OK i rooted my sensation today and Disabled alot of the bloat including rosie (sense launcher) . so i went and installed launcher pro the launcher i usually use.. and it... is slow. Especially when opening the app draw. So i tried adw, even worse. Then i tried zeam, Geez zeam runs absolutely terrible. (they all run "ok" on the homescreens but the app draws no no no) so then i try the gingerbread launcher. and it runs ok but is starting to lag after i filled the screens with stuff.
Im really thinking of going back to rosie. What launchers are you guys/gals running
This phone desperately needs a custom rom
I'm running launcher pro with rosie disabled. Its pretty smooth for me. I only have beautifulwidget as my only widget running, perhaps you have some widgets slowing you down?
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I'm running launcher pro with rosie disabled. Its pretty smooth for me. I only have beautifulwidget as my only widget running, perhaps you have some widgets slowing you down?
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with no widgets its still a little laggy for me especially when opening or closing the app draw. i decided to just leave every htc app disabled expect the launcher and now the launcher is super smooth 1 light flick at it spins
I use either adw ex or he launcher. Either are good and fast.
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+1 for launcherpro & a question
I am using Launcher pro. It is faster and much more customizable than Sense - by far. However, I noticed something that I believe plays a part in how much faster launcherpro can potentially be.
I have a 16 gig card. When I open up all my gallery it takes the sensation a few seconds to load the preview folders. Then when I open up a folder that has 100 pics its kind of choppy displaying all the thumbnails.
I am using the multi-live wallpaper with launcherpro and I have 7 screens. All 7 windows have different pics from different folders on my memory card. When I used one of the HTC wallpapers (that are housed on the internal memory) There was a noticeable speed difference. When I went back to 7 different screens with 7 different pics the slight lag showed up.
Does anyone know where, in the internal memory, I can paste wallpapers or pics so that launcher pro is faster?
LauncherPro is much faster and smoother.. but I always end up going back to the Sense launcher because I miss the widgets... that clock widget is awesome with the flipping action, and the weather and music ones are beautiful. None of the alternatives come close.
I have used all of them and never had problems. Try force closing sense in settings.
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Don't laugh at this, but I literally own them all and the best one for now is spb shell. I almost can't believe it myself because I was disappointed in it for what I paid, but it just works well with this phone.
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Go ex with iPhone icons. No hiccups
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naw adw launcher works just fine on mine
I switched to Launcher Pro Plus due to Sense reloading whenever I back out of a game. I play heavy games and LPP hasn't given me any issues in the past few days since installing it.
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naw adw launcher works just fine on mine
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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 personally want to use the original google android ui. so it use less ram and faster.
No, you're stuck with Sense 3.0 until custom ROMs are possible.
download "launcher pro" homescreen replacement till custom roms come out
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Gingerbread launcher is in the market just search gingerbread launcher
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Is there a way to get like a "sense" widget for the time and weather??
I like the weather and clouds going across the screen, but need the Launcher Pro for the buttons at the bottom..
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Is there a way to get like a "sense" widget for the time and weather??
I like the weather and clouds going across the screen, but need the Launcher Pro for the buttons at the bottom..
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Fancy Widget Pro, Beautiful Widgets, Weather & Toggle Widget??
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i personally want to use the original google android ui. so it use less ram and faster.
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This is funny... I thought I was the only one who didn't like it. I really thought I was going to, but I find it just gets in the way.
I switched to LauncherPro (which I'm really happy with) and I stopped all the HTC related syncing stuff in the accounts setup. I'm not sure how much was saved, but it didn't seem to help much RAM and battery wise.
FWIW my wife hasn't had any complaints about it, and we both came from stock Android phones.
I can't wait to root this thing...
Did Launcher Pro not lag for you guys? I checked out the demo in the store and Launcher Pro chugged like none other. Who knows what they did to that demo before I picked it up though.
I really like LP. I saw a youtube video of the Sens. running it....looked great to me.
I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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ridikolous said:
I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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I am also running Launcher Pro and it runs great. No lag. On a side note, is it worth the $3.50 to get the 'Plus' version of Launcher Pro?
I installed Zeam to see if it would be slow. It ran fine. I actually noticed that some aspects of Sense shutdown when you use another launcher.
Try ADW Ex just for the mere fact that is supports hardware acceleration unlike LPP and the other homescreen replacements.
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I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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yea and stock with stupid widgets cause cant use sense widgets(again) when using lpp or adw or any other launcher
I have had my Sensation for about a week now. Been playing with both Launcher Pro and the stock sense. Stock sense seems REALLY laggy and kinda buggy. I have been using Launcher Pro for about a year and a half or so and when I loaded it on here and customized it makes the Sensation come alive! If anyone out there hates the lag try Launcher Pro until HTC comes up with an update to fix this.
One downfall is you do lose all of the HTC widgets. The phone still functions the same. And your notification bar and everything else is still there. Just the widgets won't show up when using it. There are widget apps out there like Beautiful Widgets or others that are free.
Just wanted to post this on here. A lot of people talking about lag. This is a great fix for it and speeds up your Sensation to what it should be!
Not trying to pimp Launcher Pro. Just tryin to give suggestions.
Cheers!
Yup, I myself am using adw ex & the phone is now flying. Do miss the sense widgets though. Little bit of give & take I suppose.
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I am using the EXACT setup lol. I always use launcher pro with beautiful widgets. Best combo for me.
I am also using launcher pro. I did get the plus version with the extra widgets. I am somewhat disappointed in them and not sure it was worth the price. However, LP runs great, better than Sense, and I use it along with fancy widgets.
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It's fast for sure. I also use 5 row homescreen grid to fit more icons and widgets to certain screens. Plus version of Launcher Pro is definitely worth the money.
Me too
Ive done the same, ditched sense a few hours after unboxing, Launcher Pro Plus, Beautiful Widgets and Widgetsoid. Fewer FCs and much faster.
Doesn't sense still run in the background even if you use an alternative launcher?
+1 lpp working good for me with the combination of miui fancy widget.
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Doesn't sense still run in the background even if you use an alternative launcher?
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Yes it does, there's no getting rid of it until we're rooted.
Home screens arr very smooth with launcher pro... But my app drawer.lags quite a bit. Same with adw
Anyone else use Folder Organizer?
I really don't like swiping. Much rather click. So I only use one home screen, with folders. Click, click, to access any app, shortcut or bookmark I want. Very fast, zero lag.
Folder Organizer has the advantage of allowing custom icons for the folders, so home page looks like a screen of apps, instead of a bunch or generic folder icons.
One disadvantage, can't link to a widget from inside a folder. But, 3rd party launchers have a similar issue, and I can still put widgets on other home screens if needed.
We have 2 sensations and both running BW and LPP. Our home screens are still not smooth in transitions and often laggy. This is on 2 tmobile sensations. My previous G2x was much faster and smoother.
Also I believe LPP is messing with my geolocation. Not sure how, but when I remove LPP I don't have geolocation issues(tells me I am in a different state).
I prefer Regina right now but I love messing with launchers
Idk what kind of setup you guys are running or maybe your definition of lag is different then mine, but I have no lag at all.
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Home screens arr very smooth with launcher pro... But my app drawer.lags quite a bit. Same with adw
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You have to keep it for a couple hours and it speeds up. I had the same issue and now its faaaast. I use adw ex. And I have the horizontal drawer.
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i would love to use a launcher but I <3 widgets too much
Go launcher is the only one that works for me. Very smooth and snappy all the way around. Can't wait for s-off so we can unlock the full potential of this CPU.
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You have to keep it for a couple hours and it speeds up. I had the same issue and now its faaaast. I use adw ex. And I have the horizontal drawer.
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I see... Idk if I can put if with lag for that long. haven't had a phone that lagged since my droid Eris. Honestly my droid 2 global was a little more snappy than the sensation. But that was oc'd of course.
Launcher pro is awesome but its still not as fast on the sensation as it is on my nexus one. It will prob be after root. Still, much better than sense.
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Destop visualizer in sense
I have been an ADW launcher user for quite a while
on HD2 (2 of), Desire HD and now sensation.
But I have also been using Desktop Visualizer to add custom icons to empty sense pages - best of both worlds.
i also have ADW as a home page choice - have not set either as the default yet.
Only had sensation for 4 days.
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.
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....
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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.
Well we all know sense is fat and slow. It looks great. But we want speed. Or at least i do. I use adw at the moment. I think its pretty good. Have any of you tried launcher pro or something else that you think is far better than any other. Lets take a poll. Im interested. Thanks
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I'm a fan of Gingerbread Launcher by MoRaVia. Simple and snappy. Also, it is free.
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ADW EX. I'll never use anything else. The hidden dockbar is just too good. Fast and clean and nothing else comes close for customization.
Also used Launcher Pro, but ADW wins.
I have always used adw on my other phones with CM7, but it didn't seem to run very well on the sensation. I just tried Launcher Pro starting about 2 days ago and that is where I am staying until something changes.
I haven't GoLauncher EX is the only one that wasn't slow on my phone...ADW was great on my G2 though.
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ADW EX. I'll never use anything else. The hidden dockbar is just too good. Fast and clean and nothing else comes close for customization.
Also used Launcher Pro, but ADW wins.
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I thought the same until I found wave launcher. I still swap from launcher 7 and adw ex, but I no longer use the hidden dock.
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I've had both Launcher Pro and ADW Ex. I liked ADW Ex better than Launcher Pro. Both were definitely faster and snappier than the Sense. But I put Sense back on cause of the looks.
Had ADW EX for a little while but then switched to Go Launcher EX. I actually find it more customizable. Both were fast for me. I don't think I'll switch for a while.
Sense is fine for me. I think it's just as quick as the other launchers stock for stock
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I'm a fan of Gingerbread Launcher by MoRaVia. Simple and snappy. Also, it is free.
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Same as close as your gonna get to stock android.
cant get away from sense : /
i love customization of adw ex but i always end up missing my sense widgets.. now if someone can develop some sense widget replacements ill be set
I use Go Launcher. I tried Adw and launcher Pro ex but I just think that the customization in Go Launcher is better than anything else, at the moment anyways. I also like the transitions and the" wrap around" home screens. I keep the other two installed just to check for updates.
I wouldn't mind a faster launcher, but I really like the ring lockscreen scheme on Sense.
Sense 3.0 launcher
I bought the phone because of his software and speed and the only thing i miss is root to tweak the rest little bits
Twlauncher seems nice too. I'm using it today.
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Do any launchers support the qHD wallpaper like Sense does? I've tried Go Launcher and ADW and can't get them to not crop my wallpaper photo too much. The form factor isn't right.
Also Go Launcher dock icons are too small on this screen, and don't seem adjustable.
Tried using ADW and Launcher Pro PLus for some time....
I realized, Sense 3.0 is the best
Adw has some hd icons and walls. Also on adw you can change the size of icons. Just saying. Might help.
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Tried using ADW and Launcher Pro PLus for some time....
I realized, Sense 3.0 is the best
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I realized sense is like maple syrup!!!!!!
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MonkeyK said:
I wouldn't mind a faster launcher, but I really like the ring lockscreen scheme on Sense.
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I use launcher pro and you still keep the sense lockscreen. One downfall of sense is that it only takes gives you a 4x4 layout. I have 5x10 layout using launcher pro means you can fit more on your homescreens. Plus you can resize widgets.
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