this is from the htc sensation, but its also working on the tf.
if the status-bar is hidden by another app, there is a new look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18893435&postcount=1
michadreyer said:
this is from the htc sensation, but its also working on the tf.
if the status-bar is hidden by another app, there is a new look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18893435&postcount=1
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Looks like this will run on the TF, but does not appear to be formatted for tablets in any way.
Runs on the TF but is laggy
it runs... but it seriously isn't beautiful
There isn't any reason to run this on a Honeycomb Tablet!
I could see running this Launcher on a 2.X Tablet to kind of make it look like Honeycomb/ICS.
I did try it on my Incredible.. but didn't see the point of having the Home/Back/Menu buttons when my phone already has those hardware buttons.. kind of redundent.
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Someone post a screenshot, please.
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Someone post a screenshot, please.
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soon done.
Just wondering if you all knew that this isn't an official launcher.
Its just a third party launcher made to look like the ics launcher.
yeah it looks like go launcher ex with an ics theme. not much of a win to trade our honeycomb launcher with an "old" 2.x launcher...
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Hi All, I'm currently running Wolf's Gingerbread rom and absolutely loving it. However I'm not too fond of the stock GB Launcher. My previous favorite was ADW Launcher EX, as it had lots of customizations available, however I've found that since updating to GB, a lot of the exclusive widgets don't show up in third-party launchers.
What is the best alternative to the stock GB launcher that will give me all the available widgets. I prefer the vertical scrolling app-drawer, as opposed to the 'page-style' in GB personally... Suggestions?
I really like SPB shell, It brings alot of widgets. Downfall is it is 15 dollars :\
Thanks, I'll look into that one. It looks like a nice 3D layout. As long as it's smooth, I'd be willing to give it a try.
(makes me wish the google return policy was 24hrs not 15 minutes )
Spb does not support some stock SE widgets like timescape etc. I don't think there are any 3rd party launchers that do, sorry...
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Eddie_Brock said:
Thanks, I'll look into that one. It looks like a nice 3D layout. As long as it's smooth, I'd be willing to give it a try.
(makes me wish the google return policy was 24hrs not 15 minutes )
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Smoothest launcher ever. U can always try a cracked apk .....if u like it buy it. The cracked version won't last as it looks for a purchuse but u can test it for yourself
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Smoothest launcher ever. U can always try a cracked apk .....if u like it buy it. The cracked version won't last as it looks for a purchuse but u can test it for yourself
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Lol that's easy to disable..
mrloltime said:
Smoothest launcher ever. U can always try a cracked apk .....if u like it buy it. The cracked version won't last as it looks for a purchuse but u can test it for yourself
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I did find a 'free' version, but I didn't install it as the Permissions were extensive and it came from an unreliable source. I may get brave and try it out, but having the new SE weather widget and all the rest of the new ones at my disposal would be nice.
I just assume the 3rd-party launchers will get updated with access to the exclusive widgets, but I could be wrong.
I couldn't get SPB Shell to work on my phone. After patching it as indicated in the readme, it refused to open. I might need a different version...
I'm still on 2.1 - getting ready to use WB's rom. I'm currently using Go Launcher Pro. It's been fairly cool and has a lot of features and fairly configurable. I can get the default widgets to work with it as well. I have Timescape running on my main screen, and the power control widget on another.
I will try Go Launcher on 2.3.3 after I upgrade, and see if widgets stop working.
Keep us updated.
Personally, using 3rd Party Launchers on 2.1 (and 2.2 wolfbreak), I had no issues accessing all of the widgets, but for some reason on Gingerbread, only the stock launcher seems to have access to them all.
Is there still no way to 'unlock' all of the Widgets from the stock launcher to third parties?
I'm surprised no one else has wanted ALL of their widgets in other launchers like ADW or GoLauncher.
Hi All,
is there an easy way of flashing vanilla honeycomb on the transformer? i'm not interested in any cooked roms, just the pure google experience.
I don't like the additional apps and the slight ui changes that acer did, so i wonder if there is any stable vanilla android rom out there to be flashed?
If you mean one built from AOSP, I'm guessing there is none out there because the Source Code for Honeycomb is not released.
Acer?
From what I can tell, the Asus Transformer comes with stock Honeycomb. The only changes are to support the keyboard, and addition of crud like Kindle and some other bundled apps (which can be removed if you have root).
This is also the reason why we get updates so soon after Google release them, as there is not too much to tweak.
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Acer?
From what I can tell, the Asus Transformer comes with stock Honeycomb. The only changes are to support the keyboard, and addition of crud like Kindle and some other bundled apps (which can be removed if you have root).
This is also the reason why we get updates so soon after Google release them, as there is not too much to tweak.
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yes of course i meant asus. well they changed icons like the default home, back and apps icons from bluish tron style to white. This can't be stock honeycomb.
i know this is nitpicking, but i don't understand why they changed the icons, they just don't fit in, especially since asus left all the other ui elements unchanged...
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yes of course i meant asus. well they changed icons like the default home, back and apps icons from bluish tron style to white. This can't be stock honeycomb.
i know this is nitpicking, but i don't understand why they changed the icons, they just don't fit in, especially since asus left all the other ui elements unchanged...
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Before I flash the Prime roms I always pull the SystemUI.apk out of the /system folder in the rom and exchange all the dock button images for the ones from the default buttons.
Shahpur.Azizpour said:
yes of course i meant asus. well they changed icons like the default home, back and apps icons from bluish tron style to white. This can't be stock honeycomb.
i know this is nitpicking, but i don't understand why they changed the icons, they just don't fit in, especially since asus left all the other ui elements unchanged...
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It's stock honeycomb with some buttons changed. That's it. Bam. As stock as it gets.
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Just root, flash the stock UI and delete the other apps and its stock honeycomb. Ive been running that for a while, mainly its OCD. I didnt like that the UI of the buttons didnt match everything else in android so I swtiched to one extracted from the XOOM. Then deleted all of the myCrap and bought Splashtop HD (prefer having updating versions from market anyway.
I can see why asus changed the buttons. They are more cartoonish than the futurist versions of the stock Honeycomb UI. Nerds like us prefer the TRON theme but joe consumer probably prefers the softer UI (more like the ipad). Im sure its for those people, not us. Im betting they would have gone further if they could but the notification system seems to be pretty locked down, Ive installed phone apps and their notifications immediately become like honeycomb so something in honeycomb is changing their icons/text.
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It's stock honeycomb with some buttons changed. That's it. Bam. As stock as it gets.
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Yeah ill probably get an transformer over the acer iconia tab cause it already has 3.2 in Germany while iconia still is at 3.1...
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ryan stewart said:
Just root, flash the stock UI and delete the other apps and its stock honeycomb. Ive been running that for a while, mainly its OCD. I didnt like that the UI of the buttons didnt match everything else in android so I swtiched to one extracted from the XOOM. Then deleted all of the myCrap and bought Splashtop HD (prefer having updating versions from market anyway.
I can see why asus changed the buttons. They are more cartoonish than the futurist versions of the stock Honeycomb UI. Nerds like us prefer the TRON theme but joe consumer probably prefers the softer UI (more like the ipad). Im sure its for those people, not us. Im betting they would have gone further if they could but the notification system seems to be pretty locked down, Ive installed phone apps and their notifications immediately become like honeycomb so something in honeycomb is changing their icons/text.
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Ok sounds good enough for me. At least I'm not the only one who doesn't like the new icons...so as long as flashing a xoom build is possible that's perfectly fine...
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Since ADWLauncher Ex was on sale for $0.10, I gave it a wurl. It's a fine program but just doesn't fit right with me on the TF, I prefer the stock but it reminds me that the stock isn't optimus prime. On my phone, I principally use Zeam b/c that's what I'm happy with and it does what I want for my phones UX. But what is really oriented towards a tablet, let along a transformer? Everything just seems to be too phone oriented I guess and I think maybe I will play around with Terminal IDE and try making myself a launcher to play with. Maybe someday it will be a launcher that is made to fit me and my tablet like a glove (not necessary anyone else).
This got me to thinking, what do my fellow TF users find their launchers/home applications lacking?
I am always interested in learning about this sort of stuff, which is also why I tend to tune my machines to match what fits me, lol.
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Actually ADW EX was great on the TF till the latest update or two. Supposedly there's gonna be a big update within a week or so.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379978
I started using adw because it was bundled in cyanogenmod. I bought it for my tf and found out just like my phone that most of the special effect transitions had to be turned off for better performance. In fact it destroyed my krakd rom and I went to prime without the animations and I have been very happy with it. I don't need 8 frickin screens to swipe through, in fact one is perfect for me.
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+1 for ADW Ex - it's the best I've seen...
What don't you like about ADW Ex - I'm curious now....
ADW EX is nice. The last update killed the hidden dock bar which I loved. But the new revamped bar works well. I only use 2 screens.
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ADW EX is nice. The last update killed the hidden dock bar which I loved. But the new revamped bar works well. I only use 2 screens.
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You can still hide the dockbar if you want with the latest version (was fixed in the very last version, I believe). The only remaining issue for me is that I can only have 11 icons in the dock now in landscape mode - used to be able to fit many more. Also, it lets you have 13 icons in portrait, but only 11 in landscape?!?! I did report this issue. Haven't heard back though - I'm sure the dev is getting flooded with emails....
But, ADW EX is buttery smooth... Love all of the different effects and the ability to group my apps, etc....
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure ADW EX is the only truly Tablet-capable 3rd-party launcher out there. Go Launcher works well, but it's still obviously designed for a phone.
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure ADW EX is the only truly Tablet-capable 3rd-party launcher out there. Go Launcher works well, but it's still obviously designed for a phone.
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GoLauncher has just released a beta for the 'pad' as they call it. Its a far cry from completely optimized, but stable and works well. You can get it from thier blog, or search the TF Apps and Themes forum. (so many rules, I just don't post links)
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+1 for ADW Ex - it's the best I've seen...
What don't you like about ADW Ex - I'm curious now....
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The only gain over the stock it really gives me is "Folders" and I don't like the home screen experience on the TF.
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im still using stock because i love honeycomb. but then again it could just be that i just got the tablet over black friday weekend.
still messing around with it but i got the ADW ex when it was 10c too. i tried it but i usually run the stock launcher on my android phones and so i dont think ill use it. :]
Looks like the aftermarket has been working hard on Android 4.0 compatibility because I was able to install both the ADWLauncher EX and LauncherPro Plus launchers on my ICS phone and they work fine. I chose to stay with ADWLauncher EX because of looking much more like the original ICS UI and allowing the same folder creation as in ICS. And the dock looks much the same. The only drawback is the lack of the search bar at the top. I prefer it.
Usability wise, these launchers completely smooth out ICS to buttery goodness. ADWLauncher EX allows for scrolling speed adjustment that makes a quick flick a pleasurable experience, no lag to be suffered anywhere. Both launchers bring back the more desired widget choosing function of previous Androids...tap & hold on homescreen.
It's really pleasing now. You get the functional goodness of ICS (excellent multitasker, softkeys and all that ICS brings performance-wise without the troubling UI performance issues.
Oh, and you get to use the OEM scrollable widgets.
Oh dear... And now you're back to liking ICS. You're quite impulsive with your opinions, what will it be tomorrow?
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Looks like the aftermarket has been working hard on Android 4.0 compatibility because I was able to install both the ADWLauncher EX and LauncherPro Plus launchers on my ICS phone and they work fine. I chose to stay with ADWLauncher EX because of looking much more like the original ICS UI and allowing the same folder creation as in ICS. And the dock looks much the same. The only drawback is the lack of the search bar at the top. I prefer it.
Usability wise, these launchers completely smooth out ICS to buttery goodness. ADWLauncher EX allows for scrolling speed adjustment that makes a quick flick a pleasurable experience, no lag to be suffered anywhere. Both launchers bring back the more desired widget choosing function of previous Androids...tap & hold on homescreen.
It's really pleasing now. You get the functional goodness of ICS (excellent multitasker, softkeys and all that ICS brings performance-wise without the troubling UI performance issues.
Oh, and you get to use the OEM scrollable widgets.
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I have a great setup on an Evo I modded for someone with Launcher Pro skinned to look exactly like ICS, on a CM7 ROM with Theme Chooser set to an ICS theme. It looks and feels amazing.
I don't think I will ever use stock launcher on an aosp device, it's so funny how 3rd party launcher guys make it so much smoother than google does.
ICS as an OS, although I like it, is starting a trend I don't like as "user friendly" to the point where things are harder to deal with. I actually prefer GB style widget adding instead of the HC sort and ICS sort where you swype the dock to get to the widgets. Other things like that. I don't know, maybe I just need to get used to it.
This should go in your other thread about ICS being a letdown, rather than starting a new one. Would you raise that for a mod please?
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This should go in your other thread about ICS being a letdown, rather than starting a new one. Would you raise that for a mod please?
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Have a look at that thread...I won't spoil it for you, go take a look.
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Have a look at that thread...I won't spoil it for you, go take a look.
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I see it was quite rightly closed.
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What I meant was that you should not have started this thread. Please ask a mod to merge them or close this one.
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Wow...really? You didn't see that the other thread was closed??
Apologies for seeming insensitive.
Duhh..i thought the biggest new thing about ICS would have been the ability to have a decent experience out of the box, knowing that i can change the launcher doesn't impress me much. Tbh 2.3 had already nearly all of the functions i needed, what i really wanted was a smoother and simplified ui, with less workarounds to be used, and at the end of the day it doesn't seems like ICS is really bringing that stuff to the user. Just my 2 cents.
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Duhh..i thought the biggest new thing about ICS would have been the ability to have a decent experience out of the box, knowing that i can change the launcher doesn't impress me much. Tbh 2.3 had already nearly all of the functions i needed, what i really wanted was a smoother and simplified ui, with less workarounds to be used, and at the end of the day it doesn't seems like ICS is really bringing that stuff to the user. Just my 2 cents.
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I tend to agree, I like 2.3 with a custom launcher over 4.x with stock launcher any day.
I just did a clean install of Android 4.0.3 on my HD2 and the difference is night and day. It is sublime. So buttery smooth and fast. The Galaxy Nexus is now back on the table and a wanted piece of hardware.
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I just did a clean install of Android 4.0.3 on my HD2 and the difference is night and day. It is sublime. So buttery smooth and fast. The Galaxy Nexus is now back on the table and a wanted piece of hardware.
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Does it compare well to the ui smoothness of wp7 as not having ics myself I am curious?
Dave
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mistermentality said:
Does it compare well to the ui smoothness of wp7 as not having ics myself I am curious?
Dave
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Not with the stock UI. It approaches iPhone smooth, but not WP7 smooth. But I am using ADW EX launcher and with that, it is WP7 smooth. I was using ADW on 4.0.2 and it made ICS very usable. But with 4.0.3, the difference is spectacular, to put it modestly.
Wish we could get this for Samsung Tab 10.1's already.
I'm liking the stock launcher. My Nexus runs like a champ.
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I'm liking the stock launcher. My Nexus runs like a champ.
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Yeah, the stock launcher is really, really good. The best stock launcher of any of the Nexus'. I just find more convenience with ADW and it looks almost exactly the same...configured the right way.
I'm a huge fan of how smooth ICS is, regardless of the launcher. I've not messed around with Honeycomb too much, so going from Gingerbread to ICS is a huge jump for me in terms of appearance and performance.
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Not with the stock UI. It approaches iPhone smooth, but not WP7 smooth. But I am using ADW EX launcher and with that, it is WP7 smooth. I was using ADW on 4.0.2 and it made ICS very usable. But with 4.0.3, the difference is spectacular, to put it modestly.
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Its not because of changes in adw then? Would love to know what they changed to make the difference but glad they did it.
Dave
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Its not because of changes in adw then? Would love to know what they changed to make the difference but glad they did it.
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It dawns on me that the quality and pleasure I'm experiencing now could be something entirely to do with Tytung's efforts with his custom ROM rather than a reality of the 4.0.3 OEM.
ADW is exactly the same between the two version. I can't see them making any changes from one to the next in such a short period of time. Not saying it's impossible, just saying unlikely. With this custom ROM, I actually updated to 4.0.3 initially rather than do a clean install. Even with an update 4.0.3 was noticeably smoother. Only until I did a clean install did I experience the speed and buttery smoothness of 4.0.3. It is a dramatic difference.
Well,you can even try GoLauncher on ICS and it'll be buttery smooth too,whereas in Gingerbread it's nowhere near the other launchers in terms of smoothness(Unless you own a 1.6GHz Galaxy S II ).Hardware acceleration does good after all.And some under-the-hood improvements in 4.0.3 are what makes it as good.Wait for some proper roms and you'll see(Not that Tytung's rom or any other ICS rom isn't good,but none of them is final,rather something like being in beta phase).
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It dawns on me that the quality and pleasure I'm experiencing now could be something entirely to do with Tytung's efforts with his custom ROM rather than a reality of the 4.0.3 OEM.
ADW is exactly the same between the two version. I can't see them making any changes from one to the next in such a short period of time. Not saying it's impossible, just saying unlikely. With this custom ROM, I actually updated to 4.0.3 initially rather than do a clean install. Even with an update 4.0.3 was noticeably smoother. Only until I did a clean install did I experience the speed and buttery smoothness of 4.0.3. It is a dramatic difference.
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So maybe tytung somehows trims down ics to remove problem issues?
Dave
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I noticed that the nexus 7 home screen looks like there is some kind of launcher running. Can i make my infinity look like that? Any direction would be much appreciated please.
That looks a lot like Nova Launcher.
Thats the default laucher, but thats a new mode in JB called phablet mode. Its a mix of the phone and tablet modes.
it's the phone UI on a tablet whereas the infinity is using the tablet UI
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I noticed that the nexus 7 home screen looks like there is some kind of launcher running. Can i make my infinity look like that? Any direction would be much appreciated please.
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Thats the default laucher, but thats a new mode in JB called phablet mode. Its a mix of the phone and tablet modes.
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I love phablet mode. If you flash the Paranoid Android rom you can make your Infinity look like the Nexus 7 (you could even change the layout to look like a big phone if you wanted). Unfortunately the rom is a little buggy at the moment but I am hoping that some of the issues will be sorted out in the next release.