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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Launcher pro has a transition effect for opening and closing apps. It zooms in and out into or out of the applications.
How do you get this same effect in sense UI.
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I'm not sure this is possible. I would encourage using launcher pro. Just select it as default instead of sense. I tried it just this last weekend and I'm much happier with it compared to stock. The level of customization available is crazy. Throw in Beautiful widgets and I have no reason to use the sense launcher.
You don't. LauncherPro owns the hell out of Rosie, anyways. Just get alternative widgets from the Market.
Launcher pro doesn't feel as smooth to me. Sense seems to be the smoothest UI of all the ones I tried.
Also launcher pro lags after a few days without restart for me.
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Launcher pro doesn't feel as smooth to me. Sense seems to be the smoothest UI of all the ones I tried.
Also launcher pro lags after a few days without restart for me.
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I think you're in the minority on that one. And if you don't get lag until a few days, take the 2 seconds to restart LP every couple days. It's not complicated at all.
launcher pro is awesome. my evo is like a whole new phone now, no problems at all.
just take the time to customize it nicely and buy some of the alternative widgets that make it look like sense. its well worth spending the few dollars.
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Launcher pro doesn't feel as smooth to me. Sense seems to be the smoothest UI of all the ones I tried.
Also launcher pro lags after a few days without restart for me.
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I agree with h3nG.
Sense is smoother than Launcher pro. With 7 screens, there is always a small stutter when opening leap or screen previews in launcher pro the first time its called. But if you don't turn off the screen, on subsequent screen previews it is smooth. I just wish the 1st time was smooth...(that's what she said.)
And that's coming from someone who uses Launcher pro (mainly because I like customizing the dock).
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Launcher pro doesn't feel as smooth to me. Sense seems to be the smoothest UI of all the ones I tried.
Also launcher pro lags after a few days without restart for me.
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I disagree, never had any type of issues w LP, actually it has been smoother than sense for me.
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I'll do some digging. I too prefer sense to launcherpro. You can't deny that there is always a slight stutter when switching screens slowly on launcher pro that just isn't there with sense. I know it is possible because back in my hero days, Darchstar had a rom called DarchLegend which was based on the Legend rom, but he incorporated the zoom effects from stock android. I believe I know how to achieve it so it'll just take a little digging
The only lag I suffer from with LP is when previewing all seven screens. The first two clicks are very stuttery, and then it smooths out, so Sense wins in that, but LP is snappier in every other category...For me at least. I also rarely use the previews feature, so it's not really a big deal.
Let's weigh the pros and cons of LP:
Slight delay when previewing all 7 screens (do people honestly use this?) vs Nearly full customization and many more features than Rosie.
Damn, that's such a tough decision.
I have used the 4 main launchers on my G2X and just wanted to share my findings. I ran each launcher for 24 hours and the fallowing are my opinions.
-ADW Ex was my favorite launcher and always has been. I love the wide selection of skins available for it along with the wide array of options the launcher has. Unfortunately it was the laggiest one on the G2X. I wouldn't really call it laggy but it was noticibly choppy and wasn't as smooth as the others. These findings were odd since it ran very smooth on my Vibrant and Nexus One. Maybe it will be fixed with a update?
UPDATE**** ADW just released a update. I contacted the DEV and he said as of last night ADW is now optimized for duel core CPUs and boy does it show. ADW just took the crown from LP in terms of speed and smoothness. Using ADW actually makes the entire device faster from browsing the web to opening apps. I don't get it but it does. ADW is the clear winner after releasing the latest update last night. Try it out and let me know what you think.
-Go Launcher Ex ran a little better than ADW but it was still choppy in some areas. This was my second favorite Launcher since it has nice features and ran very smooth on my previous devices. It's not unusable but I am very picky about my launchers running smooth. I will try it again after it gets updated.
-Zeam ran very smooth but unfortunately it doesn't have as many options and features as the other .available launchers. Those of you who are minimalist will love this launcher on the G2X since it ran super smooth. Those of you who are looking for more features should stay away.
-Launcher Pro used to be my least favorite launcher but not because it had things wrong with it but because it was the most popular. I like being a little different and don't always like doing what everyone else is doing. That being said, this launcher ran buttery smooth and hasn't lagged once since I have been using it. It has almost as many options and features as ADW and Go Launcher but let's be honest. I would rather have a smooth running launcher than a choppy one with a lot of features. Those of you who think ADW or Go Launcher is running smooth needs to try Launcher pro because you probably won't notice the choppiness until you have experienced the buttery smoothness of Launcher Pro. I don't know why LP runs more smooth than the others but the only thing I can think of is that it's optimized for duel core CPU's. Surprisingly Launcher Pro runs even smoother than the stock launcher.
LP here. You speak the truth, though I don't bother with other launchers.
LPPlus. The Widgets are amazing and the scrolling dockbar is a must.
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I have tried them all and will never leave launcher pro plus.
It is always the smoothest and most stable for me.
Adw ex for me. I also liked the smoothness of launcher pro, but daily I would get more than 1 force close on it. Adw has always been solid, reliable, customizeable and themeable. It also was the first to have the transition animations. Tried go launcher which is also solid but adw trumps it.
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Have tried adw ex and launcher pro. Decided to stick with launcher pro since it was so smooth on the eagleblood rom.
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Been using adw ex but just tried lp and it is buttery smooth. Really digging the sliding dock..gonna stick with it for awhile..what's different in the paid version?
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Zeam is the fastest.. Not the best eye candy but it blazes.
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Been using adw ex but just tried lp and it is buttery smooth. Really digging the sliding dock..gonna stick with it for awhile..what's different in the paid version?
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The paid version has some cool Widgets with it. I personally don't use them but a lot do.
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Zeam is the fastest.. Not the best eye candy but it blazes.
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In my testing Zeam and LP were both the quickest but LP just felt smoother. Plus LP has a lot more features.
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Been using adw ex but just tried lp and it is buttery smooth. Really digging the sliding dock..gonna stick with it for awhile..what's different in the paid version?
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On the paid version you can resize and reposition widgets...don't know if any other difference is there.
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Thanks for the replies. I also notice that lp doesn't use as much memory as adw...
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I was enjoying adw, but the scrolling in the app tray was choppy. It was choppy in launcher pro too until I switched it to the 3d mode and then BAM! Butter. Launcher pro works the best for me too on this phone.
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In my testing Zeam and LP were both the quickest but LP just felt smoother. Plus LP has a lot more features.
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Just checked lpro and I agree with you now..its smooth.
Been using ADW EX since my last device (HD2) and haven't noticed any real lag...maybe a bit in the APP drawer. I do own LPP but never installed it on the G2X because of the registration hassle (yes, I am to lazy to re-request my registration number). Haven't used it in about six months, but it seems to be getting lot's of praise. Maybe I'll give it another go...
Nothing will overcome stock. smoothest and fastest
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Nothing will overcome stock. smoothest and fastest
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And the most restrictive.
Eh...to each his own...
Thanks for this thread. I'm using LP on my Samsung Indulge now. I've been real happy with it. I'm glad to hear it works well on the G2X. Like Jefferynew23 says, the scrolling dockbar (with custom icons) is sweet! Everything I need can be put down there ready to run.
LP plus a Tad smoother IMO.
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Been using launcher pro and am very satisfied with its performance.
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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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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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!
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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
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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.
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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....
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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.
I'm looking for a free launcher for my rooted Play, I'm currently using 360Launcher.
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I'm looking for a free launcher for my rooted Play, I'm currently using 360Launcher.
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I have tried ADW, LauncherPro (used for 6 months) and finally used GO Launcher. I have been using GO exclusively for over a year now and love it. Its free and has a ton of add-ons and themes and the GO Team is constantly making updates and improvements. I think there has been like 3 updates just this week alone. Anyway my vote goes to GO Launcher. I use the ICS theme and its pretty sweet, and GO has a ton of performance options.
Definitely Go Launcher
I find GO Launcher to be very sluggish and slow, using FTL or Zeam myself for the speed increase.
I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.
I was always a huge fan of Go Launcher but I got sick of it recently (it occasionally failed to load my widgets after a reboot) and wanted a change.
I'm currently using Nemus Launcher and love it. It has a scrollable dock bar, can resize widgets and is lightweight and silky smooth. I don't miss Go at all.
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I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.
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GoLauncher uses almost 30mb for me -_-
It's pretty smooth but not smooth as LauncherPro
ssLauncher for me
Same, I got the pro versions of every launcher (free of course) but the I got go launcher and never looked back
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Im trying to pick one too, GOLauncher seems best so far, now that I see I can be rid of those annoying + signs in the dock. Im using it alongside DesktopVisualizeR to make that whole, magazine page tile look.
I use to use go launcher until I realized how much memory it uses. I swithched to sslauncher which does a lot and uses low memory resources. its really quick too
I use to use GOlauncher, and it was ok, then i switched to ADW Launcher Pro (PAID) and i love it! I am about to try out ssLauncher though its suppose to be 100 times more customizable.
stock launcher..
Thanks guys ^^
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I use zeam and sslauncher, cause they seem to be the lightest ones. The latter is far more customizable, but zeam has gestures. I love the stock look though.. I would've kept it if you hadn't to go deep to reduce the number of screens to 1.
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I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.
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Actually, I find go launcher needs to be restarted every few hours or so for unless I'm running cm7. The stock roms don't seem to be able to run it well. Also, my ZTE Blade which I bought for £89 off contract has more ram (512mb vs 400mb on the play) was able to run it considerably smoother without needing it to be restarted, and it's really mystifying why Sony decided not to have 1gb in there to begin with.
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I've never decided on a specific launcher, I just can't get used to one before moving to another... I'm using HeLauncher2 right now, but I'm trying to get the Xperia S Launcher on my R800x, it says Missing Shared Library whenever I try to install it though.
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stock launcher..
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LOL.. I feel the same bro. I had tried many launchers, but always miss the stock one.
But if i have to choose alternative launcher which is the best, so i never doubt, go launcher is the one...
Launcher 7 for me.
I love the style of Windows phone.
All the tile options allow me to express myself.
My phone is like rainbow at the moment and it is a joy to use.
I've tried ADW, GO, and several others, and I found one that is lightweight and extremely customizable. It's called ZEAM launcher. try it out, it's not even a half a megabyte, if I remember correctly.
Check it out on the play store. Only 25¢ for Nova launcher prime today.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime
Owned it for a while now and I can't express enough how good it works with the s3. Capable of using root permissions to mess with your experience. Fast, smooth, better animations than apex/Holo. This is THE launcher for high end devices running android 4.0/4.1.
People get it now!
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Bought it for the hell of it, on sale. Tried it for a couple hours... Went right back to Apex.
Yeah, im an apex user to but for the price i bought it just in case.
Same here...it seems good, but I can't find any discernible reason to switch. In what way is it better than apex?
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Nova seams quicker than apex, could just be an impression though. They are both pretty much identical, same themes/icons can be used in both of them. Nova's widget overlay is better than apexes when on various rom's.
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I just noticed the widget overlap. That is nice!
Insta-buy. I've been using Nova free for a little while since moving off of Go. I tried Apex, but for some reason I can't remember now liked Nova better. This was also around the time that Apex put out that botched upgrade.
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Nova seams quicker than apex, could just be an impression though. They are both pretty much identical, same themes/icons can be used in both of them. Nova's widget overlay is better than apexes when on various rom's.
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The newest version is quicker and smoother than nova I think
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I can see this turning into a flame war. Its all about preference. For some reason my phone doesnt like Nova, its laggy and slower. And yet I read all the time that Apex is laggy and slower for some. I use whatever works best. Nova and Apex together in harmony! Cant all launchers just get along?
Like Nova Launcher !!! Therefore bought it !! Its super fast and smooth on both my devices . . . .
Ok ive switched to nova, I haven't found any less features over apex. It does widget overlapping and apex doesn't so that's a plus!
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I can see this turning into a flame war. Its all about preference. For some reason my phone doesnt like Nova, its laggy and slower. And yet I read all the time that Apex is laggy and slower for some. I use whatever works best. Nova and Apex together in harmony! Cant all launchers just get along?
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Nova ran like **** on TW so i only ran apex and then I switched to cm10 and now apex runs like absolute **** and nova is much better (still not perfectly smooth). This thread made me download apex again and its still like stuck at 5 fps on cm. Getting. Sick. Of. Androids. Lag.
Bought it just because it was 25 cents and i might eventually switch to it from apex pro.
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Insta-buy. I've been using Nova free for a little while since moving off of Go. I tried Apex, but for some reason I can't remember now liked Nova better. This was also around the time that Apex put out that botched upgrade.
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This is exactly the same thing I was thinking.
Thanks for the heads up, nuthing like a great app for less then a pack of gum:good:
I love that I can add jelly bean animations to opening apps using nova. I bought this yesterday as well. you can even use a slide animation. pretty cool to me.
I have been using apex pro since I had an ice Leo on my Droid x wifi device while I had a bionic. used it until it went on sale in the market and just bought it because it was. 25. then I tried it. I used to get transition artifacts while using apex that I have not seen on nova. so i now have both on here now and switch back and forth until I finally choose what one I want
I bought this the other day and started playing around with it. It seems like it will be pretty good. One of the features I like so far is the App Folders/Tabs does Apex do that as well?
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Imatoasta said:
Nova ran like **** on TW so i only ran apex and then I switched to cm10 and now apex runs like absolute **** and nova is much better (still not perfectly smooth). This thread made me download apex again and its still like stuck at 5 fps on cm. Getting. Sick. Of. Androids. Lag.
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. Running nova on cm10/aokp and its extremely fast.
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