can use all the normal widgets plus like 5 or 6 OpenHome exclusive ones.

It is an awesome app and I'd have it installed now if it didn't FC so often

I have had no issues with "forced closures" with Open Home on my DROID.

[RichStevenson]

We need a good screencap utility so we can take easy screenshots of what we are talking about.

Not a simple way but...
Motorola Droid - How To Capture Screenshot | Mobile Technology Deals and Help

I also read in another forum that Open Home was suppose to have a screen cap function. I haven't loaded it myself, so I don't know for sure.

[mad3963]

We need a good screencap utility so we can take easy screenshots of what we are talking about.

Not a simple way but...
Motorola Droid - How To Capture Screenshot | Mobile Technology Deals and Help

I also read in another forum that Open Home was suppose to have a screen cap function. I haven't loaded it myself, so I don't know for sure.

Open Home does have a screen capture feature, but it does not seem to work. Every time I try to use it, it says "Capture attempt failed".

[elbono75]

after training today I am going to play with this lite then probably isntall the full version...

[gardobus]

I have had no issues with "forced closures" with Open Home on my DROID.

Hmm I wonder why I got it so often.

after training today I am going to play with this lite then probably isntall the full version...

If you like the lite version at all then you'll probably like the full, it is SO much more full featured than the lite.