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[Q] Stock Launcher smoother than Launcher Pro

I just got the Nexus S. Before installing CM 7 i tried out the stock launcher with a live wallpaper running. I was surprised at how smooth it was and that it had a very nice way of scrolling through the app drawer. After installing CM7 and launcher pro plus i noticed that opening the app drawer wasn't as smooth with a live wallpaper running and it didn't have the nice way of scrolling. Launcher pro has many more features but the stock did have that smoothness. Is there anyway to get this on launcher pro?

You could try playing with the settings and see if you can normalize it.
There are other alternatives to launchers if you like.
ADW Launcher EX (Paid), ADW Launcher (Free), GO Launcher EX, and more.

zephiK said:
You could try playing with the settings and see if you can normalize it.
There are other alternatives to launchers if you like.
ADW Launcher EX (Paid), ADW Launcher (Free), GO Launcher EX, and more.
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not sure what you mean by normailzing. also i would like to use launcher pro only. thanks!

Launcher pro is almost always smoother than stock launcher. But with live wallpaper I know what you mean with the choppy app drawer. Only solution is use static wallpaper instead.

damn that sucks..thanks anyways

The only launcher where the app drawer stays smooth with a live wallpaper selected is the stock launcher, all the other ones get choppy.
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Vandam500 said:
The only launcher where the app drawer stays smooth with a live wallpaper selected is the stock launcher, all the other ones get choppy.
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is there a reason for this or a fix? also is there anyway i can get the stock launcher back onto nexus s with cm7?

njiwani said:
is there a reason for this or a fix? also is there anyway i can get the stock launcher back onto nexus s with cm7?
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yes find launcher2.apk and put it onto the phone.

zephiK said:
yes find launcher2.apk and put it onto the phone.
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Here is a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517 it's a zip that removes adw and add stock launcher

Stock launcher is the only one that can use hardware acceleration therefore it will always be faster/smoother than any 3rd party launcher.

with the exception of UD Launcher which was used in nscollab for only two releases. Loved it because it was just as smooth and basically the same as the stock launcher but gave you more home-screens and a 5 button dock option and saved a lot of battery even!!!
But then again I guess it is based directly on the stock launcher - at least that'd be my guess.

donaldcaps said:
Stock launcher is the only one that can use hardware acceleration therefore it will always be faster/smoother than any 3rd party launcher.
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is this true? does the stock launcher use hardware acceleration?

anirudh.pullela said:
is this true? does the stock launcher use hardware acceleration?
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yes it does, only on the nexus s so far with gingerbread. other phones it is powered by the CPU like normal. i guess google wanted to take advantage of the nexus s powerful hardware. just wish they did it for the rest of the phone, like the web browser, etc.

Yes that's true. Stock Launcher is smoother than ADW, ADW EX and LauncherPro.
I realized that a few weeks ago.

How do i enable the stock launcher? I downloaded Gingerbread Launcher from the market? is that the same thing?

[Q] Alternative launchers laggy ?

Hello everyone
I wanted to try launcherpro and ADWLauncher on my sensation but I noticed that LP appdrawer was laggy when opening.
About adw, that was the scrolling in the appdrawer that was stuttering.
I had the Desire S and it was the same. Is it because of Sense ? Is there any way to fix that ?
Thanks

Dwin-d said:
Hello everyone
I wanted to try launcherpro and ADWLauncher on my sensation but I noticed that LP appdrawer was laggy when opening.
About adw, that was the scrolling in the appdrawer that was suttering.
I had the Desire S and it was the same. Is it because of Sense ? Is there any way to fix that ?
Thanks
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Hmm mine is opening really smooth and scrolling is too. I'm using ADWLauncher Ex, and set the app drawer to Vertical New. It's really nice that way, even on my gf's SE X10..

It must be a problem with Launcher Pro. It's very laggy on Galaxy S2 too.

Maybe it's because of 2.3.3 ?
Anyway, Go Launcher Ex and ADW Launcher EX are smooth on my Sensation while ADW Launcher (standard) and LP are laggy.
So I'll use Go Launcher

If you like stock android. The gingerbread launcher runs smooth on every phone I've tried it on.
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Running launcher pro and it runs very smooth for me

running adw launcher ex, having few lags at times when sliding between screens. Otherwise app drawer smooth as butter.
edit: actually lag is only when using expose or pressing home to return to main screen.

Dwin-d said:
Hello everyone
I wanted to try launcherpro and ADWLauncher on my sensation but I noticed that LP appdrawer was laggy when opening.
About adw, that was the scrolling in the appdrawer that was stuttering.
I had the Desire S and it was the same. Is it because of Sense ? Is there any way to fix that ?
Thanks
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Hello,
Same here with ADW, very laggy on my Sensation, was really smooth on my Nexus One...

So those with alternative launchers like LP pro, or ADW, can you end task the sense launcher? does that free up a lot more ram?

Same situation for me as well, ADW was super laggy when sliding between pages in drawer. Launcherpro was fine for me, golauncher is buttery smooth and I've been using it now as my daily launcher. Launcher 7 is also buttery smooth if anyone wonders.

baymon said:
Same situation for me as well, ADW was super laggy when sliding between pages in drawer. Launcherpro was fine for me, golauncher is buttery smooth and I've been using it now as my daily launcher. Launcher 7 is also buttery smooth if anyone wonders.
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could you please tell me if it is possible to have transparent text background for icons with golauncher? Thanks

I plan on installing an alternative launcher.
- Can you still use the cool Sense 3.0 widgets like Friendsstream, etc.?
- Is the dialing app still the htc-sense one with smart dialing?

Try GOlauncher. Quick, responsive and very customizable
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fanatax said:
I plan on installing an alternative launcher.
- Can you still use the cool Sense 3.0 widgets like Friendsstream, etc.?
- Is the dialing app still the htc-sense one with smart dialing?
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No, you won't be able to use the Sense widgets. You might find launchers with Sense-like widgets, but the official ones are on the Sense UI only

eadred said:
could you please tell me if it is possible to have transparent text background for icons with golauncher? Thanks
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I've tried digging through the settings for icons, the only available ones are options to hide the icon label. You may have just to try it out yourself, just to make sure.

Launcher 360

For some of you that don't know this launcher, you should try it !
It works very well on our P920.
I find it better reactive than go launcher.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601

+1
I totally agree as I am using it even as it came on Chinese!Fastest and lowest memory usage launcher with smooth animation and fast response.
Definitely recommend everyone to give it a try!

I'm normally using GoLauncher EX but i'll try this one for a few days from now on.
The first impression:
the scrolling is REALLY very smooth / it is even smoother than in GoLauncher EX with exact the same apps on the homescreens
i like the way the folders are managed -> like in iOS and with vertical scrolling (screenshot attached)
there are only few options to customize the homescreen, eg apps are not renameable and widgets can't be resized like in GoLauncher EX
maybe it is a wrong feeling but it seems to me that the apps open faster

deox91 said:
I'm normally using GoLauncher EX but i'll try this one for a few days from now on.
The first impression:
the scrolling is REALLY very smooth / it is even smoother than in GoLauncher EX with exact the same apps on the homescreens
i like the way the folders are managed -> like in iOS and with vertical scrolling (screenshot attached)
there are only few options to customize the homescreen, eg apps are not renameable and widgets can't be resized like in GoLauncher EX
maybe it is a wrong feeling but it seems to me that the apps open faster
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How do you set city for weather? Its all chinese.

I use the pre-installed weather widget, not the one from Launcher360

yeah i had the same question....is there anyway to make it...not chinese?

For the moment only Chinese city are supported by the 360 weather widget

Downloaded and installed , awesome. Nice launcher.
Thx guys.

There is an full chineese update . An chance of getting this update in english?
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Nice! but I 'll continue with Go Launcher as mine is customized

[Q]How is ADW Launcher on your Note?

Been looking for a launcher(still am actually) because I didn't really like the stock version. I tried ADW but for some reason it's quite laggy on my Galaxy Note. FYI, I only have 3-4 widgets at most and mainly shortcuts.

Try adw ex.. No lags for me..
Or change the transition
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I actually have ADW EX installed and its really laggy for me..is there anything u did to make it smooth?
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I'm on adw ex as well and it's inconsistent. Sometimes dog slow, sometimes nice and snappy. I use it mainly for functionality, and the lag is no more than mildly annoying.

I've used ADW ex on my Galaxy S, my S2 and my note. Always loved it. Just recently switched to Go launcher ex. Almost like it better. It has a couple of neat features that ADW doesnt have. But ADW was never laggy for me....

I changed the homescreen transition to zoom.. It's silky smooth. The default cube is laggy
And I removed the bounce
Then it is as smooth as tw, if not more smooth
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JC0406 said:
Been looking for a launcher(still am actually) because I didn't really like the stock version. I tried ADW but for some reason it's quite laggy on my Galaxy Note. FYI, I only have 3-4 widgets at most and mainly shortcuts.
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If your Note isn't rooted almost all other Launchers will lag. The more widgets you have, the more lag. I think it's an issue with the Rom.
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Mickwa76 said:
If your Note isn't rooted almost all other Launchers will lag. The more widgets you have, the more lag. I think it's an issue with the Rom.
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Rooting or not will not affect the launchers whether they lag or not.
It's whether hardware acceleration is being used for the launcher. Tw is hardware accelerated by default. Adw is partially hardware accelerated
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Use Launcher Pro its smooth as butter.

Go launcher for me. Silky smooth in 240 dpi.
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If you want ADW is clean, you must disable the cache scroll in preference system.

davfunk,
I was using the low quality cache to smooth the transitions (but it was still a bit laggy) but moving to non made my ADW Launcher EX as smooth as TW Launcher if not moother.
Just perfect!!!!!!

The_Steph said:
davfunk,
I was using the low quality cache to smooth the transitions (but it was still a bit laggy) but moving to non made my ADW Launcher EX as smooth as TW Launcher if not moother.
Just perfect!!!!!!
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I have completely disable the cache.

I use GO launcher.
I used to use ADW EX but find GO Launcher mire advanced.
Lets say you have a contact shortcut on your main screen, tapping it calls person X, you can use GO launcher to ads a gesture command. So if you swipe up OM that same shortcut it'll do something else. I have it set so that it'll open that contact's chat window in what'sup.
Tapping calls, swipe up chats. Isn't that amazing and convenient.

CorruptedSanity,
I used GO Launcher for almost a year on my Desire HD, but when I moved to the Note, it was not as smooth as ADW Launcher EX.
Go Launcher has amazing features sur as dockbar icon swipe to launch actions, integrated plugins and so on that you need to find replacement for when using ADW Launcher but if you stick with a laggy launcher (as I use a lot of scrolling widgets), it ruins everything.
So now, with no cache set in config, I can swear that ADW Launcher EX is probably the best launcher for Note in terms of smoothness (and I tried a lot, including 360 Launcher, before writing that).

I use ADW with an HD2, a DHD and the Note because with GO Launcher it is not possible to hide the status bar.

JC0406 said:
Been looking for a launcher(still am actually) because I didn't really like the stock version. I tried ADW but for some reason it's quite laggy on my Galaxy Note. FYI, I only have 3-4 widgets at most and mainly shortcuts.
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benthian89 said:
Try adw ex.. No lags for me..
Or change the transition
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Go to ADW Settings and switch the Cache to Low Quality.
Edit: Sorry, didn't see the posts above mine. :/

I have tried LOTS of launchers but keep coming back to ADW EX.
I finally have it running really nicely. I leave the cache on auto but do unclick scrolling wallpaper.
Wee demo:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3057363/video_Feb_16_2012_0.mp4

I keep using the GO Launcher after testing a lot of other launchers.
I made the experiance that the GO Launcher is the best at all. Its smooth and very easy to handle.
Greetz

ADW EX works perfectly here. No lag at all. I'm using 240 DPI.

Best Launcher for HOX

I don't plan on rooting my phone until I feel like the phone has had a bit of time to establish itself.
What are some suggestions for a good launcher that works on ICS devices?

I've tried Nova and Apex so far, both are "stock-looking" ICS launchers. Neither are as smooth as the default Sense launcher.
That slight, almost imperceptible jittering as you scroll between home screens just kills the experience, IMO.

May just stick to sense for a while then..

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I've tried Nova and Apex so far, both are "stock-looking" ICS launchers. Neither are as smooth as the default Sense launcher.
That slight, almost imperceptible jittering as you scroll between home screens just kills the experience, IMO.
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Really? I thought the stock Sense launcher was terribly laggy. For example, if you haven't used your app drawer in a while, it takes one to two seconds to pop up.
Nova and Apex are extremely smooth.

im not getting my one x until the ninth so im just going by what im using on my atrix 2. you should try go launcher ex with the ics hd theme.

Adw is what I been using for since I had a android
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kennethpenn said:
Really? I thought the stock Sense launcher was terribly laggy. For example, if you haven't used your app drawer in a while, it takes one to two seconds to pop up.
Nova and Apex are extremely smooth.
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Blame the app priority handling for that launch delay.

Nova is, imo, the best ICS launcher. i tried Apex and used it for a good while until the animations for opening the app drawer became extremely laggly. never had this problem with Nova.

I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus so I am used to stock 4.0. I just couldn't do the stock Sense Launcher, it wasn't terrible but I just wanted what I was used to. I used Nova Launcher (my first experience) and I am using Widget Locker as the lock screen. Ahhhh, much better. I also switched to the Stock ICS keyboard. Here are some Screen Shots.

First thing I did when I got my HOX today is go install Go Launcher EX. Sadly, it doesn't appear that Go Launcher EX has been updated for ICS yet, so it has the menu button at the bottom of the screen... yuck!
Guess I'll give these two (Apex, Nova) launchers a try and see how they work out. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to give Sense a try either...

bmolloy said:
I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus so I am used to stock 4.0. I just couldn't do the stock Sense Launcher, it wasn't terrible but I just wanted what I was used to. I used Nova Launcher (my first experience) and I am using Widget Locker as the lock screen. Ahhhh, much better. I also switched to the Stock ICS keyboard. Here are some Screen Shots.
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You use "Chrome", I thought I try it myself but one of reasons in the past I loved Android was the ability to run Flash.
I use Nova Launcher.
Found the Stock Launcher was lagged, but Nova runs only on ICS+ the pro version for a few dollars asks for no permissions at all.
The pro version allows me to hide shortcuts to Rogers Bloatware.

bmolloy said:
I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus so I am used to stock 4.0. I just couldn't do the stock Sense Launcher, it wasn't terrible but I just wanted what I was used to. I used Nova Launcher (my first experience) and I am using Widget Locker as the lock screen. Ahhhh, much better. I also switched to the Stock ICS keyboard. Here are some Screen Shots.
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what clock is that??

Apex launcher is where it's at my friends. I love hiding apps in the drawer
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I decided to use Nova. Here's what my home screen looks like right now. I plan on changing the background and icon colors though, something darker, I don't know what I was thinking earlier!

vioalas said:
what clock is that??
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The clock on the lock screen is part of WidgetLocker. The clock on the Launcher is Simi Clock Widget. I have played around a little more and have this thing looking almost stock (minus the menu bar).

Nevermind, had an issue with live wallpapers not working. Restarting fixed it.
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Would be very cool if we can use the Nova launcher or Apex launcher with Sense widgets. Any way to make those work together ?

As far as I know it can't be done, but search for Android Pro Widgets in the Android Market and it's pretty cool - can be themed too.

Nova Launcher is what i was using before on my GNex. finally got it set up the same on the HOX and it runs smoother. before when i'd be on another page except the homescreen and hit the home button, there would be a little stutter happening at least 1 out of every two times. this never happens on the HOX. ever. smooth as butter. very happy with my setup now

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