[Q] Homescreen/app list refreshes every time I unlock screen - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Hard to find the right words to search this in the forum, but..
I'm on ICBINB Froyo, and it was just beautiful for the first few days. Easily 2+ days battery life, nice and buttery smooth.. but all of a sudden, it seems that almost any time I unlock my phone to the homescreen, or leave an app to the homescreen, the screen itself will rebuild before my eyes, as well as rebuild my app list should I attempt to hit the app drawer.
Anyone have an idea what's going on? Figured it would be the launcher, so I switched between LauncherPro and ADW, same thing. Very frustrating.. if there's any other info you need to help, let me know.

wizard7926 said:
Hard to find the right words to search this in the forum, but..
I'm on ICBINB Froyo, and it was just beautiful for the first few days. Easily 2+ days battery life, nice and buttery smooth.. but all of a sudden, it seems that almost any time I unlock my phone to the homescreen, or leave an app to the homescreen, the screen itself will rebuild before my eyes, as well as rebuild my app list should I attempt to hit the app drawer.
Anyone have an idea what's going on? Figured it would be the launcher, so I switched between LauncherPro and ADW, same thing. Very frustrating.. if there's any other info you need to help, let me know.
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This is called a launcher redraw. There is a thread on how to fix this here in the forum somewhere. Good luck my friend!
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tehgyb said:
This is called a launcher redraw. There is a thread on how to fix this here in the forum somewhere. Good luck my friend!
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Looks like essentially adding "echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" to /data/local.prop fixes the launcher redraw lag. Thanks for the right terminology!

Also, is that fix safe for Froyo? I see a lot of the fix threads reference GB.

You'll actually have to add it to system/build.prop
wizard7926 said:
Also, is that fix safe for Froyo? I see a lot of the fix threads reference GB.
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It should be, it's with a try. Worst case scenario you'll have to go back in and delete that string lol
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can we get a list of what works and what doesnt? or just basically everythings the same as evervolv
Nice work gonna try this out... report back soon
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Same stuff wrong don't want to mess with the integrity of his work!
Most stuff that is borked I do not use anyway! Enjoy!
REMEMBER! Set the window and transition speeds to fast! (evervolv settings icon)
You get crazy speed and i mean CRAZY SPEED!
Adw launcher ruins roms and kills babies. Dont insult users... provide go launcher, zeam or at least launcherpro instead
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zorack8000 said:
Adw launcher ruins roms and kills babies. Dont insult users... provide go launcher, zeam or at least launcherpro instead
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i see you have not tried ADW EX !
OP the Font is fracking UGLY
swapped fonts and launcher you fargon bastages!
UPLOADING NOW! Give it a FEW!
Most people who don't like adw don't really know how to use it.
i hear ya!
Thanks, I hope recognized, the main function can be used normally
It would be nice to have a listing of what works and what doesn't work so folks don't have to refer back to another thread.
ADW EX FTW, everyone should try that
ADW Ex is a paid app on the market. Do you have permission from AnderWeb to include it in the ROM?
I would remove that paid app. thats pretty messed up bro.
selders59 said:
It would be nice to have a listing of what works and what doesn't work so folks don't have to refer back to another thread.
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I agree totally!!
well if i knew all that i would not have done it! pretty blind sometimes!
Thanks for the comfort!
Evokings... i am not able to choose the right side button on the dock or the left, is there something i need to do to be able to do this? its just grayed out...
can you be more specific please?
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[ROM] [ACS] EH17 TouchWiz 4

Thanks to zohawkish.
http://min.us/mRJUXE8ZU
Based on Eh17, but with some TW4 Files.
May not boot, so good luck.
I know the OP is boring for now, but I'll make it better later.
first...
i might give this a shot later
I'll try it out on my spare
It booted fine. Was a tad sluggish on startup but worked out. Didn't look too much different from eh17 normally
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nbunn said:
It booted fine. Was a tad sluggish on startup but worked out. Didn't look too much different from eh17 normally
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It looks the same? That's weird.
outside of TW4....yeah it looks the same
A cool rom, the TW4 doesn't do horizontal orientation when the keyboard slides out...
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I've been running this since last night, and it seems to work much better for me than when I tried to run TW 4.5. The only issue I've had so far is with market updates crashing the market, but I'm sure that's from the way I restored all my apps, since I was so tired.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a way to do this true TW4 standalone from the ROM, or is the only way to use this ROM?
If it is anything like TW4.5, you have to turn on landscape mode followed by a reboot. It only has to be done once but once you do you get landscape.
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I've been running this since last night, and it seems to work much better for me than when I tried to run TW 4.5. The only issue I've had so far is with market updates crashing the market, but I'm sure that's from the way I restored all my apps, since I was so tired.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a way to do this true TW4 standalone from the ROM, or is the only way to use this ROM?
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Yeah, all you need is the framework.jar from the framework folder and it needs to go in an Eh17 rom and you also need twlauncher from system/app
Hey J. Everytime I run this I get only the app drawer on the dock. No phone browser or whatever else is usually there. Is it something I'm doing?
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jayare313 said:
Hey J. Everytime I run this I get only the app drawer on the dock. No phone browser or whatever else is usually there. Is it something I'm doing?
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Just manually add the apps you want on the dock.
(App Drawer > Menu > View Type > Customizable Grid > Menu > Edit > *Make Changes* > Menu > Save > Menu > View Type > Go back to what you like.)
It's a lot more annoying than other launchers on the market, but you can still do it. TW4 seems to have a maximum of three apps, plus the app drawer. On the custom TW4.5, it allows for more, but the app drawer still will always be the right-most icon. Those two things are all I would as for Samsung.. well maybe an auto-hide home screen number too. Minor annoyances but a silky smooth launcher.
Also, thanks for the reply xboxfanj, about trying to add this without needing to flash the whole ROM.
Thanks.
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If anyone knows how to make a theme install script, the only files I changed were framework.jar and TWlauncher
xboxfanj said:
If anyone knows how to make a theme install script, the only files I changed were framework.jar and TWlauncher
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If I can find the time, I might try learning how to do that, because I'm having a bit too much trouble combining my mods. I might tinker with it, along side working on getting ACS ICS where I want it on my phone. In the meantime, I've been using QQLauncher. It's nicer looking, and more of what I want, since it readily works with ACS ICS, but TW4 seemed to be a bit smoother for me. Now that the Galaxy Nexus has been announced, I might also be a little more patient as things develop. Not to mention, Cyanogen is getting pretty polished. Decisions, decisions.. I'll be glad when I'm finally settled on something. Until then, hopefully I can learn enough to help put some of these solid mods together.
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If I can find the time, I might try learning how to do that, because I'm having a bit too much trouble combining my mods. I might tinker with it, along side working on getting ACS ICS where I want it on my phone. In the meantime, I've been using QQLauncher. It's nicer looking, and more of what I want, since it readily works with ACS ICS, but TW4 seemed to be a bit smoother for me. Now that the Galaxy Nexus has been announced, I might also be a little more patient as things develop. Not to mention, Cyanogen is getting pretty polished. Decisions, decisions.. I'll be glad when I'm finally settled on something. Until then, hopefully I can learn enough to help put some of these solid mods together.
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St. Louis Buddies. Cardinals 2nite. I'll fix it and make it more TW4 like too, IE: not only the launcher, other interface elements too. I'll make it a theme.
St. Louis buddy #3 hope cardinals kick ass =P. I'm shocked you can add your own apps to touchwiz 4.0 I didn't know about that at all >__>
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St. Louis buddy #3 hope cardinals kick ass =P. I'm shocked you can add your own apps to touchwiz 4.0 I didn't know about that at all >__>
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In the theme, I'll add the International Galaxy S 2 standard apps like phone because they have much cooler icons.
xboxfanj said:
St. Louis Buddies. Cardinals 2nite. I'll fix it and make it more TW4 like too, IE: not only the launcher, other interface elements too. I'll make it a theme.
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I already have a tw4 theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272280
edit: oh, you meant for EH17 right?
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I already have a tw4 theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272280
edit: oh, you meant for EH17 right?
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This is the tw4 framework, not just a theme. At least to my understanding.
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Go Locker

Hello all,
I have a couple of questions about Go Locker for those that use it or use Go Launcher EX.
I actually hated it at first for a number of reasons but recently gave it another try. I know I have modified my phone the way I like it and have 2 locker themes I really would love to use.
However, what seriously frustrates me is the lag and inconstant performance. First off, when I power cycle the phone or restart it, it will load the default Skyrocket lock screen for a while before it eventually only loads the Go Locker screen I have chosen. Second, it sometimes does not display the lock screen immediately after waking the phone up by pressing that power button.
I love this very much but I seriously hate the lag and poor performance.
Has anyone been able to tweak this or find a workaround?
Thank you much,
i use milocker
Ahh, never heard of milocker. Does it perform well for you? Is is fast after waking the phone? Do they have themes or are there any from third-party?
Thanks!
I found either go locker or one of go lockers themes seemed.to help my battery drain real quick . I'm going to try milocker also
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milocker has many themes. some work faster than others.
I completely agree with this! Very true. Not only are some slow as mentioned below even with milocker, but some do have an impact on battery life. I personally won't use any that has some kind of animation.
I just found one high tech theme that looks amazing and works great, as long as I disable the clock. Don't really need the clock on lock screen. Works great!!
Thank you all
alejandro said:
I found either go locker or one of go lockers themes seemed.to help my battery drain real quick . I'm going to try milocker also
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ADW ex needs folders in drawer

Hi to everyone.
First if this kind of post is frowned upon I do apologizes, but as you read on you will see why it's necessary. As the blog for ADW has the comments closed, i suspect the out pour of requests for folders in the drawer has caused Anderweb to become frustrated as well.
I have been a hard core ADW user and love the launcher more than any other, it's fast, feature rich and meets all my needs but one....
Andrweb has decided to adopt a categories view for the drawer and as cool as that is, it's just not something i can get use too. trust me i have tried, several times.
I really just wish we could have folders, I can have all my apps on one page and folders with names just works with the way my brain works.
So with out further a due here is my begging post, please Anderweb can you help me out and add the option to have folders in the drawer, the way you have them on the desktop is sick (love it) and adding that feature to the drawer would be awesome.
As for adding comments about other launchers, please save them for another post. No need to fill this with try this try that. I have tried almost every launcher and ADW is what I'm comfortable with.
if you are with me and a loyal ADW user and would also like to see folders added to the drawer please share your thoughts and maybe with the power of word we can get this feature added or at minimum a reply from Anderweb saying he will never add the feature and at that point I/we can decide if we want to move on.
this post is in no way interned to offend Anderweb or any other person, no animals or live stock we're harmed writing this post. In fact a few trees have been saved. LOL
HackitZ
Completely agree, adw badly needs folders in the app drawer.
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I agree also and a new update would be nice too and some new transitions to the app drawer and main screen would be awesome.
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Thanks Guy's glad to see you feel the same way.
I think a lot (10% ?) of ADW user's might have already left waiting for folders in the drawer. plus update's.
Maybe if we can get everyone to post we can send Anderweb the link here.
So share the link to people you know use adw and want folders in the drawer.
Should have titled the post, folders in the drawer. Kind of catchy. lol
Ok i have been thinking of this to much. lol
I thought this post would get more hits, maybe I'm the only one waiting for folders in the app drawer.
i too agree with this
Tapped from a modded GS2
One of the reasons why I switched to Go launcher.
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Unfortunately I too have left my ADW Pro copy uninstalled because of folders in the drawer, using instead Go Launcher as well... I'll much prefer to use ADW, but the categories in ADW are too "clunky" to actually use at this time, well in my mind I should say.
I use ADW on my transformer with ICS and love it. I never used folders in android but I use my tablet for work and sometimes I find myself looking through a slew of apps looking for what I want. I could see putting all my work stuff into a folder would make things easier.
I also like to hide apps that Widgets and launchers throw in there, plus apps I never use like Latitude. On family members tabs, I like to hide root apps and file explorers and the likes.
Thank god for android and choices!
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Stevemotto said:
One of the reasons why I switched to Go launcher.
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I switched to go for a while, I found after a while go launcher slowed down. Plus I don't need all of go launchers options.
Hopefully we will get folders in the app drawer soon.
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I just had an idea, does anyone know anderweb?
Maybe if he has stopped developing it he might release the source code for another person to work on it.
Hmm, just an idea.
ok so we just need a dev who wants to tweak it? any takers?
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hackit said:
I switched to go for a while, I found after a while go launcher slowed down. Plus I don't need all if go launchers options.
Hopefully we will get folders in the app drawer soon.
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Really? I find ADW a tad bit laggy in my scroling experience. Guess its different for different people.
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guess the need for folders in the app drawer is not as big of a deal as i thought. or most have moved on.
I have been pestering go launcher to add 7 icons to the dock. the dev said he tried but it looks bad. i asked him to try adw or zeam as both have the ability to add more icons to the dock and both do it well. time will tell if the dev adds this to go.
gloves are off, maybe adw will wait tell next Christmas to release an update? same as last year, no updates but a new one for Christmas. must have needed some extra cash... LOL
the free version of adw is already open source. that is why cyanogenmod used to use it long ago. only adw ex (paid) is not open source i think.
http://code.google.com/p/adw-launcher-android/
Am I the only one to find that ADWLauncher EX is more complicated and harder to use than the free version? I had to roll back to the free version just a while after trying the EX one. I love the scatter transition effect which is not available in Ex and I really hate the 2-line app labels.
Morever, I can't access Launcher settings in my phone settings. It was not there and I had to make a shorcut on my Home screen. Maybe because I had my free version still installed. Doesn't matter, Free ADWLauncher ftw.
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so uh, yeah any progress
JordanMitch said:
so uh, yeah any progress
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No progress, I think anderweb has walked away from developing adw.
Maybe a new dev will work on the open source and bring adw back to life, or wait for next Christmas when he wants some extra money. LOL
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No progress, I think anderweb has walked away from developing adw.
Maybe a new dev will work on the open source and bring adw back to life, or wait for next Christmas when he wants some extra money. LOL
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hackit, just curious what launcher are you currently using?
JordanMitch said:
hackit, just curious what launcher are you currently using?
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I'm using ADW, I have tried every launcher out there and really like ADW the best, at least for Ginger bread. I'm not into all the extra features like most other launchers. I also like zeam but it to is missing folders in the apply drawer. Plus I like ADW'S style of folders on the home screen.
Now when my xperia s gets ics ill move over to apex launcher.
Curious why you asked?
another reasons why i swicth to go launcher
but i still like adw
if adw put just folder option
i will switch back again
nb : i just need that option to put my program in adw
im falling in love with ACE

[10/18] Modified TouchWiz 4.5 Launcher

So.............. I can't even remember how many people have asked me to look into getting the ticker "call" screen to work when you are using different launchers... Well, I (edit: FINALLY) took a look an hour ago, and I figured it out Right now I have the modifications incorporated into this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883, which i personally LOVE! But yeah, i Didz it
I could probably get it to work with other launchers too, but for now, i'm done... hahaha... I highly suggest checking out that launcher though... It supports samsung widgets (because it is based off of Touchwiz 4.0 launcher ) and works pretty nicely I have a weird obsession with the weather clock we have, so this launcher satisfies that, and more
Alright guys, download time
Install this to the system/app folder (after renaming it to just TW4Launcher )
Download (APK): http://www.mediafire.com/?8jzcxc1p3og69zl
Ok, add this to my WTF list! Lol If I'm running this launcher still get the call options on the large screen. Then, if I switch back to Go launcher, the calls show up in the ticker(Awesome Btw!) . I've gone back and forth multiple times and rebooted... Always the same.
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Lol, that's normal! Even with the stock touchwiz launcher the call doesn't show up in the ticker when within the launcher itself... it's when you go to another app that it pops up the reasoning, I assume, is because you are doing important things while in different apps, but when you are home, it's okay to get a more intrusive call method because you aren't doing anything the problem was that the ticker call screen wasn't coming up ever when you didn't load the stock launcher
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Lolol!! Yes everyone, I am a DA! And I thought my work around was pretty slick: set up a tasker task to run tw4 for 30sec at boot, then I have the ticker call all the time.
Anyway, love this... However it works! Lol
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Not asking you to do this, just asking if it's possible... Could this and your "ticker 4 button return to call screen" (ec09) be made into a stand alone app: ie, not tied to a launcher? I'm assuming it's gotta go with the launcher, but as I proved above, don't know much about this stuff
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Hello Trailblazer!
It was me. I am the guilty party. I was the one clamoring for this feature all along.
I had an invisible shortcut set to launch TW Launcher any time I happened to reboot my phone, and that was my way of ensuring the call screen function would be there.
Alas, the lure of ICS and JB drew me away from my Continuum to a used Fascinate on eBay, but I still have the Continuum and have made it my kids' phone as a VOIP phone / entertainment device.
Haven't visited this forum in a while...crazy to see what has changed since my last stop. Gingerbread? Your call screening fix? I might have to do some flashing!
Spear...
Are u using google voice + voip?
How is your kids device set up to call etc?
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Yes. But that's not the whole story.
I use an app called Groove IP. It integrates into Android so that you can make it the default app for outgoing call requests. But it requires a Google Voice account.
So GV is the texting app and the conduit for phone calls in and out. Had to change a setting in my Google Voice account for incoming calls to come to the phone.
Pretty strange still to get texts from my 6 year old when I'm at work.
That's how I have it set up. Just was wondering ...
Yeah my son loves to text when he gets a chance with my phone since he lost his lol.
He beat modernwarfare 2 in under 20 hours, his eigth bday weekend last week.
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roaddog665: Well, to answer your question, I incorporated the "ticker 4 button return to call screen" feature into gingerbread, so that's not a problem anymore and for making the "call screen" stand-alone... It could probably be done, yeah... However, if I was going to do that, then the even when you are on the launch itself the call screen in the ticker will show up... Basically all what the code in the launcher does is tells the ticker when to show the call screen, so when it is active, it won't show, and when it is closed, it will! I guess that's not a bid deal, but I don't really know performance wise how well that would work... That's not really on my list of things to do though, because instead I can just incorporate my patch, haha
Spearoid: Long time no see! haha... And thatsssss who it was: you! lmao... It's all coming back to me, lol...
and lol, I know right, so many good things are finally happening for the continuum
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roaddog665: Well, to answer your question, I incorporated the "ticker 4 button return to call screen" feature into gingerbread, so that's not a problem anymore and for making the "call screen" stand-alone... It could probably be done, yeah... However, if I was going to do that, then the even when you are on the launch itself the call screen in the ticker will show up... Basically all what the code in the launcher does is tells the ticker when to show the call screen, so when it is active, it won't show, and when it is closed, it will! I guess that's not a bid deal, but I don't really know performance wise how well that would work... That's not really on my list of things to do though, because instead I can just incorporate my patch, haha
Spearoid: Long time no see! haha... And thatsssss who it was: you! lmao... It's all coming back to me, lol...
and lol, I know right, so many good things are finally happening for the continuum
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Thanks for the info! The work around I've been using shows the ticker screen even on the home screen, but it doesn't work all the time. lol I asked about the standalone just because I'm trying to learn about this stuff...but it has a pretty big learning curve for someone with absolutely no programing experience. I was happy getting CRT to work by myself without breaking something!
Hey guys, is there any other launcher that you would want me to try and mod? I'm not saying I can do it/be able to, but if we can come to a consensus, I might take a look at one or two others, haha I have just been pressed for time lately with everything
I'm using GO Launcher holo launcher, I like having the scrollable dock. This mod + the four button return to call = ticker call screen heaven! Lol
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trailblazer101 said:
Hey guys, is there any other launcher that you would want me to try and mod? I'm not saying I can do it/be able to, but if we can come to a consensus, I might take a look at one or two others, haha I have just been pressed for time lately with everything
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Maybe something like holo launcher cause is an ics based launcher and ics is what we're mostly working on/waiting for.
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Maybe something like holo launcher cause is an ics based launcher and ics is what we're mostly working on/waiting for.
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Thanks for this... Hadn't found this one. Like it a lot, think I've found my new launcher!
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roaddog665 said:
Thanks for this... Hadn't found this one. Like it a lot, think I've found my new launcher!
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One of the best in my opinion.
Hey TB, any news/progress on this?
Is there anything I can do to help?
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For some odd reason when I have your mods and use this launcher it crashes on me. Stuck with our original launcher for now.
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For some odd reason when I have your mods and use this launcher it crashes on me. Stuck with our original launcher for now.
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With the Holo Launcher? That's odd, I'm running them both with no problem. But, I'm starting to think these phones have minds of their own, I couldn't get Ciscogee's theme to run but I think everyone else could.
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Or the TW4launcher? Now that one I did have issues some issues with.
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With the Holo Launcher? That's odd, I'm running them both with no problem. But, I'm starting to think these phones have minds of their own, I couldn't get Ciscogee's theme to run but I think everyone else could.
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Oh no Holo Launcher worked fine on me. the touchwiz 4.5 had a few bugs.. But not a problem. Ciscogee's theme works fine with me with any launcher with no problems.
Did you guys just regularly install it, or did you put the apk in /system/app ? Just curious... Because it works great for me, ahha
and I tried doing the mods for the Holo Launcher, and porting it worked just fine... It just the fact that I had to resign the apk that was the problem, and that was something I didn't want to deal with I'll do it eventually, ahha

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