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I'm losing interest in my phone... anyone got ideas for cool new launcher or something to spark love back with my g2x
I can honestly say although this phone is amazing and fast
I miss htc yeah yeah crappy quality bad screens and sense but for some reason every day I debate on taking the mt4g back from my wife LOL
But this screen is too nice and much faster....
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There are at least 6 launchers to choose from. Probably more. Take your pic.
1. ADW Launcher
2. Launcher Pro
3. Stock Launcher, lol.
4. Launcher 7
5. Go Launcher
6. Zeam Launcher

also the Regina Launcher..
out of the list, I've gone with Go Launcher as it's the most stable for me. ADW I tried several times but it keeps screwing up, notification bar goes missing, etc.. so I just dumped it altogether

SPB Mobile Shell, not my favorite but lots of eye candy.

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SPB Mobile Shell, not my favorite but lots of eye candy.
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I concur. Although SPB Shell is not my choice but surely a beautiful "creation". Lol
P.S. You can also try using the Sense clock widget on your main screen. I've have it setup where if I double tap on the "hour area" it launches the "Go weather app/widget" which is really cool. Also try different launchers thar give u an option to also customize your icons. For example:
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I have launcher pro. With miui icons and widgetlocker.
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[APP][2.1+]DX Home- very good launcher for any device!

DX Home​Very good launcher from Chinese developers!
He has many themes, lock screens etc.
I use it on 4.0.4 and he work excellent! Try it!
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Download:​Mirror:
DX Home 3.0.14​Play Market:
DX Home​

Will be great when authors let users delete Baidu's search widget and optimize RAM usage. Until then I'll be using QQ launcher which is similiar but has less features.

donpopiel said:
Will be great when authors let users delete Baidu's search widget and optimize RAM usage. Until then I'll be using QQ launcher which is similiar but has less features.
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In version 3.0.11 search widget can deleted.

it eats to much ram
same as go launcher
only launcher that doesnt eat ram but its highly customisable is 360 launcher

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only launcher that doesnt eat ram but its highly customisable is 360 launcher
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Unfortunately is laggy for my X10

The 360 launcher lags on your x10 device but does not lags on my x10 mini pro
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And 360 doesn't have scrollable widgets.

if u could you might want to try and fix the brightness, if u change it using the built on widget or one built into your slide down status bar that only changes the launcher thing.
its nbd but only real flaw i see
this launcher is a keeper

Possibly one of the best launchers but i dont like the icons.
Using themes icons are small. and why it says APPS in appdrawer

Came across this a while ago. I like most of the features, but the app launch transition irritates me - despite having the ability to customise page transitions and app drawer transitions, there's no launch transition option, so it's not quite my cup of tea yet.

It's the launcher from a very nice rom. DX OS. Available for quite a few phones. Also have other apps on market from the rom. Search for Tapas Mobile.
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Used DxHome for a few hours , 2 things i don't like about it , can't remove search widget from 1st screen & the home-screen transitions not very smooth (a bit laggy) on my SGS II i9100G !!
I appreciate the overall appearance of the home-screen & i also loved it's default icons !!

I used to have 3.0.4 and 3.0.9 versions on my samsung galaxy s i9000.
However 3.0.9 was the last version that ever worked well for me. Since this version all I get is very slow app drawer

[Q] Touchwiz Lag is terrible!

So I picked up this tab last night, and I love how it handles running apps -it zooms. However the homescreen lags so terrible slow! switching between screens has a lag that is ridiculous for a new tablet. There has got o be a fix for this?

Take it back or use a different launcher....
good day.

Try this:
Settings > Developer options
User interface > Force Gpu rendering [check ]
Window animation scale [Animation off ]
Transition animation scale [ Animation off]
REBOOT.
See if it helps. For some reason ... apparently two processes SysScope and SystemUI keep randomly chugging up 40-60% CPU and this seems to effect the performance a lot. I am not sure if my suggestion would help you... but worth a shot.

So did his suggestions help?

Stone:
You might try a Factory Reset if the other suggestions don't do the trick. I know it can be a pain, but it seems to straighten out a lot of the problems on new Tab 2s.
Cbill

Apex Launcher solved this issue for me

I'm at work, I'll try these suggestions tonight. A different launcher could easily help this, if not I'll def try a factory reset.
Thanks for the suggestions. i'll report back

Diablo2424 said:
Apex Launcher solved this issue for me
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+1 , Switching to a diff launcher might in fact just do the trick!

Factory reset seems to help. Thanks!
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Nova launcher is also a good choice.

Daaaaaamn!
Switching to the Nova launcher or Apex launcher fixes every darn lag issue. Why Samsung , why?! Why not just put vanilla icecream sandwich and save your devs and us a headache.
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I'm using Go Launcher HD absolutely love it!!

xreflection said:
Nova launcher is also a good choice.
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I prefer to use this launcher also...
it's incredibly fast and light, probably the fastest launcher i found

Diablo2424 said:
Apex Launcher solved this issue for me
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+1
Im a big fan of apex for my tab2 and gs2 on ics
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I ran into TERRIBLE lag after I installed all my apps. It ran smooth before I installed apps, and lagged terribly afterward. A simple reboot did the trick. (Not a hard reset, just a reboot.) Have had no lag issues since then.
That said, Why? Oh WHY? do manufacturers feel the need for skins and custom apps? Give me stock ICS on good hardware and I'll be happy.
Here's to CM9 in due time...

Moved to Q&A section....place all questions in the proper sections.
Thanks

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Nova launcher threw a fit on me a couple of times (See pic attached). Apex launcher seems a bit more stable.
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If you put something like nova or apex launcher on it does it totally default to like a plain vanilla ics as opposed touchwiz?

Well, neither Nova nor Apex are pure-vanilla ICS...they just extend it in different (and I would say mostly better) ways than this tablet's version of TouchWiz.

Away OK. But using apex will get rid of lag on dual core tablets with ics correct?

[MOD REQ] Homescreen Landscape Mode

I didn't even think about it until I saw a picture of the One X in landscape orientation on HTC's Facebook page, I think it would be really cool if there was a mod to get our phones to go into landscape when not docked or connected to an MHL cable. I don't know about you guys but I hold my phone horizontally pretty much all the time except when making calls and would love to see my homescreen in landscape mode. So, count homescreen landscape capability as a top item on my mods wishlist. I would think it would be a pretty easy mod to do so I think we should all show our interest by posting in this thread and maybe one of our awesome and very appreciated devs will take notice.
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Probably not what your looking for but another launcher like nova launcher allows to auto rotate or even force landscape mode
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E.Cadro said:
Probably not what your looking for but another launcher like nova launcher allows to auto rotate or even force landscape mode
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Yeah, but I am really digging Sense 4.0 (I know, I'm shocked too). Would love to be able to do it with Sense.

Look for an app called "Rotation Locker"
When you run it, long press "Auto" in the menu that comes up and it will force all apps to rotate (even if they're not meant to), including Sense. I used it for a bit until I moved to Nova Launcher and can attest to it working pretty much flawlessly.

stnguyen09 said:
Look for an app called "Rotation Locker"
When you run it, long press "Auto" in the menu that comes up and it will force all apps to rotate (even if they're not meant to), including Sense. I used it for a bit until I moved to Nova Launcher and can attest to it working pretty much flawlessly.
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Thanks for the tip! Works great I would like to see a "native" solution but this will do just fine in the interim.

I noticed that the MHL HDMI adapter immediately forces landscape, and it does look pretty awesome.

Yeah, landscape is awesome. The app that stnguyen09 recommended, rotation locker, works awesome so check it out if you haven't. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...locker&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

[Q] Launcher?

Which launcher do you guys use on the One S?
I upgraded thinking Nova or Apex would be smooth, but the app drawers remain laggy.
The experience is poor really, on any ROM. Any other launchers out there that work better?

I use Apex. Why I prefer Apex than Nova ? I don't know really lol. They are alike a lot. Perhaps Apex is more light ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119427
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119427
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Love the pic.

AW: [Q] Launcher?
I prefer Nova Launcher. Allready used in in ICS with a (sometimes) laggy drawer. In JB its running very smooth without a single lag. I also tried Apex and I think its nearly the same but I like the Nova possibility to create own groups in drawer.
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kai604 said:
I prefer Nova Launcher. Allready used in in ICS with a (sometimes) laggy drawer. In JB its running very smooth without a single lag. I also tried Apex and I think its nearly the same but I like the Nova possibility to create own groups in drawer.
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Which version of Nova do you use? I actually bought the app way back but the app drawer is horrible for me now.

I use Next Launcher 3D and its just great...with no lugs just very smooth and fast...

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ernestnwanu said:
Which version of Nova do you use? I actually bought the app way back but the app drawer is horrible for me now.
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I'm using 2.0 and with JB its running very smooth in my phone. I tried it with Paranoid Android, Baked Blackbean 6, Pacman and actually Baked Blackbean 7.
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