If you have been following our coverage of Paranoid Android ROM’s PIE and full desktop features, then we also wanted to direct you to an app with similar qualities that can be installed outside of a ROM. It’s called LMT Launcher, and it has been around for quite some time – November 2011 to be exact. It received a pretty major update today, though, so we wanted to make sure you were all aware of it. Its set of features is quite close to the PIE from PA’s ROM that we showed you, but only requires that you be rooted in order to use it. So for those of you looking for PIE goodness while remaining stock, this is an option.
In the video below, I summarize the launcher in the briefest of manners. It’s one of those apps that you could probably spend a couple of hours with, tweaking and testing, until you find a setup that you like. But the basics are this – it allows you to setup regions to swipe from to access the PIE menu (pictured above), use gestures for completing actions, and set invisible swipe areas so that you can perform tasks from anywhere. There are custom color options, buttons that can be turned to actions in the PIE menu, and so much more.
If this sounds interesting enough, and it should since it received a sizable update this morning, then check out the video before jumping through to the XDA thread down below.
Let's give a huge thanks to YouTuber @MapleLeafsVideos for making this video tutorial on how to Jailbreak your PlayBook and install the Android Marketplace. Please keep in mind that if you are not comfortable with this process we recommend you do not try and install. thephoneninja.com is not responsible if you damage your device. With that being said, the tutorial details are below:
*A few steps may be unnecessary. But if you follow these steps. You will have a jailbroken playbook along with the android running with marketplace.
Useful Tips: I finished the process and the instructions are very precise and they have to be followed exactly as you show the pictures. I have some feedback that may help others not to trip in the future. at 1:47 the user has to make sure the protocol is at scp. It does not come to scp by default and not having that selected correctly is confusing when trying to set up the scp shell. Min 3:36 I would instruct the user to go to playbook and tap the dismiss button.
