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Hey,
I'm wondering if there is any point in using launchers anymore. I've been using ADW since I got the phone. But since we have 2.1 are there any benifits to using launchers ? It seems people are recommending launcher pro. What are the benifits to using this over adw or stock? Better battery or anything ? Faster response ?
Hey, I used dxtop pro for a while, on 1.6, transferred it to 2.1 and it killed my battery. Since then changed to launcher pro and it is immense. It saves on battery and its ability to be customized makes using the phone a whole heap easier.
If anything this enhances using the phone.
Excellent replacement give it, give the free one ago and then go from there
It's all about personal preference, I prefer ADW, some Launcher Pro, and some prefer the stock.
Yeah cause most it is based on what you want your homescreen to do
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Personally I use ADW, never quite saw what was supposed to be so awesome with LauncherPro.
ADW does what I need it to, and for me it is easily as fast as LauncherPro.
All down to personal choice really.
I've used ADW launcher when i was on 1.6 but once I've tried LauncherPro on 2.1, i love it! i think both of them are great launchers but i just think that LauncherPro is easier to use. I'm on Plus which is a paid version and they give you exclusive widgets as well, they're pretty neat but to be honest i don't use them lol. You should try both of them so you know, i think it's more about personal preference cuz both of them are awesome launchers
I recently paid for launcher pro, never tried adw but it sounds the same, prefer the fact you csn zoom further out to see all the screens at once and the message, facebook and phone book widgets are awesome similar to the ones on my dads htc which is what I was looking for. Only prob is that I get a force close every now and then. Anyone got a possible solution for that?
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i personally love Zeam....it was what i used on 1.6 and when i changed to 2.1 i tried it but at first didn't like it...but now i've fallen in love because of how simple, yet dynamic it is.
XperiaX10iUser said:
It's all about personal preference, I prefer ADW, some Launcher Pro, and some prefer the stock.
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^ This.
I was using ADW under Android 1.6. With 2.1, I find LauncherPro to be smoother. I like features of both, and miss the features the other has.
tiwey said:
i personally love Zeam....it was what i used on 1.6 and when i changed to 2.1 i tried it but at first didn't like it...but now i've fallen in love because of how simple, yet dynamic it is.
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+1 for zeam, amazing app luv it, cant stand all these xtra thingies all the others have, i used adw on 1.6 and made it minimalistic tried it on 2.1 ****
zeam ftw, all my m8s use it,
THAT SED COULD THEY ALL USE DIFFERENT ICONS FFS! IM SICK OF SEEING THAT BLOODY BOX OF LITTLE SQUARES GRRRRR
rant over
zeam, try it, luv it, marry it, buy it a nice car
Wats special about zeam?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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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while i am waiting for honeycomb for my tab, playing
a little bit with the spb shell 3d v1.2 . is it not beautifull?
may someone bring it to the honeycomb dev thread?
perhaps the video put a smile into the face of the visitors
there.
err, isnt this $10 in the market?
Edit : wahoooooooo misunderstand i thought its the app
Its just a video not the program. Looks nice but not sure it works on a tablet.
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Lol! Chill guys! I am sure the zip in the OP just contains a video of the new SPB 3D in action!
Edit: Late to the party!
Ever heard of youtube?
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next time i will try with youtube.
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Ever heard of youtube?
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What is youtube is it application
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I purchased this app on market but i must say the customization is quite limited like widget resizing, but it works decent though.
Is this thread just to show that SPB does landscape?
Not sure I understand your comment about the honeycomb thread..
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I really have activated the three times yesterday, having to reboot, did not answer the Task manager: mad: and so given the partner who is not customizable. Frankly I prefer a hundred times The Pro Launcher.
This new version of spb shell is the latest, v1.2, which is a tablet version and now supports landscape orientation. The previous versions (1.0 to 1.1.3) are all in portrait mode.
The customizations are really limited (you cannot even resize the widgets), but to be able to browse through your homescreens in that amazing 3d effect is something that no other launcher has done before! Imho, the 14$ is all worth it.
This new version of spb shell is the latest, v1.2, which is a tablet version and now supports landscape orientation. The previous versions (1.0 to 1.1.3) are all in portrait mode.
The customizations are really limited (you cannot even resize the widgets), but to be able to browse through your homescreens in that amazing 3d effect is something that no other launcher has done before!
Also, the previous versions lag like crazy in my tab! But this new one is fast and smooth; its speed even comparable to those of launchers we have come to love, like launcherpro adw and vtl.
Imho, the 14$ is all worth it.
$5 maybe.probably even. But $14? Nope.overpriced.
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I agree. For this price, no 3D effect is going to cut it.
I'd expect this price from some complex office / productivity application designed SPECIFICALLY for the tab. That means complete optimization and layout given the hardware and so on.
As this is not the case, I'll stick to ADW Ex. Achieves exponentially more at a decent price.
Looks ok, though. I guess it's a memory hog when running full speed...
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I agree. For this price, no 3D effect is going to cut it.
I'd expect this price from some complex office / productivity application designed SPECIFICALLY for the tab. That means complete optimization and layout given the hardware and so on.
As this is not the case, I'll stick to ADW Ex. Achieves exponentially more at a decent price.
Looks ok, though. I guess it's a memory hog when running full speed...
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I've been watching the Ram and while the other launchers do not appear, the SPB shell running with 116mb appears !!!!!!
I like SPB shell, but it crashes all the time in my Mesmerize, and there is a lot of green and red in it, the pictures get blurred when I spin it and the icons are too small. Still needs a lot of work.
Guys anyone tried this app to our DS? the launcher looks awesome but im having second thoughts in using it...
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Guys anyone tried this app to our DS? the launcher looks awesome but im having second thoughts in using it...
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i didnt use it but saw a few videos it seemed more like a app to show to others than use daily
I tried the Launcher, at first it looks good, it is customizable but I just went back to sense, because it makes more ... sense
PS. the app is far to overpriced.
yeah i tried it and i agree with kartkk. It's just not practical. You can't use it daily. After about 5 minutes of using it, i realised i can't do anything apart from scroll through the screens in 3d and look at the animations. I will admit i was really fond of the design but there's just too many flaws in it.
Yeah, it isn't for daily use
I've customized it and I do nothing with it
U can try it at the following link:
gallery.mobile9.com/f/1923115/?ref=3425
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Try launcher pro or something like that instead, much more practical and i prefer that instead of sense. I personally think that spb is crap and the price is like a joke
I am using SBP 3D shell, but its not worth for the money. but if you so interested you try using cracked version. also it eats up around 60MB memory all the time.
looks nice at first, but gets annoying after a little time.. i went back to golauncher before i flashed a custom rom. since then i don't use an exta launcher.
Try GoLauncher, it's free and very stable
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I guess its not really worth the purchase.more something like a gadget to play around with.some things don't need to be modded in my opinion.fancy is ok if it is useful as well, but just fancy does not make much sense to me.
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called DXHOME and its super fast smooth.
throw an ics theme on and your good to go
EDIT: please dont say it looks like an iphone u can use it and with an ics theme (I use an htc sense theme) it does not look like an iphone. its worth it is smoother than spb shell, go launcher, and all the other popular launcher (i have tried almost all of them and all of the ones u guys have mentioned) and has cool 3d effects and is overall a better user experience
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmRpYW54aW5vcy5keGhvbWUiXQ..
looks like it would make my phone look like an iPhone
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Way too many permissions....
Free App....
Looks Chinese....
Do not know the vendor....
iPhone looking icons???
Would not touch this....
Mine is SPB Shell 3D
Yes it is a shell replacement so asks for more permissions than I am usually comfortable giving but.....
You pay for it... to me it means Quality and Support
Have great Widgets bundled with the shell .... get what you pay for
Trusted vendor has been around for years
If I wanted an iPhone, I would have went out and wasted my money on an iPhone. No thanks.
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That thing is junk
Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!
Adw ex kills them all!
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Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!
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Agreed!!!!
Wow just got spb 3d that's ****s way baller
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I tried spb but after seeing it consume 100mb of ram I uninstalldd and got a refund.
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appdroid said:
Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!
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+ 1 I used to love launcher pre but since the release of go launcher its the only launcher that I use.
~PsyCl0ne
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looks like it would make my phone look like an iPhone
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thats why u put an ics theme on it!
theres like 1000 reviews when an app has that many i usually trust it, and it is overwhelmingly 5 stars. i know the dev is chinese but its all in english and not a big deal. u guys should try it before you flame it
Sorry guys, adw launcher ftw. Hands and feets down.
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Dx home is the smoothest launcher yet. If you dont want the iphone look...just go to themes and choose border and then transparent and choose regular system icons. You dont need to download an ics theme. Go launcher sucks hard...never liked it. Qq launcher...adw ex...dx home and zeam are easily the best choices.
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I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.
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I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.
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I use to love launcher pro. However since it hasnt been updated since last year makes it obsolete for me.
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Riehlthing said:
I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.
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Same here. Couldn't ask for more with LP.
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pingfl00d said:
Wow just got spb 3d that's ****s way baller
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Watched the video for it, pretty wild but is too much for me honestly. I like it simple.
Also, the guy holding the phone in the video is obviously a robot because he barely moves his left hand. And ive seen terminator one too many times to know not to trust robots.
I tried it out. Actually a very cool launcher after changing the theme. Very smooth and fast.
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