Why do some phones have different home screens when running the same OS? Example: the Infuse has a much different overall look than other phones that run Froyo.
Might be a dumb question, but its a curiosity.
That's the beauty of android....every manufacturer gives their individual android devices their own personality....
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Its based on the manufacturer really. Some choose to add their skin to it aka touchwiz motoblur sense and others just go naked. Lol.
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I'm curious to see what you mean by naked got any examples ?
^ no pun intended
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I think he means stock. Androids are the easiest phones in the world to skin. You just need to unzip the apk and fire up Photoshop. Gotta love PNGs.
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I'm curious to see what you mean by naked got any examples ?
^ no pun intended
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Maybe not stock as previusly mentioned since Infuse stock its not naked its actually running Touchwiz, HTC stock is running sense.
Naked I think means as for the called "vanilla" android meaningno customization per manufacturer, nothing like touchwiz or sense or motoblur on top of the "original" android home sreen the "AOSP" home screen.
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Why do some phones have different home screens when running the same OS? Example: the Infuse has a much different overall look than other phones that run Froyo.
Might be a dumb question, but its a curiosity.
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Also in top of the touchwiz or sense or motoblur, the home screens can change as you can run different home launchers (launcher pro plus, go launcher ex, regina launcher, 3d spb shell) to mention some.
And of course even in the same launcher everyone can vastly customize theyre home screens as everyone likes(with widgets, no widgets, 1 screen, 7screens, full of apps, no apps at all) without mentioning the still wallpaper or the live wallpapers.
So basicly... If you are on Android its gonna be REALLY hard that 2 home screens are the same.
And that for me its Android .
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Yeah stock android. no skining or anything. naked. For example this is stock android 2.3, its naked see, no sense, touchwiz, motoblur.
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Its based on the manufacturer really. Some choose to add their skin to it aka touchwiz motoblur sense and others just go naked. Lol.
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Naked, that's the way to go with Android!
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Yeah stock android. no skining or anything. naked. For example this is stock android 2.3, its naked see, no sense, touchwiz, motoblur.
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Isn't that just adw?
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:face palm: LOL look at the launcher. Better yet, Naked android is what comes on a Nexus. Its just android. See the launcher there just the phone the app drawer and the web. That's the stock launcher. Which is naked android.
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I've tried both and the stock launcher. I'm trying to decide on stock or LPP....
what are you guys using?
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I've tried both and the stock launcher. I'm trying to decide on stock or LPP....
what are you guys using?
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I use Launcher Pro Plus
It is amazing
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I use Launcher Pro Plus
It is amazing
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How many screen are you using?
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How many screen are you using?
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Love adw
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I use LP with 1 screen and I love it.
Is adw hidden in the market lol. There are about 500 themes but no adw.... I didn't scroll down that long but.....
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Launcher Pro Plus here... super smooth. If only I could get rid of mySense =(
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Launcher Pro Plus here... super smooth. If only I could get rid of mySense =([/
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Roms are coming!
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Launcher Pro Plus here... super smooth. If only I could get rid of mySense =(
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Once you install LPP you can actually uninstall MySense
LPP for sure and for keeps. Its going to take a phenominally better launcher and adw doesn't even come close to that requirement.
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I used ADW but then moved to LPP soon after. ADW was a pain to resize widgets, LPP can do it on the fly + has much more features.
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Is adw hidden in the market lol. There are about 500 themes but no adw.... I didn't scroll down that long but.....
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Do a market search for org.adw.launcher or
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I prefer the stock launcher.
LPP hands down. 5 screens
I use ADW with 7 screens.
Lpp with 7 screens.
Live aquarium wallpaper
Did you all know that you can pinch in towadrs the center of the screen to bring up the multiple screen view?
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Just Down Loaded LPP LOVE IT!!! Way faster than HTC Sense. Whole fun is faster. Thumbnails for pics, scrolling thru pics, playing vides, jumping between web browsers. Love IT!
I'm rolling with the Stock 7 Screens... I will continue to do so until the mission in my sig is a success.
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Lpp with 7 screens.
Live aquarium wallpaper
Did you all know that you can pinch in towadrs the center of the screen to bring up the multiple screen view?
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You can do that with ADW as well.
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What is everyone's home launcher of choice??? I mean like adw, or go launcher? I'm using helauncher.
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Ive tried many launchers and my favorite is LauncherPro due to its lite weight and very clean.
I had to move AWAY from Launcher Pro because it's a resource hog. Liking Go Launcher EX so far. At least a little quicker.
Launcherpro is my favourite, although I've never tried go. Been thinking about trying go to compare.
I've tried alot of them and kinda gave up and stuck with whatever the ROM I'm using has. I wish there was a way to take adw off if cm7 ...its almost useless lol.
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I've tried alot of them and kinda gave up and stuck with whatever the ROM I'm using has. I wish there was a way to take adw off if cm7 ...its almost useless lol.
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What about just uninstalling ADW?.....
GB has its own launcher...
Its built into cm7. Which is what I use.
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Its built into cm7. Which is what I use.
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you can install an alternative launcher, then delete ADW with Titanium Backup.
On topic, I like Zeam launcher. Light and fast.
I use launcher pro exclusively, how ever if spb shell want so freaking expensive.... Beautiful!
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I use launcher pro exclusively, how ever if spb shell want so freaking expensive.... Beautiful!
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im waiting for this to be an amazon free app... lol ya right..
I prefer Launcherpro, light and fast. I also like ADW.
Launcher Pro Plus...
ADWLauncher EX
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Speaking of launchers, does anyone know where to get the Stock Gingerbread launcher?
My phone (stock root of 4.24) only has Sense available. Was bored and work and wanted to see what true stock Android looks like. I found the Gingerbread keyboard already, but all the ones in the market say they are mods of the stock launcher.
BTW, searching the EVO sub-forum for "gingerbread keyboard" gives me links to nearly ever recent ROM thread.
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Speaking of launchers, does anyone know where to get the Stock Gingerbread launcher?
My phone (stock root of 4.24) only has Sense available. Was bored and work and wanted to see what true stock Android looks like. I found the Gingerbread keyboard already, but all the ones in the market say they are mods of the stock launcher.
BTW, searching the EVO sub-forum for "gingerbread keyboard" gives me links to nearly ever recent ROM thread.
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Search the market for "gingerbread launcher", there are several available.
I have both Launcherpro Plus and Adw Ex and while I generally prefer LPP, sometimes Adw just feels smoother...
I tried lpp and didn't really dig it too much. So I'm sticking with the adw that cm7 comes with for a while. I guess I just give up too quickly lol. Eh oh well
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I had to move AWAY from Launcher Pro because it's a resource hog. Liking Go Launcher EX so far. At least a little quicker.
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+1 - Go Launcher is great
@conquistador
Ditto. The ex version is do much better than the stock version that cubes with cm7. I also used go launcher ex got a while too. But their app drawer is kinda ugly, and they didn't have a 3d app drawer option when I last used it.
Swyped from my Beast Mode Evo!
Go launcher. Hands down. I like it's customization. Even though they are all highly customizable, I prefer go launcher and it's app drawer.
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It was released maybe a couple hours ago. I'm running it now and its pretty cool.
Dropbox- http://db.tt/JqKKfAE
YouTube Review by qbking77:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EtNQGpMDc
Screenshots:
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Trying it out right now..
so far so good, I'm going to see if it's worthy or replacing ADWex (doubt it, but we'll see)
Just installed now. Really cool launcher
Q. Chance it'll run on CM?
A. ...
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Don't see why not CM7 is only adw it will just give u a chance of a launcher after install
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Alright. Just installed and everything seems to work fine. Nice lil change.
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I just tried it and had it installed for 5mins, got 4 force closes. It looks cool, but not customizable enuff for me yet! ADW ex is where its at so far for me!! Thanks for the link btw!
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No problem...I'm using sense and adw but more so sense since beats is implemented in it.
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Trying it out right now..
so far so good, I'm going to see if it's worthy or replacing ADWex (doubt it, but we'll see)
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ADWex is where its at! What you think of the Ice Cream Launcher so far?
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Agreed. Not enough customization. I do prefer ADW EX. Still nice.
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ADWex is where its at! What you think of the Ice Cream Launcher so far?
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I like it much more than sense, but ADWex beats it hands down
Interesting, but still not good enough to replace LPP.
i like my gingerbread launcher n this is not so simple
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i like my gingerbread launcher n this is not so simple
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Yeah the Gingerbread launcher in Undeadk9's Senseless ROM is ridiculously smooth. This one, not so much. Now if only I had ADWLauncher EX's desktop transitions and the Gingerbread launcher's 3D app drawer...
Undeads senseless launcher is so smooth n i dont like the look of the ics 1
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I think it's easier for using more swift
and it's beta or not
Version 4.0+ is much better now, if u install 2.4 it will grab the latest build for you, It's real slick and has many more options found in third party launchers.
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I found the actual ICS launcher to be superior to ADW and LP but this app isnt the actual launcher. If ever we get ICS I'll be done with ADW for a while.
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Version 4.0+ is much better now, if u install 2.4 it will grab the latest build for you, It's real slick and has many more options found in third party launchers.
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What version 4.0 are you talking about? I only see 1.4 in the market.
Hey guys, heres a question that i'm pretty sure most of you guys always wondered,
What is the best launcher for your phone?
theres always options like apex, nova, and holo, and comments like how they're buttery smooth..
i've had many devices and i found that apex's scrolling has slight lag and icon loading when you come back to home, nova is smooth MOST of the time(which means it does lag sometimes), and holo is like a mixture of the two.
I hated sense for its appearance, but always ended up going back to sense because sense launcher is the smoothest of the four.., the scrolling is buttery just like an iphone/ipod, if you guys ever compared
So I've found a fix for all of that, ZEAM LAUNCHER. Zeam has not lagged at all since i've downloaded it, its scrolling is smooth, and snappy. I dont see any lag or low fps scrolling at all on it. AND it has the pure android look! Finally a launcher i'm satisfied with
so try it out, test the scrollings, compare it to your current launchers, tell me what you guys think about ZEAM launcher
PS was running cleanrom 5.0 and now running Viper 2.0, STILL best launcher!
Remember to click thanks if I made your phone faster
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I always end up back at Sense for the reasons you mentioned. I will give this one a shot.
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I do like the smoothness and stuff... but its too gingerbread-ish for me... I find the paid version of holo launched HD (plus) is my top launcher. Especially how you can control scrolling speed of homescreen and drawer. Good find though bro.
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Launcher pro is awesome! Been using it for a month. Haven't had any problems. Second favorite is smart launcher. Love the automatic categories. Unique launcher but still needs some work.
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Zeam is old school.
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Launcher pro is awesome! Been using it for a month. Haven't had any problems. Second favorite is smart launcher. Love the automatic categories. Unique launcher but still needs some work.
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Lol, it won't be getting any work. The dev abandoned it over a year ago!
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Yeah LP hasn't had any updates forever. Lol. Smart launcher is fairly new. Pretty sure the developers haven't abandoned it.
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yeah the reason why i didnt mention launcher pro, adw, and go launcher is because they're more for the gingerbread era, 2.2/2.3 ish
to me, zeam is like the "launcher pro", of ics, simple, quick, clean.
Gave it a whirl, and call me weird, but I really like Sense.
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best not .... when i use another launcher is nova hands down the best imho
I'm also back to sense now, but I might try something else when I'll get bored. Haven't tried zeam since the vivid days, but I'll give it a go on hox, to see what's going on. I remember it's simplistic look though.
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I remember using zeam on froyo lol.
nova with transitions set to super fast is just awesomesauce
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Go launcher hands down
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apex or nova for me. i've been using the free version of apex for over a month and haven't seen any lag or anything that would be disappointing. same with nova when I tested that out.
our phones are fast (even unrooted), they don't need a launcher built for slow/old phones to keep the lag away.
After seeing the photos I think I would really like to see sense 5 it looks sharper then sense 4. What are people thoughts on the looks.
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Based on the pictures Ive seen, my honest thought of Sense 5 is:
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Based on the pictures Ive seen, my honest thought of Sense 5 is:
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Lol
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Compared with old sense
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/22/leaked-htc-sense-5-screenshots/
Sense 5 looks way better IMO. Less clutter, less chrome. It should work nicely in our screens with so much black.
I think it looks **** lol
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I think it looks much better then 4+ I would give it a run. The real question is how long would it take you till you switch back to aosp or senseless lol
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I like it! Looks smooth and minimal.
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I like the look but them icons look like crap.
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I like the look but them icons look like crap.
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Exactly what I said when I saw them.
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Darknites said:
I like the look but them icons look like crap.
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I must disagree with you on that .
I like the new look with simpler icons and widgets more than the current one.
I especially like the looks of new lockscreen. Hope the usability has also been improved. I might be clumsy or something, but i find the current ring shortcuts too difficult to use. I'm currently running stock JB and have replaced the lock screen with Holo Locker.
As long as its faster, I'll take it
OMG sense is getting worse with every update, sense 3.6 pisses all over sense 4 and up, what are HTC doing ? every update just cuts it down a bit more, i HATE stock android its the main reason i buy HTC ffs but they are becoming bland like stock
I feel that I like it.
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Screen shot 3 sweet wallpaper anyone seen anything like that?
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Screen shot 3 sweet wallpaper anyone seen anything like that?
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The red honeycomb one? Its from the DROID DNA.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/14/download-two-droid-dna-wallpapers/
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OMG sense is getting worse with every update, sense 3.6 pisses all over sense 4 and up, what are HTC doing ? every update just cuts it down a bit more, i HATE stock android its the main reason i buy HTC ffs but they are becoming bland like stock
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I wouldn't say that better. The sense that came with my old HTC hero looks soooo nice. Pity the phone its so slow compare to 1s
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Based on the pictures Ive seen, my honest thought of Sense 5 is:
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I'm with him... I really like Sense 4 - 4.5. =/
So it's basically your usual Sense update. Some like it, some don't, none can grasp that.
Cool.
It's cool for a slimmed down Sense look that is. What would be really cool is if there was an option in Settings for plain vanilla Android or the Sense version.
Just saying is all...