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Your favourite home replacement?

I want one with live wallpapers, I use Home++ which is my favourite. What about everyone else?

Helix Launcher 0.7 system app version.

uberingram said:
Helix Launcher 0.7 system app version.
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+1, does just what I need.

Helix Launcher 0.7 system app version.
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+1, does just what I need.
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Same here
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I used Helix but it looks exactly like the stock basically. What's special about it :O

Macmee said:
I used Helix but it looks exactly like the stock basically. What's special about it :O
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Haven't used this yet but would like to know too, I'm looking for something new to put on my nexus, and until Modaco updates his ROM, i'm looking to see what I can get my hands on in the meantime.

Macmee said:
I used Helix but it looks exactly like the stock basically. What's special about it :O
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Dock shortcuts, change number of screens, and a few other things. check out the thread. It's pretty sweet.

Macmee said:
I used Helix but it looks exactly like the stock basically. What's special about it :O
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It's basically stock, but you can change the number of screens you have, and it has a preview feature [double tap the screen and it will show previews of your home screens.] There's also a dock next to the app tray, you can have four icons next to it.

uberingram said:
Helix Launcher 0.7 system app version.
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Coming from a G1, I just couldn't get used to N1's lack of the hardware "Phone" button. Helix Launcher2 solves this with its dock.

Macmee said:
I want one with live wallpapers, I use Home++ which is my favourite. What about everyone else?
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Gotta side with you on this one. Nothing beats the built in task killer. I prefer not to have a separate program for that.

I've been a die hard home++ user and just pushed helix for the first time tonight. I use app control for my task control, as I kind of think that home++ does a shoddy job. Anyway, Helix is great and I love the fact that I can still hide the taskbar; however, there's 1 thing that puts Home++ above it. . . and that's a button to bring down said task bar. It's great to be able to hide it, but what about when I want to look at notifications that are coming in? Home++ allows for this. It's the 1 thing holding me back.

cyanogen w/GDE home

extended home
i use extended home. it supports up to 10 home screens and customizable submenus. i tried the helix and home++ launchers not bad but helix uses to much memory (9.5 MB) and home++ is to slow and wallpapers don't snap to the screen your on.

HelixLauncher 1.3BETA2

got to go with home++. scrolling through screens is ultra smooth and having the bottom scrollable dock is cool. plus it saves screen real estate that the phone, browser, silent and vibrate widgets would usually take up.

ADW.Launcher
Love the Sense previews

stewart1988 said:
ADW.Launcher
Love the Sense previews
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+1 once he makes an hdpi version look out

I have discovered last night Zeam.
Faster than anything i have tried so far. Has 9 screens, 3 launcher button, nice screen previews. I have all 9 screens loaded with widgets and is running faster than any other home.
After i tried it, got rid of helix and Panda.
Give it a try at it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149

htcmagic said:
I have discovered last night Zeam.
Faster than anything i have tried so far. Has 9 screens, 3 launcher button, nice screen previews. I have all 9 screens loaded with widgets and is running faster than any other home.
After i tried it, got rid of helix and Panda.
Give it a try at it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
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I'm still using HelixLauncher2 (system), however this looks interesting, i havnt downloaded it yet, but i might take a look at it.

htcmagic said:
I have discovered last night Zeam.
Faster than anything i have tried so far. Has 9 screens, 3 launcher button, nice screen previews. I have all 9 screens loaded with widgets and is running faster than any other home.
After i tried it, got rid of helix and Panda.
Give it a try at it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
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Thanks for the suggestion. Zeam is very fast.
I tried Helix, Home++, and Android Mate (which I really like for a simplistic approach), but Zeam has a smaller footprint and is very fast.

As close as possible to vanilla

What should I do to get my Xperia play as close to vanilla as possible?
Any launcher that is like vanilla? stuff like that.
thanks

RacecarBMW said:
What should I do to get my Xperia play as close to vanilla as possible?
Any launcher that is like vanilla? stuff like that.
thanks
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launcher pro is the best launcher ever, it can be exactly like vanillia android but is 1000x more customizable and powerful and free
.... did I mention it is free?
I guess I did

Though it's free there's a paid version (launcher pro plus) with more features. The most useful feature in the paid version must be resizing widgets ;-)
Regards Dousan...

I am also looking for this, I have tried Launcher Pro/ADW and lots of Gingerbread themes etc but I am always left with SE icons and not stock.
Anyone know the best way to get stock icons? (rooted and bootloader unlocked)

Laird_Attwood said:
I am also looking for this, I have tried Launcher Pro/ADW and lots of Gingerbread themes etc but I am always left with SE icons and not stock.
Anyone know the best way to get stock icons? (rooted and bootloader unlocked)
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ohhhh.... yea nothing is going to help you with that except custom roms or some serious surgury of the apk's in /system and you don't want to mess with that I promise you.
there are some apps to change the icon link on your home screen, but in the app drawer it will still show the old icon. Not sure anyone is going to help you with that less a custom rom be involved

johnsongrantr said:
ohhhh.... yea nothing is going to help you with that except custom roms or some serious surgury of the apk's in /system and you don't want to mess with that I promise you.
there are some apps to change the icon link on your home screen, but in the app drawer it will still show the old icon. Not sure anyone is going to help you with that less a custom rom be involved
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Thanks for reply, hopefully it wont be to long till there is a few custom roms

Try the Zlauncher its the most light weight pure vanilla experience

yohandesilva1 said:
Try the Zlauncher its the most light weight pure vanilla experience
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ok thanks for that it seems pretty cool.

Ported 3d launcher, alpha test. Calling all devs!

UPDATE 5/19
Here is dropbox of new music app. It works outside of the launcher also, but doesnt have that cool look. Outside the 3d launcher it looks kinda like ours
®download new apk.
®get a system app remover. Search the market.
®use it to first back up, and then remove your old music application.
®find new music apk and instal.
®start launcher, (you downloaded both zips below and and installed everything right?)
®hit the thanks button
http://db.tt/KuYQA19
UPDATED 5/17
Hi all.
Let me start off by saying. . . I have no knowledge of porting or modding and was extreemely lucky to get this far. I need some dev help!
Here is my attempt at porting a landscape only 3d launcher for our tab. Works on 2.2-2.3.3.
It is a beta/alpha version.
I say beta/apha because some things dont work yet, but it runs very smooth. So I am calling it that.
This was originaly a launcher for anouther tablet (advent vega tab) and I believe it is called 3d Home Launcher Screen for Vega. It was designed for use with a Tegra processor.
Here is a link to vid of it running natively on its original device.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4k62ln4j4
Did some tinkering, reading, hacking, slashing and harassing. . . . . lots of cursing
And. . . .
I got it installed and MOSTLY working . A few thing still need work.
Let it settle in. It has its own cache, and needs to build it. Restart the launcher maybe twice over an hour period. Its been running smooth, finding and playing all audio/video files. It created its own audio and video thumbnails.
®Music app DOES currently play music. It is visually stunning.
®Video app DOES play video.
*No google search bar. Thats okay. It was kinda cool tho. It caused FC's. Anything that caused fc's has been taken out of the uploaded version.
*Animated Weather widget shows weather but doesn't show the three days of the week buttons. It's just a black box that now turns to the next city. Maybe font is not installed. I am looking for it.
*It dissables two soft buttons. The search button and menu button. Long pressing the search key still brings up voice search. And pressing menu in apps still works. Pressing search button in an app still works.
Download launchkey and remap the long press search key to open search instead of voice search
*Button on right of task bar does nothing, I took out the Guide. It was for the original Tablet. Maybe it could be modded to open another app?
*Dock bar seems a little visually kooky. Black boxes under each icon where it is supposed to say name of each. Maybe font is not installed. I am looking for it. Also maybe this is because it is for a 10 inch tab screen and ours is 7.
Maybe a few things more but I cannot remember.
Guys, I think I am getting close, but would like some help, please, as I have no idea what I am doing.
®download both zips, unzip both and install all files. Sorry bout two zips. XDA has a size limit. Can anyone help make a CWM Recovery flashable zip? There is alot to install, and I dont want anyone missing an apk.
®works on any dpi.
®there are more widgets but currently they cause the forceclosures
®let it "settle"
®Devs focus on the *'s this is what I need the most help in
Almost 3000 views!
200 downloads.
No-one has a view or input in this that they wanna express?
Dang. . . .
. . . . sad
Whatta I gotta do to spark interest in helping. Higher naked dancing people?
LOL
Don't be shy and hit the THANKS! button. (It's right by the downloads and reply buttons!))
Apparently my tab takes photos upside-down. Sorry guys.
SPECIAL THANKS SECTION:
ultramag69 - helping with video player.

Thanks for the screenshots. Oh wait.

Name of launcher?
link to launcher?
screens?
anything?

TheATHEiST said:
Name of launcher?
link to launcher?
screens?
anything?
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Its uploading.
Comp is taking forever
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Pretty sure someone has posted this before. It was ripped from an Acer or something like that.
And i hope im not the only one, but it looks nothing like the Honeycomb launcher..
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GANJDROID said:
Pretty sure someone has posted this before. It was ripped from an Acer or something like that.
And i hope im not the only one, but it looks nothing like the Honeycomb launcher..
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If it is the same one, do you have a link or something?
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ssserpentine said:
If it is the same one, do you have a link or something?
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I think the thread was called 3D launcher
I remember people posting links to VTL Launcher (or whatever its called) thinking it was the same.
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GANJDROID said:
I think the thread was called 3D launcher
I remember people posting links to VTL Launcher (or whatever its called) thinking it was the same.
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I remember that, i have vtl launcher, and it doesnt like like this

ssserpentine said:
I remember that, i have vtl launcher, and it doesnt like like this
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I know, and thats not the one i meant. I said people were posting links to VTL on the 3D Launcher thread.
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My appologies. Do you know if anyone got a launcher that looks like the one I want working?

ssserpentine said:
My appologies. Do you know if anyone got a launcher that looks like the one I want working?
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Life Screen (or Life Home) is *kinda* similar. Id reccomend that if you havent already.
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Thanks i will try it out. Have you trued home++
Its neat.

ssserpentine said:
Thanks i will try it out. Have you trued home++
Its neat.
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I have on my Desire ages ago. Have they actually updated it or does it work fine?
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I dont know if they updated it, but it works smooth on my 2.2.3 beta 2 overcome.
Netfront life screen: my only gripes so far is no orientation change. And the annoying need to click on the desired icon, it scolls to "home" then you gotta click again to open it.
And it would be awsome to have the circle centered in landscape on the middle bottom, or middle?
Kinda why i want the 3d launcher ported
I guess running netfront and circle launcher is the best 3d we are gonna get till someone ports the 3d launcher.

I've just been trying Claystone Launcher from the market, its a beta but works ok, no landscape mode, and app draw is slow and laggy, but other features are very good, i follow this and hope it will be nice and fast at some later date.
More info here:http://www.appbrain.com/app/claystone-launcher-%28beta%29/com.claystoneinc

It's from Advent Vega Tablet. i raised the same question some time back but no one seems to be interested.

I dont know why. It looks freakin sweet. I just think the people who, unlike me, can just dont want to. Everyone else waits for other people to do it. I bet if i had it posted available to instal right now, the download counter would be smoking.
Cmon guys, take a look and give some input. If you dont wanna do it teach me how. Id love to learn how to port things like this.
Here is a youtube vid on it running natively on its original tab.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...e.com/watch?v=G-4k62ln4j4&v=G-4k62ln4j4&gl=US

Does nobody have an opinion on this launcher? Do we want it ported?
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I would be interested in this launcher, seems interesting. There is a lack of tablet optmized launchers.
btw, here is the working youtube link..

TheATHEiST said:
I would be interested in this launcher, seems interesting. There is a lack of tablet optmized launchers.
btw, here is the working youtube link..
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+1
For correcting the link.
I ripped the stock launcher out of a toshiba and its a pretty sweet launcher. Its definetly different that anyrhing we have available now.
If you wanna check it out, i can pm or email it to you as i cant upload.
It works great on any lcd desity, i have it on 182 right now. Using this in conjucture with circle launcher makes my tab visualy awsome and very unique.
I also have the dell stage launcher its a great portrait launcher because unfortunatly its resolution allows you to see part of each screen to the left and right in landscape mode. Still works in landscape mode, tho.
It is also diff than the regular old adw launcher. It has some widgets also.
I am in the process of ripping out every stock launcher i can find and trying to get it to work on the tab.
I am gonna start a new thread soon with all these in one spot that work on the tab. I am not gonna include launchers you can find on the market. Except in passing mention.
Do you think that thread is a good idea?

[APP]MiHome Launcher 1.2 - Android 2.3 & 4.0

Hi MIUI Fans,
Some great news from Xiaomi, MiHome Launcher 1.2 has been released for all non-miui Android 2.3 & 4.0 devices. MiHome Launcher can make your Android phone easy to use and super fast!
It is a major feature of MIUI, which is one of the most popular Android ROMs in the world. Now you can get these excellent experience by installing MiHome Launcher on your phone!
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ORIGNAL THREAD LINK
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/mihome-launcher-1-2-android-2-3-4-0-released.17149/
Download Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?87atei7gkia8kbx

What's new? Still pretty bare imo. Gb version.
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Can you sort icons by name in folders yet (ICS)?
I'm using MIUI GB right now and you can do that. I don't understand why they took that feature out :|

Yes you can sort folders by app name now but is it just me or does this feel like a serious downgrade from the last version?
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for me, i can sort icons by name in folders. but got a feeling, that i'm too stupid too arange the icons on drawer by name automatically???? is there an optiuon??

BlackMaster1991 said:
for me, i can sort icons by name in folders. but got a feeling, that i'm too stupid too arange the icons on drawer by name automatically???? is there an optiuon??
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Yes when u open a folder you can click the edit icon in the top left and change the behavior to default to sort manually.
Also, I seem to have lost the ability to resize Widgets?
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i didnt ment the sort of icons in the app folders. i mean on the desktop. if theres an option to let the icons be sort automaticalla on the desktop.

Why doesn't this show up in the playstore for my honeycomb flyer? Just curious.

Unfortunately absolutely horrible compared to the previous version. Lags horribly and is basically the gingerbread launcher. I uninstalled it almost immediately.

Seems much better for me on my One X. The previous version was horrible, I like this one but its faaaar from stable compare to others on the market. They should of have 2 versions though, one optimized for GB and one for ICS, because the lag I feel and slow down might be because its optimized for both, I rather have a version optimize for ICS.

Any possibility of a landscape option?
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They really need enable users to theme the "Home screen" under Themes.

Hieber said:
They really need enable users to theme the "Home screen" under Themes.
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Ummm... what?
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If you've used MIUI GB, you can theme different things of the UI through the Themes app.
The "Home screen" I am talking about themes the dock and the folders.

Hieber said:
If you've used MIUI GB, you can theme different things of the UI through the Themes app.
The "Home screen" I am talking about themes the dock and the folders.
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Yeah I'm still confused... What do you think the themes app is doing in MiHome? Doing what ur talking about is it's sole purpose for exsistance...
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CaptainKn0tz said:
Yeah I'm still confused... What do you think the themes app is doing in MiHome? Doing what ur talking about is it's sole purpose for exsistance...
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Nope, in this launcher, it only change the icon theme but not the selection color and page indicator for example. If you use Miui GB then you know.

feed3 said:
Nope, in this launcher, it only change the icon theme but not the selection color and page indicator for example. If you use Miui GB then you know.
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yeah I know what your saying like in the ICS version from what I've seen the only way to change the page indicators from the normal square is 2 actually edit the apk -resign it etc. etc.
with GB I think they actually have the feature where you can just change that within the app.

feed3 said:
Nope, in this launcher, it only change the icon theme but not the selection color and page indicator for example. If you use Miui GB then you know.
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Now I get what ur saying
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yeah I know what your saying like in the ICS version from what I've seen the only way to change the page indicators from the normal square is 2 actually edit the apk -resign it etc. etc.
with GB I think they actually have the feature where you can just change that within the app.
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They actually didn't remove that stuff from ICS MIUI it's just that a lot if the themes haven't been updated to be compatible with MIUI4
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Anyway to get GoSMS to popup over the lockscreen that is included? When using just Milocker, the popup displays over the lockscreen. However when using the Milocker that is included with Mihome launcher, the popup is blocked. The screen lights up, just doesn't display the popup box. Thanks for the help.

Hey is there going to be a tab version
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MIUI Weather Widget Not Installed

Hello,
I installed MIUI v4 on my Desire S recently. I downloaded the port from miuiandroid.com. I am loving this ROM, but the weather widget doesn't seem to be working, and there appears to be no weather app installed. know about weather.miui.es, but what you get there is an older version of the widget which can't use your current location. I know this is a bit of a silly question which probably has a simple solution, but does anyone know what to do to get that widget working?
Thanks in advance.

There is no international version yet, sorry

That's a but of a pain... But there is still probably hope. Since I started this thread, I heard Xiaomi and miuiandroid.com are working on an international version of their weather widget, so let's hope it gets put together soon... By the way, do you know of any good looking, free weather widgets?

Nope, sorry mate
I'm not a weather kinda guy.
I use the window - it's high res!

I use the window too, but unfortunately, it doesnt show the weather for places I intend travelling too.
dr.higgins said:
Nope, sorry mate
I'm not a weather kinda guy.
I use the window - it's high res!
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oladipomd said:
I use the window too, but unfortunately, it doesnt show the weather for places I intend travelling too.
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Have you guys tried MIUI Digital Weather Clock? - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=factory.widgets.MIUIDigitalClock
Or Fancy Widgets - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets
PS. No offence 'bout the windows comment, I hope. I was just kidding

I used AccuWeather widget to replace the MIUI one.

BlaRock86 said:
I used AccuWeather widget to replace the MIUI one.
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You can try my app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pro.burgerz.weather
It can work with native miui widgets.