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[Mr Spoon]

So I have been using Beautiful Widgets forever and have grown tired of the lack of decent skins for them.
Got a nice weather skin but the clock just isn't right.

Can anyone suggest any other clock/weather apps which they have found to be useful?

I don't need it to be graphically intense, just nice and simple, but attractive.

[Xahid]

There are lot of nice and simple skins for beautiful widgets, but it don't show much detail, you should try Fancy widgets, which is almost similar to beautiful widgets with more detail (weather details). another one is HD widgets (but not my type), animated weather widgets also have cool weather details.

[Salty Wagyu]

Some of the simple looking ones:

clocks: SimiClock / BobClockD3 / Minimalistic Text
weather: WeatherEye

[Detection]

HD Widgets
https://play.google....oudtv.hdwidgets

3D Flip
https://play.google....lipclockweather

Fancy Widgets
https://play.google....es.fancywidgets

Beautiful Live
https://play.google....p.beautifullive

Nixie
https://play.google....ixieclockwidget

[Mr Spoon]

I'll take a look at those.
Will post back screens this afternoon.

[Mr Spoon]

Well, here's the shot of what I have had for a while now:



Although I downloaded Digital Clock which has given me a nice clean look:


I wonder if I can turn the clock off in the corner...
Task now is to fit a weather app around it. Just a shame there's now a new app in my app list (which may turn me off it in the end).

I could remove the Gmail and Camera apps from the home screen as I rarely use the Gmail one and the Camera is only an extra click away. But then it looked a bit empty

[+techbeck]

I like Beautiful Widgets myself. Here is what mine looks like currently....

Mr Spoon, on 28 July 2012 - 14:32, said:

I wonder if I can turn the clock off in the corner...
Task now is to fit a weather app around it. Just a shame there's now a new app in my app list (which may turn me off it in the end).

Would have to use either Apex or Nova launchers...or root your phone and apply a mod or custom ROM.

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[Mr Spoon]

That's nice, although I don't like the clock font.
Might be able to change it through root explorer but I don't know if it'll let me while the phone is on or if I'll have to restart.

WeatherEye is good but it seems to not keep up with my changing location enough which is a shame.

There's nothing wrong with Beautiful Widgets, just can't find a decent skin / not talented enough to make my own. Besides, I am loving the new clock. I have WeatherEye temperature on the left and a picture of the weather on the right of the clock.

[+Xinok]

This is what I use now, nice but not too fancy: Go Weather Ex

The gadget comes in three sizes; I personally use 4x1.

[+techbeck]

Mr Spoon, on 29 July 2012 - 15:16, said:

That's nice, although I don't like the clock font.
Might be able to change it through root explorer but I don't know if it'll let me while the phone is on or if I'll have to restart.

I dont mind the font so much really. I am constantly changing the look of my phone. But have you checked XDA to see if anyone has been creating their own skins that may suit your needs?

[Mr Spoon]

Hmm, xda is so full it's hard to find what I am looking for.
Have a long shift at work tomorrow so will try then.

Installed Go Weather for the nicely changing background wallpapers. However it's downfall is that the weather widget has a glass surround. If there was an option to make the background to the widget invisible, it'd be the winner!

So at the moment, I am using three different apps to tell me the time and weather - OCD

[Hardcore Til I Die]

I use "one more clock free" with this skin:

https://p.twimg.com/...tJ2CAAAtEX2.jpg

That's not my pic but it's the same skin.

[HawkMan]

Personally I found HD widgets to be the best, since it allows me to turn of everything but the text, giving me a nice clean style. Then can put the weather below.in a separate widget( unless you want it all mingled up in one, then you can use those) and they also come with 1x1 and a 1x4 switcher that has single color switches, allowing for a nice clean home page.

[+remixedcat]

I just use accuweather

[nik louch]

Take a look at Minimalist Text and Snowstorm widgets