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Launcher Pro + Beutiful Widgets on the Sensation - FAST!

I have had my Sensation for about a week now. Been playing with both Launcher Pro and the stock sense. Stock sense seems REALLY laggy and kinda buggy. I have been using Launcher Pro for about a year and a half or so and when I loaded it on here and customized it makes the Sensation come alive! If anyone out there hates the lag try Launcher Pro until HTC comes up with an update to fix this.
One downfall is you do lose all of the HTC widgets. The phone still functions the same. And your notification bar and everything else is still there. Just the widgets won't show up when using it. There are widget apps out there like Beautiful Widgets or others that are free.
Just wanted to post this on here. A lot of people talking about lag. This is a great fix for it and speeds up your Sensation to what it should be!
Not trying to pimp Launcher Pro. Just tryin to give suggestions.
Cheers!

Yup, I myself am using adw ex & the phone is now flying. Do miss the sense widgets though. Little bit of give & take I suppose.
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I am using the EXACT setup lol. I always use launcher pro with beautiful widgets. Best combo for me.

I am also using launcher pro. I did get the plus version with the extra widgets. I am somewhat disappointed in them and not sure it was worth the price. However, LP runs great, better than Sense, and I use it along with fancy widgets.
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It's fast for sure. I also use 5 row homescreen grid to fit more icons and widgets to certain screens. Plus version of Launcher Pro is definitely worth the money.

Me too
Ive done the same, ditched sense a few hours after unboxing, Launcher Pro Plus, Beautiful Widgets and Widgetsoid. Fewer FCs and much faster.

Doesn't sense still run in the background even if you use an alternative launcher?

+1 lpp working good for me with the combination of miui fancy widget.
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BonesRed said:
Doesn't sense still run in the background even if you use an alternative launcher?
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Yes it does, there's no getting rid of it until we're rooted.

Home screens arr very smooth with launcher pro... But my app drawer.lags quite a bit. Same with adw

Anyone else use Folder Organizer?
I really don't like swiping. Much rather click. So I only use one home screen, with folders. Click, click, to access any app, shortcut or bookmark I want. Very fast, zero lag.
Folder Organizer has the advantage of allowing custom icons for the folders, so home page looks like a screen of apps, instead of a bunch or generic folder icons.
One disadvantage, can't link to a widget from inside a folder. But, 3rd party launchers have a similar issue, and I can still put widgets on other home screens if needed.

We have 2 sensations and both running BW and LPP. Our home screens are still not smooth in transitions and often laggy. This is on 2 tmobile sensations. My previous G2x was much faster and smoother.
Also I believe LPP is messing with my geolocation. Not sure how, but when I remove LPP I don't have geolocation issues(tells me I am in a different state).

I prefer Regina right now but I love messing with launchers

Idk what kind of setup you guys are running or maybe your definition of lag is different then mine, but I have no lag at all.
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missing2 said:
Home screens arr very smooth with launcher pro... But my app drawer.lags quite a bit. Same with adw
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You have to keep it for a couple hours and it speeds up. I had the same issue and now its faaaast. I use adw ex. And I have the horizontal drawer.
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i would love to use a launcher but I <3 widgets too much

Go launcher is the only one that works for me. Very smooth and snappy all the way around. Can't wait for s-off so we can unlock the full potential of this CPU.

chrisizzle492 said:
You have to keep it for a couple hours and it speeds up. I had the same issue and now its faaaast. I use adw ex. And I have the horizontal drawer.
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I see... Idk if I can put if with lag for that long. haven't had a phone that lagged since my droid Eris. Honestly my droid 2 global was a little more snappy than the sensation. But that was oc'd of course.

Launcher pro is awesome but its still not as fast on the sensation as it is on my nexus one. It will prob be after root. Still, much better than sense.
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Destop visualizer in sense
I have been an ADW launcher user for quite a while
on HD2 (2 of), Desire HD and now sensation.
But I have also been using Desktop Visualizer to add custom icons to empty sense pages - best of both worlds.
i also have ADW as a home page choice - have not set either as the default yet.
Only had sensation for 4 days.

Launcher Pro, ADW launcher Ex, Go Launcher

I've tried all three and they all just look weird, text doesnt look as smooth as Sense UI. Has anyone else noticed this? text just looks blurry when scrolling.

Hi, it seems that for the time being, some alternative launchers are giving some problems to users with the Sensation. Some have problems showing text, others make weird lines appear on screen and things likes that. It seems to be a software problem and hopefully it will be solved with future updates either of the launcher programs or the video driver, don't know which (remember that Sensation's screen resolution is pretty unique now among Android devices). I got this from a spanish forum called HTC Mania.
Hope I helped you.

Thanks for your reply. Do these launchers even support qHD?

The smoothest one is Go Launcher. But for other things I can't decide. I uninstalled ADW immediately because I get extreme lag in app drawer
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idavid_ said:
The smoothest one is Go Launcher. But for other things I can't decide. I uninstalled ADW immediately because I get extreme lag in app drawer
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Hmm my app draw is super fast using adw ex using the vertical 4d style app drawer. Honestly I have tried them all. The transitions are better and smoother than any other launcher. I would say launcher pro (paid) is 2nd. I only tried go when it first came out so can't comment on that one, zeam was cool but again I like screen transitions and adw ex is my choice for that. Especially the inverse cube transition. I've heard a lot of people say adw was laggy for them, and I do think the free version is not as polished and most people I have heard that say its laggy in my experience have been people using the free version. As opposed to the paid ex version.
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Here is a quick youtube video I just did showing my app drawer and showing it's not laggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owRyEr-oODc
sorry for the quality of video it was taken with my other phone. I just wanted to show the app drawer nothing fancy

Hmm..... I used free versions of ADW & LP, maybe that's why Go Launcher seems better?
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graffixnyc said:
Here is a quick youtube video I just did showing my app drawer and showing it's not laggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owRyEr-oODc
sorry for the quality of video it was taken with my other phone. I just wanted to show the app drawer nothing fancy
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Honestly, all your video did was show me how laggy ADW ex really is. There were multiple times you swiped your finger and the home screens lagged and the widgets lagged.
I guess I owe you a thank you for making me realize I don't even want to give ADW ex a try.

ADW EX is probably one of the most laggy launchers on the market. The developer re-writ the code but then stopped updating it due to personal issues (Fair Enough i suppose) but I found it laggy and somewhat buggy I now use go launcher and will not be looking back.
go launcher also has a very nice calender widget, that coupled with the transparent calender theme makes for a nice sence like widget.. it is well worth the try!

graffixnyc said:
Here is a quick youtube video I just did showing my app drawer and showing it's not laggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owRyEr-oODc
sorry for the quality of video it was taken with my other phone. I just wanted to show the app drawer nothing fancy
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Hey, how did you get your desktop to scroll like that? Thats is awsome!
I dont see anything laggy with ADW EX, are you guys sure you have the paid version? I believe it is hardware accelerated. You must have spidey sense or something to be able to distinguish any lag that may be present.
Matt

I've used LauncherPro and Go Launcher on my sensation and neither of them we're laggy for me.

I am using go Launcher and have no problem with it at the moment !!

i am using go laucher ex on sensation 4G , and i am quite happy with it. no lag, clear fonts, super fast.

Using the Go Launcher too, no problems. so far.

I've been using Go Launcher and while I really like the functionality and widgets, it's way laggy, especially compared to ADW EX, which is super fast. So I switched back to ADW EX.
It's too bad because I really like the calendar widget in GO Launcher.

Ever since rooting my nexus one I have always been very picky about lag on my phones with random roms and launchers. I have tried all 3 of these launchers and Go Luancher Ex is the only one I have found that just never has an issue with lag. I'll be sticking with this for a long time.

i use launcher pro plus and it's hella smooth..no lags, running 2.3.4 here

Go launcher EX is amazing... Its sooo much better then sense, and if your running a senseless ROM its the best as far as fluidity and smoothness goes imo.... Its extremely customizable and you can make it completely unique to your liking....
Sent from my Tmous Revolution HD sensation.....

Not sure if custom ROMS vary as ADW EX is top notch. The paid version of course.
Though I am using launcher without any Sense material plus ROM is extremely light.
In the past, before switching to ADW, launcher Pro was slick. Still have all positives regarding LP.

[Q] all launchers suck on sensation.. Best one

OK i rooted my sensation today and Disabled alot of the bloat including rosie (sense launcher) . so i went and installed launcher pro the launcher i usually use.. and it... is slow. Especially when opening the app draw. So i tried adw, even worse. Then i tried zeam, Geez zeam runs absolutely terrible. (they all run "ok" on the homescreens but the app draws no no no) so then i try the gingerbread launcher. and it runs ok but is starting to lag after i filled the screens with stuff.
Im really thinking of going back to rosie. What launchers are you guys/gals running
This phone desperately needs a custom rom

I'm running launcher pro with rosie disabled. Its pretty smooth for me. I only have beautifulwidget as my only widget running, perhaps you have some widgets slowing you down?

pokoedge said:
I'm running launcher pro with rosie disabled. Its pretty smooth for me. I only have beautifulwidget as my only widget running, perhaps you have some widgets slowing you down?
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with no widgets its still a little laggy for me especially when opening or closing the app draw. i decided to just leave every htc app disabled expect the launcher and now the launcher is super smooth 1 light flick at it spins

I use either adw ex or he launcher. Either are good and fast.
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+1 for launcherpro & a question
I am using Launcher pro. It is faster and much more customizable than Sense - by far. However, I noticed something that I believe plays a part in how much faster launcherpro can potentially be.
I have a 16 gig card. When I open up all my gallery it takes the sensation a few seconds to load the preview folders. Then when I open up a folder that has 100 pics its kind of choppy displaying all the thumbnails.
I am using the multi-live wallpaper with launcherpro and I have 7 screens. All 7 windows have different pics from different folders on my memory card. When I used one of the HTC wallpapers (that are housed on the internal memory) There was a noticeable speed difference. When I went back to 7 different screens with 7 different pics the slight lag showed up.
Does anyone know where, in the internal memory, I can paste wallpapers or pics so that launcher pro is faster?

LauncherPro is much faster and smoother.. but I always end up going back to the Sense launcher because I miss the widgets... that clock widget is awesome with the flipping action, and the weather and music ones are beautiful. None of the alternatives come close.

I have used all of them and never had problems. Try force closing sense in settings.
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Don't laugh at this, but I literally own them all and the best one for now is spb shell. I almost can't believe it myself because I was disappointed in it for what I paid, but it just works well with this phone.
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Go ex with iPhone icons. No hiccups
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naw adw launcher works just fine on mine

I switched to Launcher Pro Plus due to Sense reloading whenever I back out of a game. I play heavy games and LPP hasn't given me any issues in the past few days since installing it.

simply_rell said:
naw adw launcher works just fine on mine
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+1........

What is the best alternate launcher for the G2X?

Now that I finally got my G2X updated to GB I was wondering what alternate launchers, if any, people are using and how they like them. The stock launcher is nice but lacks customization features such as resizable widgets, changing icons layouts, removing homescreens, etc.

Go launcher

I can't say enough good things about Weapon 2.3 ROM and it's included TouchWiz launcher from Samsung.
If you are running factory GB on your G2x I can assure you The Weapon ROM is every bit as stable as stock if not better, with way better battery life and a bunch of other cool gee whiz features.

LauncherPro. I've been using since May 2010.
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Launcher Pro - the widgets can't be beat, especially now with theme and icon pack support. At times I try another launcher, but I always come back to launcher pro for the widgets.
I've yet to find people, bookmarks, and friends widget comparable to launcher pro except sense ui. There are others that mimick the functionality, but they usually slow down the device quite a bit. Launcher Pro remains fast.

I think LP has the best ALL Around setup. The built in Widgets are great and backup/restore will save passwords so you don't always have to login again to Twitter and Facebook.
Unfortunately the developer has been ignoring it for some time and is starting to lack some features. While it JUST got theme support, it doesn't seem to be moving very fast. Very limited. Plus they don't have "whole" theme support so icons and widget themes are separate.
I'm using LP now but going back and forth to Go Launcher. Go Launcher has downloadable widgets that are comparable and cool in their own way. Also "Colorize Widgets" also make a good LP Widget Replacement.
So the 3 main ones are ADW EX, Go Launcher EX, and Launcher Pro.
There are other weird ones like Samsung TouchWiz, LG Launcher, Sony Xperia Launcher, etc.
Honestly just find one that works they way you want. I'm currently using ADW EX on my Asus Transformer because it recently added much needed support and features for tablets (which the others lack). On the G2x either one of the 3.

go launcher.. also has widgets.
but you can add to that with colorize widgets. an awesome pack made by an xda user.
the combination is unbeatable in my opionion.

I've grown quite fond of ADW, myself. Though, I haven't tried LP.
I also used a launcher called Crazy Home, awhile back. On top of having extra home screens, it gives you up to 3 desktops...each with 5 home screens. So, if you REALLY like home screens, you can have up to 15 lol. It also allows you to hide apps in your app drawer. I ended up going with ADW, because I could load my own icons, and use them...CH was a bit more limited.

I'm a huge fan of Zeam. I used it on my old HTC Magic because it was fast fast fast on the old hardware, and I continue to use it on my G2x.

Spyvie said:
I can't say enough good things about Weapon 2.3 ROM and it's included TouchWiz launcher from Samsung.
If you are running factory GB on your G2x I can assure you The Weapon ROM is every bit as stable as stock if not better, with way better battery life and a bunch of other cool gee whiz features.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to be trying my first ROM out and that's what I'm leaning towards right now.
To the OP, I love Launcher Pro. So much to customize.

My vote goes for ADW Launcher EX for sheer speed.

gjvah said:
Go launcher
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+1
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I like LP but now I'm using go launcher, it has so many themes to play with!
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+1 for go launcher.

Regina 3d launcher

lannister80 said:
I'm a huge fan of Zeam. I used it on my old HTC Magic because it was fast fast fast on the old hardware, and I continue to use it on my G2x.
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Zeam rocks my socks. I use one home screen, a couple widgets and gestures to open my app drawer and notifications. Super fast and simple.
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I'll second the TouchWiz launcher. I'm using it standalone with Miui. It looks awesome. I've been a ADW guy since my G1 days and continued using it with the Nexus One and G2X, but I gave TW a try a few weeks ago and haven't looked back.

By far the best is launcher pro

Zeam
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I never understood the hype for launcher pro. ADW or GO are amazing though.
I use ADW EX.
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[POLL] HTC Sense vs. Launchers

Well i think battery usage is the (almost) first problem of our problems with our phones. Changing launcher might be a little solution for it. Maybe not. I don't know. But I'm pretty sure some of users are bored from Sense UI. Well any suggestions for launchers? Please vote as their battery usage(especially) , customization, best looking etc. specialities.
And sorry for my bad english.
Regards.

im simple i like stock sense, ADW is heavily bloated with stuff(allows you to fully customize but still bloated) i like when ADW came out it was lean mean and simple now it just wild and getting ugly looking honest opinion LauncherPro is simple and light but dev stop supporting he went MIA, GO ex is like ADW

I switched to GO EX three months ago and haven't looked back. I like it better in every way. No more Sense reloading and my battery life is WAY better.
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Nova Launcher is great. I'm using it right now. But Rosie is always a backup plan. It's a little slow, but it has great widgets.

Im using now nova laucher, love it! back up launcher is go launcher

I like the sense widgets but launcher pro is pretty solid in my opinion

Another vote for Nova launcher. A very clean launcher indeed!

Sense is my favourite when using Sense ROM's.
On ROM's like CM7 I like the stock Launcher (since it's quick) and LauncherPro.
ADW EX is okay too.
Never been too keen on GoLauncher though although I do like GoSMS.

I'm using apex atm but I've used launcherproplus for ages its the best one for me I left it because it hasn't been updated for ages
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i've never used sense.
sense is only eating my ram. nothing more

aw1974 said:
I switched to GO EX three months ago and haven't looked back. I like it better in every way. No more Sense reloading and my battery life is WAY better.
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+1 here. HTC's has a few things I like, especially the left hand sided shortcut widget, but Go Launcher has so many more useful features I can't go back to anything else.

GO.
like the posters above, I haven't looked back.
seems to be easier on the battery, lighter on ram, way more home screen customization options, and themes up the wazoo.
replaced most of the widgets with 3rd party and they are working even better for me then stock.
tried VTL launcher for a short period of time. great launcher but just wasn't working for me.
heard great things about Nova. can't wait til ota and try that sucker out.
will be interesting to see what HTC does with Sense and ICS...

I've tried tons of launchers, and my two favorites are Go and Sean. For totally opposite reasons. Zeam is light, fast, and basic, but has awesome functionality.
Go is fast, always being updated, and had awesome customizability.
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nova!!! is the way to go

Launcher pro is laggy on Sensation... It's not even close to its smoothness i have seen on Xperia Ray..

Didn't like the fact that I was limited to a 4x4 grid with the Sense launcher, so got Launcher Pro Plus. Haven't seen the need to switch back, it looks really clean. Runs really well with an overclocked kernel.

i like trebuchet its pretty simple but that may be the reason why i havent seen it lag
rosie is pretty tho, i remember the first time i saw it i was drooling but with time you get bored...still dont get how iphones are still selling
lets see how cool rosie gets once sense get facelifted again (like the time when sense 2.1 jumped to 3.0)

I'm currently using the massively bloated spb shell 3d. It looks awesome though.
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I got the dx launcer it light wieght and IV themed it like a Iphone and don't use hardly any ram but a Lil more battery but I keep it pluged in cuz I like my screen bright other than that this is my pick for now
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