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[POLL] Which Launcher Preference Currently?

Please vote for your favorite.
Digging for current data as to which launchers are the most used. Seems there may have been a shift in the past month or so.

Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.

Not as much of a following for ADW EX as I had expected. Sounded like it was taking off.

CCallahan said:
Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.
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I really wish it was a way for stock to have 5 options like launcher pro. That would make stock the number 1 launcher. I'm sure it many others who would like to see that one day.

i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!

I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.

BDR456 said:
i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!
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I agree but I like sense widgets and launcher pro widgets I just would like to use both like have two facebook and twitter accounts setup one for sense and one for lp. It's like a business setup and a personal setup lol. I just wish stock had the five options in the dock like launcher pro
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I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.
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Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.

I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh

Can't vote from my xda app and too lazy to go to actual website (1x at work), but launcher pro plus is my all-time favorite.
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?

I never retired adw besides in cm6 what's different in.the new ex? Does it have anything LPP doesn't have?
CheesyNutz said:
I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh
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With sense you have to change the dock background the harder way lol, I think the new adw can too
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?

CCallahan said:
I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?
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I have used LP, LPP, Stock, ADW, and ADW Ex.
LP and LPP are smoother than ADW, which is smoother than Stock.
ADW Ex has been the smoothest over all for me tho, I have had zero issues with it.
I haven't heard of Zeam or Go, but the other 2 I have tried i didn't really care for were Panda and Open Home.

CCallahan said:
Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.

nuggyunlimited said:
Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.
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Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.

I love ADW EX, but he has to implement the ability to change the dock background. The transitions on cm7 are just wicked.
I was a HUGE LP homer until ex dropped, but once the LP re-write is out, if ADW still doesn't have the option to chaneg the background then I'm afraid I'll be going back to LP. The only thing I miss other than that is the bookmark swipe ability..the market has everything else.

bgchz said:
i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.
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I'm not crazy about the LPP widgets. There are free ones on the market which are just as good or better in my opinion so can live without those (only ones I even use are calendar and contacts).
One question.....I read from someone that ADW EX doesn't have customizable dock background pics. Is this true?
Noxious Ninja said:
Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.
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I hear ya. Takes some time to set all this up again.

Only 1 day left till the poll expires.
Cast your vote!

Launcher Pro Plus FTW.
I've tried ADW (regular and EX) and while I really, really like the performance and tweaks, I keep coming back to LPP for the speed and widgets.
Hmm. Maybe I'll try EX again, now that I think about it....

[Q] Best Alternative Homescreen Apps?

I'm looking to do a blogpost for my site on the best alternative home screen apps. Now, what I mean by that is not things like aHome and LauncherPro, which just tweak and enhance the Android homescreen experience.
I'm looking more for totally different experiences. I already know about SlideScreen and *Spark. Any others?
Thanks a bunch!

Im using Go Launcher right now... coming from Launcher Pro Plus and ADW Launcher EX!

Net front screens is one though a bit laggy sometimes its a brilliant concept
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Sorry for double post but I just remembered faded home and metro Ui
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i started using Go Launcher EX as of yesterday... love it

xheavymetaldadx said:
Net front screens is one though a bit laggy sometimes its a brilliant concept
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Heh, I was just going to suggest metro UI and Net front as well . Just discovered net front yesterday, really cool, but a bit too laggy to use on a consistent basis. Hope they improve sometime. Their browser app is fantastic though.
Hoping SPB UI comes for android some time soon, that's really unique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROca7ao-Tqw

Ok, just on a personal level... THANK YOU for MetroUI!!!! I've been looking for this! Keep the suggestions coming!

SweeterHome ( http://www.sweeterhome.com/ )
I've used SweeterHome for months, nothing else even comes close. It's the most customizable one out there, although it's still in Beta. The only downsides are that it takes some experimenting to find what's possible, and since it's not on the market you have to install the APK manually.
All the screenshots on the homepage are designs users have made. They're done through touch-and-drag on the phone itself, there's no language or anything you have to learn to set it up.

Gonna bump this. Just need a few more.

Zeam Launcher. Aims to be small and light, but has lots of features.

Thanks a lot guys! I'd love to post the link, but apparently I can't yet. LOVE posting restrictions...
Google "Tech Made Relevant" and you'll find it though...

I'm using GDE..

So... are things like ADW and LauncherPro count as alternative home screen replacements? I'm not sure I'm getting this.

Using Launcher Pro Plus at the moment. Tried Go Launcher Ex, but I missed the Launcher Pro FB/Calendar widget which Go Launcher Ex or any other launcher didn't provide.
Let me know if you do know other launcher that have FB/Calendar/Twitter widgets.
Cheers.

ogami_ito said:
So... are things like ADW and LauncherPro count as alternative home screen replacements? I'm not sure I'm getting this.
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They are home screen replacements. But I was going specifically for things that are a totally different experience than what stock Android, which is what Launcher Pro, GO Launcher, etc. are.

Let's Talk Launchers

Hey guys, just got my G2X whooo!!!
Loving it so far, got it home, immediately rooted and put ADW EX on it. I've noticed, however that ADW seems to bog when doing certain multitasking, like live wallpapers for instance. This is relative to the stock launcher that seemed to not be bothered at all by running a live wallpaper.
So my presumption is that ADW is yet to be dual core optimized and is probably using the same core as the live wallpaper and I'm wondering if anyone knows of another launcher that may be better suited to our ivory (dual core) needs.
Thoughts?

I've noticed the same with mine, the stock launcher is BLAZING and smooth but ADW and LauncherPro both stutter and are slow and painful. Just give it time for updates I would imagine.

Yeah I'm sure they'll come in time.
Just wondering if anyone knows of one that's already got the dual core treatment. Was a touch disappointed to try launcher pro and adw and go slower though i guess in this case it speaks to the insanely fast performance of the phone when optimized.
I wonder how the CM guys are going to handle this, since one of it's performance boosters is ADW.

Anyone try Zeam yet? That always seemed to be the quickest one on all of my devices.

Never heard of it.
Gonna try it out now though.
Really though, I think the problem is more so with the dual core optimizations than anything else.

well now im bummed. i love adw. damn it.
and how long does the delivery guy take?
damn. it.
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Marcus Ryan said:
Never heard of it.
Gonna try it out now though.
Really though, I think the problem is more so with the dual core optimizations than anything else.
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Man, Zeam is the best launcher I have ever used. It just got a update too. It doesn't have as many options as ADW or LP but it's much faster.

how does go launcher perform on this phone ?

zeam runs pretty well, but not as quick as the stocker.

I had allot of force closes w/ LP+ on my dual core Atrix, I had to play with the memory usage settings to stop them. If you do, be careful and only change one setting at a time. I had to uninstall/reinstall LP once during my testing because of constant FC. I rarely ever see a FC now, maybe once a week. Its very smooth now also.

When I first used the phone I was mildly impressed. For some reason stock launcher was laggy, but once I installed go I was happy. Only thing that bothers me about the ui now is the white task bar, but hopefully there'll be an update soon (woohoo ginger).
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I've had no problems with stock, so there's where I am now. With my SGS4G I switched to Launcher Pro, but with my G2X I don't feel the need at this point.

My stock launcher was around 30fps and it bugged the crap out of me.
I installed launcher pro and everything is 60+fps and buttery smooth.
It slows down a bit with the 3d app drawer though.
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diablos991 said:
My stock launcher was around 30fps and it bugged the crap out of me.
I installed launcher pro and everything is 60+fps and buttery smooth.
It slows down a bit with the 3d app drawer though.
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Also using Launcher Pro, and I'm having no problems with speed whatsoever. I did notice some lag when I used the homescreen transition effects that LP offers, but I never really used those anyway so it doesn't make a difference to me.

twoeleven99 said:
how does go launcher perform on this phone ?
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i've been using go launcher for the last 3 days with no lag or other issues.

kingpongg said:
i've been using go launcher for the last 3 days with no lag or other issues.
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Same here, i have been using Go Launcher and i have to say i like it much better than ADW have not tried Zeam yet though. but Go is very smooth and i like the customization better.

I'm using ADW but don't use live wallpaper. The 4D app drawer and move wall paper background when sliding home pages, both of which are resource heavy, are really smooth. It might be a combination of ADW and something else you have installed that's slowing you down.

SPB Shell

Been playing around with different launchers, can't stand TouchWiz, and tried out SPB Shell... Works flawlessly on the Infuse, fast and smooth as butter - love it! Lots of eye candy and some pretty cool widgets too. Everything looks great on that big screen!
It's a little pricey, but IMO worth it!

ADW
Ive been using adw for the atrix and now for the infuse, dont know that it gets any better than that. The infuse runs the animations and transitions perfectly!

I'm using Launcher Pro.. Love it.. The latest version is pretty sweet..

im not a fan of spb. but the others are good. there is also go launcher and zeam launcher.
i personally dont mind cheaze wiz, and things like kies and a few widgets dont work without it running.. i prefer to use gtg465x's launchers, he made some for the captivate and i9000 with a 5-icon dock if you dont like the 4icon dock.

Running Sony arc from cont.5.5 on captivate ..speed the phone up more and more available ram..plus its cleaner looking.
sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...

Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
Found it. Thnx
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bacuy82 said:
Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
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Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.

Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...

Are the others a lot better than Go Launcher EX?
No one uses Go Launcher EX? I'm fairly new to Android phones (had/have an Archos 5IT Android which is still running their version of donut, but with market and some other hacks), so I just picked the first free launcher I found. So far I really like it. The themes are OK and the customization seems as good as any and it's pretty full featured. Everything they release for it is free, though some 3rd party add-on are paid. I don't know anything about ADW or LPro, but I'm an app addict so I'm sure I'll tinker around with those sometime soon.
What are the best or your favorite features of ADW or Launcher Pro?
Thanks!

Go Launcher EX is very good, almost too good... with their many free widgets. I wonder if they are spying on me.

Trancerush said:
Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...
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I've been using Spb as a daily driver for months and it's great for me. Yeah I do show off with it at times but it is a good launcher. Launcher pro was my daily driver for almost a year.

Just out of curiosity... How is SPB Shell and battery life? doesn't drain it more than it used to before spb shell, drains more, or drains less?

With Spb shell 3d I didn't notice much difference with battery life compared to others I've used but I would notice that under heavy loads of use that it would become laggy or restart itself. That gets annoying after a while because it takes a while like 2 minutes sometimes to start. Its a nice launcher but I've put it aside for now and I'm using the Sony Ericsson launcher now which is a lot quicker.
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ADW is my favorite. Quick and customized to my liking.
Cranky...
MitRa

i bought spb but didn't like the fact i had to look at someone else's flicker photos so now i'm on laucher ex. it allows for 3d rotation and i've got a page with my photos on widget.

chvybeatsford said:
Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.
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I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Ddot196 said:
I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?

diablo009 said:
Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?
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I haven't seen any ads. I got a merry Christmas banner that fell down the screen every so often but that was it. Pretty nice actually. And my dock icons had little Santa clause hats on during the holidays.
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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?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e

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.