Nova Launcher - Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps

Heya, I did search and haven't found a topic discussing Nova Launcher.
I was wondering what everyones opinion was on it now that we have ICS.
So far I have been enjoying it, I like the customization it offers.
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Cloudsnightmare said:
Heya, I did search and haven't found a topic discussing Nova Launcher.
I was wondering what everyones opinion was on it now that we have ICS.
So far I have been enjoying it, I like the customization it offers.
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I logged in just to come here and post about NOVA Launcher and you beat me to it.
A little background on it is the stock ICS launcher with some add ons, Its running great for me. .
paid:
https://market.android.com/details?...sImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5sYXVuY2hlci5wcmltZSJd
Free:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&feature=related_apps

Im using trebuchet launcher right now and it is pretty good. Anyone compared the two? features seem very similar.

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Im using trebuchet launcher right now and it is pretty good. Anyone compared the two? features seem very similar.
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I have nova, the screen size is all f'd up on trebuchet it's much better but still not great pretty stock
Im now going to try Apex and 360 see how they go
Does anyone know of any others????
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I'm going to stick to stock launcher until they release Nova for tablets cuz at the moment some features don't look and work quite well on tablets plus I find stock launcher faster

Nova works fine for tablets. I have been using it on my nexus since 2 months and on my transformer since today. Works perfectly. Smooth amd fast.
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I just installed Nova, and it seems pretty nice... a few nice options stock doesn't have.
I can't figure out how to add a folder though... can anyone help me out with that? I see the options for folder backgrounds, etc... I just can't figure out how to make one on the desktop.
*edit* Never mind... I figured it out. For anyone else wondering, drag one icon on top of another, iPhone style.

I installed Nova Launcher today and like it a lot so far. Very smooth

Trying apex launcher right now it has almost every option that nova has its free no upgrade to premium crap like nova more features are coming soon and its under 1mb in size
Think i have found my fav ics launcher for now
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Danzano said:
I have nova, the screen size is all f'd up on trebuchet it's much better but still not great pretty stock
Im now going to try Apex and 360 see how they go
Does anyone know of any others????
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You can change the grid size and the margins.
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You can change the grid size and the margins.
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Have not tried 360 yet but so far apex is good you can change grid size but i don't think margins although the dev says he will be adding more and more features
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I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex.
The thing about Nova is that it is not fully optimized yet for tablets. From the app drawer you can see that it only fills the middle part of the screen. Features are limited for the free version whereas for Apex, it is completely free with all features that Nova Prime has. I'll stick to Apex for now.. but I'll still keep a lookout for Nova.

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I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex.
The thing about Nova is that it is not fully optimized yet for tablets. From the app drawer you can see that it only fills the middle part of the screen. Features are limited for the free version whereas for Apex, it is completely free with all features that Nova Prime has. I'll stick to Apex for now.. but I'll still keep a lookout for Nova.
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My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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Weird. After a reboot, mine's still not fullscreen. Did you integrate the Nova Launcher as a system app?

For me the nova docked increased in size when i increased the desktop width x height grid to 10x 10, then after applying the settings i changed it back to the original 8x9 i wanted.

ldc2335 said:
My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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Weird. After a reboot, mine's still not fullscreen. Did you integrate the Nova Launcher as a system app?
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Just go into Nova Settings -> Desktop
Increase the value for Columns. It will make app drawer fill the screen more.
You can increase the Rows too but 8 or higher will make icon labels invisible. 7 is the max without making the labels disappear.

kay_kiat88 said:
I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex
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I searched for Apex in the market, but I don't see the launcher.

Drybonz said:
I searched for Apex in the market, but I don't see the launcher.
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Google it.

Nova launcher for sure.... by far the smoothest launcher ive used on any device. no stutters. and the card stack transition is a personal fave.

Well I use Nova on my phone and it is just perfect for it, but when it came to my TF, I found it was a bit awkward... No matter what, I would find the margins a bit too large, and my Asus Weather widget would look cropped at the bottom (I had to resize it real big to have something convenient).
I tried Apex, and it's much more to my liking. A tad faster for me, and it even got the screen transitions i craved so much on stock. Apex it is, then !

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Stock vs Launcher Pro

what home screens are you guys using?
i just installed launcher pro plus but i noticed that all the widgets cannot be used with it....
what are you guys using?
I'm probably going to stick with stock. I'll make it look nice and neat using Beautiful Widgets or w/e it's called.
I think the Sense widgets are just much nicer (I use the Weather/Clock, Photo Album, Friendstream, Bookmarks, and News), and much more polished than the LauncherPro Plus widgets. Also, the text in the launcher pro widgets are very small and difficult to read for me. The only widget in LauncherPro Plus I like better is the messaging scrolling one. I wish the Sense one had the contact pictures.
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I think the Sense widgets are just much nicer (I use the Weather/Clock, Photo Album, Friendstream, Bookmarks, and News), and much more polished than the LauncherPro Plus widgets. Also, the text in the launcher pro widgets are very small and difficult to read for me. The only widget in LauncherPro Plus I like better is the messaging scrolling one. I wish the Sense one had the contact pictures.
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im going to try all those widgets right now. the only thing thats bothering me is the background behind the apps placed on the home screen lol
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im going to try all those widgets right now. the only thing thats bothering me is the background behind the apps placed on the home screen lol
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Oh, that's VERY easy to create a metamorph for. Just substitute a transparent PNG for that icon.
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im going to try all those widgets right now. the only thing thats bothering me is the background behind the apps placed on the home screen lol
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I actually like them, it's always bugged me that the app icons are not symmetrical. I'm sure I'm in the minority on that but I like that about the MyTouch (BTW, I don't actually have a MyTouch, just running the ROM on a Nexus One in the past, just recently switched back to Desire port, needed a working camera, may actually get the MyTouch soon)
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I actually like them, it's always bugged me that the app icons are not symmetrical. I'm sure I'm in the minority on that but I like that about the MyTouch
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^ I'm with you!
Anyone using launcher pro?
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I am using launcher pro. I actually just bought the paid version for the extra widgets. I like it a lot. The only thing I wish it had would be the Vibrant style app drawer.
I had to get away from having the stock myFavs on the dock. Other wise the stock is ok. The stock widgets are nice but now I have widgets with paying only $3 for launcher pro.
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Also the free Sense Analog Small Clock widget from the Android market makes it look just the way I want.
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I am using launcher pro. I actually just bought the paid version for the extra widgets. I like it a lot. The only thing I wish it had would be the Vibrant style app drawer.
I had to get away from having the stock myFavs on the dock. Other wise the stock is ok. The stock widgets are nice but now I have widgets with paying only $3 for launcher pro.
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I hear you bro. The faves on the dock is killing me lol. I'm debating if I should use launcher pro or not
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I wouldn't use launcher pro personally because mysense was one of the thing I really liked about this phone that got me to choose other over the g2 and th vibrant. It looks really nice, has cool features, and is very customizable. Plus I feel like launchers slow down phones. That is why I stopped using them on my droid I had before this
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On my G1 the launcher slowed my phone down but I an not sure anything will really slow my MTG4.
I just had to get a better dock. I couldn't stand so much wasted space on my home. Lol
To each his own.
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Using LauncherPro Plus, I tried them all and this one is the best.
U not doing this with sense
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U not doing this with sense
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Hey, what are those text icons? Looks pretty good if I say so myself Are those LP only or just a generic icon pack?
Search tallmin by lekky on the forum. Launcher pro plus when you add a application to a home screen, you can change the icons. So many things you can do.
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Search tallmin by lekky on the forum. Launcher pro plus when you add a application to a home screen, you can change the icons. So many things you can do.
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Thanks! I found it. I just remembered I can do it in ADW as well, just never felt like I needed to until I saw these.
Once more, thank you!
I like the Sense UI too but have the feeling that it is slower than launcher pro and drains faster my battery. If I open an application with launcher pro it opens immediately. If I use the Sense UI there is a short delay before the application screen is visible, mostly it is a white background with nothing on it.
Sense is sluggish to me also, not as bad as the evo, but still.

compatible launchers.....

stuntdouble has created a great list of apps, games and utilities but how about a thread for honeycomb compatible launchers ?
one of the things i love about android is the ability to use custom launchers .... however not many seem to work on honeycomb.
might be worth keeping this list separate though as launchers tend to evolve more.
starting the list then -
Launcher Pro - seems to work very well and seems to be nicely tweaked for HC.
VTL launcher - i believe this is being built specifically for HC and seems to be a nice start.
anyone found any others ?
list starts here ..
ADW Launcher EX
Link https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOjLExOzdI
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Link https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fede.launcher
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0Tc8HtSDw
VTL Launcher
Link https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vtlab.launcher&feature=search_result
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VeUeIHVnTA
Please note that the videos are nothing to do with me (so many thanks to the video uploaders).
Adw Ex -> runs super fast
where is the latest adw ex version ? It doesnt appear in the market.
im hoping that the imminent SPB tablet edition is as good as the early screen shots make it look !
also waiting for a Regina launcher tablet version as ive a soft spot for it on my phone
Search fow adw ex in market its there
search for ADWLauncher EX
I'll add a link to this thread from mine. Hopefully you can find a few more for your list.
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I'll add a link to this thread from mine. Hopefully you can find a few more for your list.
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either that or feel free to add launchers to your lists
i just figured that compatible launchers would just be a slow burn thread
I added a couple a while ago, but tbh I don't really care much for them personally. Not really all that many updated for honeycomb. I think the fact that the default launcher works just fine has put off most developers.
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I added a couple a while ago, but tbh I don't really care much for them personally. Not really all that many updated for honeycomb. I think the fact that the default launcher works just fine has put off most developers.
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Def disagree with that post. 3.1 launcher is still laggy as hell. Adw ex is super smooth. Also adw ex is updated for honeycomb with hdpi icon hack and graphic acceleration.
Can someone post a pic of launcher pro?
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If you browse this thread there are a few using lp and adw.
I am using lp at the moment and like the widgets, animations and customisation. Adw does much the same.
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Can someone post a pic of launcher pro?
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cant do screenshots yet but ive added a link to a youtube video (not mine) that provides a demo - see first post.
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Def disagree with that post. 3.1 launcher is still laggy as hell. Adw ex is super smooth. Also adw ex is updated for honeycomb with hdpi icon hack and graphic acceleration.
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to be honest i dont have a problem with the stock launcher .... its just that every so often i fancy a change
Just been trying ADW EX - running very fast
I wish there was a way to get rid of the orange flame adw ex icon on the top left hand corner in ADWX launcher.
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cowballz69 said:
Def disagree with that post. 3.1 launcher is still laggy as hell. Adw ex is super smooth. Also adw ex is updated for honeycomb with hdpi icon hack and graphic acceleration.
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Well you're entitled to your opinion ofc, but I don't get any lag with it on mine in 3.0.1. I'd say you've been installing badly coded apps that have made it laggy tbh if you had it bad in 3.0.1 as well. Don't know about 3.1 yet, will see tomorrow though.
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I wish there was a way to get rid of the orange flame adw ex icon on the top left hand corner in ADWX launcher.
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Seriously... do I need an entire row of every home page on my device taken up by something with the ADW logo, and "ADW Launcher EX" on it?
Is there a way to take that god awful advertisement off there? Worst idea ever, like I don't know what Launcher I'm using, srsly.
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Seriously... do I need an entire row of every home page on my device taken up by something with the ADW logo, and "ADW Launcher EX" on it?
Is there a way to take that god awful advertisement off there? Worst idea ever, like I don't know what Launcher I'm using, srsly.
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yep. agreed. its not ideal.
whatever was the dev thinking ???
apart from that im finding ADW works great on the transformer. Would quite like to see whether the Regina Launcher dev manages a port - and the SPB UI looks fantastic ! ive you havent seen it i suggest a view on youtube !!
not sure when its likely to be released though
Tried ADW, but every time I try to resize an object, it crashes.
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Tried ADW, but every time I try to resize an object, it crashes.
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resizing is not something i do often but ive just tried it on a couple of widgets with no crashes ..... what widgets are causing you problems ?
Resizing works fine for me. Try to reinstall it.
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Best launcher for galaxy tab running gingerbread

I am looking for best launcher for tab. I installed 3 of them launcher pro, launcher 7 and golauncher.
Launcher pro is good, but need to pay for its widgets. No crashes till now.
Launcher 7 is good but very less home screen options. No crashing but sometime slow to start home screen.
I am highly upset with golauncher, i make my home screen staying whole night, adding widgets shortcuts but when i woke up in morning one of three home screen was lost with all content! !!
I made it again and later find out two two home screen collaspe and became ONE! overlapping apps.
Golauncher has more option than launcher pro, widgets are free to but it crashes everytime, is there any way to fix it ?
Or any other best launcher?
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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i can only agree with ganj...
i use it for quite a time now and no probs with ...fast and smooth
I use launcher pro, only because of the sexy theme-able widgets
I've run LauncherPro since it was in Alpha, and I can testify to it's performance, both on my Tab and my OG Droid. I love the ability to skin the widgets, and even though it's been a looooong time coming, Fede is rewriting the entire launcher code in order to enhance performance. ADW EX does have benefits though, especially with things like being able to move the app drawer out of the dock, and onto the homescreen. Being able to remove the dock is cool as well. The major issue I had with EX, was with widget resizing and overlapping... I could just never get it to work as well as LP. Either way though, you can't go wrong. They're both great launchers.
ADW Launcher for free is smooth and quite customizable. The EX version is hands down the best, and it's cheap.
And there's VTL.Launcher too
I use Go Launcher Ex and no problem with, for me it's the best, free, many theme for free and you know that widget free also....
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Another vote for ADW Ex. VTL is nice also, based on ADW. ADW Ex and Live Wallpaper Switcher so you have different backgrounds on each page is golden. Resizable widgets is good too.
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Awd ex.. Thumbs up..
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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Yup. Adw ex is my fall back launcher. Its the one I end up running on most kernel and rom combos. Open home, based on Adw too I believe, is fantastic too. Great customization and a solid feel bit its a limitless over priced, its confusing about the whole 5/6 thing and it seems wrong to have a commercial launcher called "open" is a bit cynical. It might be just my setup but I also had battery issues from it.
My latest favourite is actually GO launcher with weather and task manager widget and am running go SMS too. Just realised I never even installed Adw when I last flashed.. hmm well there you go. Been a good solid few days with no issues at all and thinking about it I've had no lag, good battery and yeah forgot I was even running it if that makes sense. Free is free too afterall and the only real complaint is the limited premium themes but there are loads of free ones, some quite nice too.
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I like go launcher but my tab was unlucky for it, there were too much bugs on it. I bought laucher pro and awd ex from market and playing with them .
Launcher pro is simple and i already set it up but awd is eating my brain, a lot. I played whole day but still cant figure out how to add its widgets and other things. Lets see
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right now, im using go launcher ex.. might try adw some time later.
Go Launcher EX. So far it shows the best perf and usability combination for me on both froyo and gb.
BTW, I am willing to switch to TW4 if I can see a good perf (not yet, at least with Overcome GB Gold).
@gandroid and all who thinks ADWlauncher is good, i am preety pissed of with it. I bought without trying its free version now they will not make refunds.
I even cant figure out how to add awd widgets , it just takes me to market where there is option to buy only. Is there any free widgets and themes that comes with it or we have to buy everything. I dont want to pay more for launcher only.
I bought launcher pro also, which has itself free widgets. Its worth of 3 somthing dollar.
Somebody please tell me either i dont know how to use adw or it doesnt have any widgets.
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I use VTL.Launcher, its a fork of ADW designed for Tablets. Brilliant launcher imo, a LOT of customisability and options, and not exactly expensive either.
I prefer the Go Launcher, too. It can has an unlimited number of screens and is VERY customizable, even the shortcuts/icons on the desktop. Before, i used launcherpro. But Go Launcher is free and even more customizable.
Go and ADW
Originally I was a fan of LP but since my discovery of ADW Ex I have been using the latter. Excellent launcher in every respect. Go Ex is also extremely good. My comments would be : Go Ex seems to me the best as far as the usability and inteface is concerned (if it works properly), it probably has the best themes as well. Another great point is the ease with which we can put multiple icons on the screen. BUT, I am having a few problems with it. Everytime I reboot the widgets disappear and I have to put them back again which is a pain. That is happeneing with ADW as well, perhaps its my ROM or kernel. It also seemed to be obviously slower than the ADW. So now I am using Go Ex with my tab and ADW on the Galaxy s phone. So ADW is definitely faster.
I used Go Launcher EX. Because its free.
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Or if you are looking for a very fast yet super simple launcher, you can go for Zeam.
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vote to go launcher ex, much custimizable, umlimited screens, lots of themes, smooth and statable..

What's the best Launcher?

So I've never used a launcher before this day. I always knew they had cool features but just didn't feel like learning a whole new launcher. In your opinion which one is the best? I will try any launcher paid or free. If it's free great but if it's worth the money I'll surely support the developer.
I tried GO Launcher EX and it looked alright... I guess, I put the Sense theme on(latest one) and it was bugged like ****, the menu buttons were covering the Sense buttons so I couldn't use them and it didn't even have the carousel effect, it just moved between pages normally. I don't know if I did something wrong(I even tried rebooting, still nothing), I just ran the Launcher and applied the Sense theme from within it. So from my experience this Launcher already sucks which brings us back to the main point of this topic; what is the best launcher(your personal favorite)?
I prefer ADW launcher. Small memory footprint, fast, does everything I need it to.
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I prefer ADW launcher. Small memory footprint, fast, does everything I need it to.
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Does it have a good Sense theme? I'd really like to run Sense3.0 on the Charge
I really liked whatever launcher was included in GC 1.9.1.
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I have been using Zeam launcher for about a month now because it is fast and no frills with an extremely small memory footprint at 8.3MB on the settings I am using (most likely not what you are looking for). I have also used GO launcher, Launcher Pro, and ADW. All of them seem to work well and are less laggy than the stock Touch Wiz launcher.
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Does it have a good Sense theme? I'd really like to run Sense3.0 on the Charge
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Not sure about Sense 3.0 (as I am not familiar with Sense), but I am pretty sure HeLauncher is supposed to be a Sense clone in appearance.
Go Launcher
I prefeer launcher 2... Aosp all the way
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I like the stock AOSP launcher but hate that you can't tweak it or remove screens.. so ADW is a suitable replacement and they have AOSP themes in every color you could want
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So I've never used a launcher before this day. I always knew they had cool features but just didn't feel like learning a whole new launcher. In your opinion which one is the best? I will try any launcher paid or free. If it's free great but if it's worth the money I'll surely support the developer.
I tried GO Launcher EX and it looked alright... I guess, I put the Sense theme on(latest one) and it was bugged like ****, the menu buttons were covering the Sense buttons so I couldn't use them and it didn't even have the carousel effect, it just moved between pages normally. I don't know if I did something wrong(I even tried rebooting, still nothing), I just ran the Launcher and applied the Sense theme from within it. So from my experience this Launcher already sucks which brings us back to the main point of this topic; what is the best launcher(your personal favorite)?
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I used launcher pro for a while. Its free and there's an option for a full version . Now I just use the stock launcher though
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The one you don't use.
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Having used stock, Launcher 2, and now Go Launcher, I can say without a doubt that Go Launcher is the best of those three.
A lot of people really like ADW. Is it free?
Go Launcher is and is extremely configurable. Check out all the preferences you can customize, then check out the themes. (Some paid themes and a bunch of free ones...just have to search for them.)
I LOVE the transparent theme combined with the transparent dock theme. You can apply themes to the GO Widgets also, which makes them look pretty nice.
I've been using Go Launcher for about 2 weeks now and have really enjoyed it.
I've tried them all on multiple ROMs & IMHO LPP+ is the clear cut winner, it's all I use now.
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I've tried them all on multiple ROMs & IMHO LPP+ is the clear cut winner, it's all I use now.
~John
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IMHO LPP+ ummm whats that?
I've been happily using Launcher Pro since I retired the stock launcher. Tried using Go Launcher EX (again) the last couple days, still don't find it better than LP, YMMV.
ace5198 said:
IMHO LPP+ ummm whats that?
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Launcher Pro Plus.
~John
I've used AOSP, LauncherPro, ADW, 7Launcher, Windows 7 Launcher thingy, Go Launcher, Zeam, and more.
Go Launcher is by far my favorite. It has all of the bells and whistles I need. Well, mostly all of them. I never have home screen redraws with Go Launcher, either.
anoninja118 said:
I like the stock AOSP launcher but hate that you can't tweak it or remove screens.. so ADW is a suitable replacement and they have AOSP themes in every color you could want
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Not true, I didnt see clear in there.
I've used all the popular launchers. My favorite is MIUI, but that requires MIUI Rom, which we don't have. My current launcher of choice is GO Launcher. It used to kind of suck, but they make improvements all the time and there are many really nice free themes for it. Right now I'm using Windows 7 theme.
Go Launcher fan here.

Launchers Lag

Over the past week or so, I have been gladly using Nova Launcher (you can download it from Google Play here) as it allows me to have several icons on my dock and obtain a stock ICS/Jelly Bean look that I absolutely adore. Yet, having unintentionally reverted back to Touchwiz, I've noticed just how much smoother the default Touchwiz launcher is compared to almost all of the custom launchers available for Android. So, does anyone know of a good launcher for the Samsung Galaxy Note which fits all of the stock widgets, has a landscape mode and, most importantly, doesn't lag?
Brad387 said:
Been using Nova Launcher for a while. But Touhwiz seems much smoother than all other launchers. Are there any other launchers which do not lag? Or is it possible to make the Touchwiz launcher run in landscape mode?
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Get apex launcher it has ics interface like nova exactly but way smoother u will feel it btw I know what u talking when using nova its not that much smooth in the drawer just make sure to go to the settings in apex then advanced then check keep in memory good luck mate
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I also want a launcher which works with the S-Memo and other Galaxy Note widgets, as some I have noticed to not properly fit the widgets onto the screen.
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dannycanrock said:
Get apex launcher it has ics interface like nova exactly but way smoother u will feel it btw I know what u talking when using nova its not that much smooth in the drawer just make sure to go to the settings in apex then advanced then check keep in memory good luck mate
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keeping in memory will affect ur device frm goin to deep sleep mode I guess....
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keeping in memory will affect ur device frm goin to deep sleep mode I guess....
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No u wrong I have been using apex since the first version and never had that issue keep in memory is just when u clear the ram the launcher won't redraw or using another task killer its the best launcher out there
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My Note does not presently deep sleep, which I am working on trying to solve, but I've never found a launcher to cause any battery issues so I don't really see a need to worry about that. On a side note, does anyone here know of a way to obtain the widgets seen on the Nexus 7 stock home screens? You know, the ones shown in the picture here.
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i have nova launcher and no lag,its run smooth and fast,just overclock gpu to 267mhz(in 2d)using tegrak,default is 160 and when oc,note runs much faster
szakal87 said:
i have nova launcher and no lag,its run smooth and fast,just overclock gpu to 267mhz(in 2d)using tegrak,default is 160 and when oc,note runs much faster
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I do not want to over-clock either my GPU nor my CPU as this will drain more battery life and also require rooting.
szakal87 said:
i have nova launcher and no lag,its run smooth and fast,just overclock gpu to 267mhz(in 2d)using tegrak,default is 160 and when oc,note runs much faster
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You are right but I still think apex is better and smoother u can give it a try
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You are right but I still think apex is better and smoother u can give it a try
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Any ideas about the Nexus 7 widgets?
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Any ideas about the Nexus 7 widgets?
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Am look for that 2 its really nice
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dannycanrock said:
Am look for that 2 its really nice
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Yes, it'd be a nice widget for our media oriented Galaxy Notes.
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I also want a launcher which works with the S-Memo and other Galaxy Note widgets, as some I have noticed to not properly fit the widgets onto the screen.
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+1 ... but especially S-Planner!!
Or at least S-Planner should work as a Widget, i dont care that much about the other widgets.
Any tips? Or widgets who can sync with S-Planner?
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Get apex launcher it has ics interface like nova exactly but way smoother u will feel it btw I know what u talking when using nova its not that much smooth in the drawer just make sure to go to the settings in apex then advanced then check keep in memory good luck mate
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I tried using apex launcher..but the wallpaper gets blown up (like it seems to force itself to become the multi-screen wallpaper style :s) anyone know a fix or why it is like that ? I tried using the SGS3 launcher and same thing happens.
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I tried using apex launcher..but the wallpaper gets blown up (like it seems to force itself to become the multi-screen wallpaper style :s) anyone know a fix or why it is like that ? I tried using the SGS3 launcher and same thing happens.
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Go to ty launcher the choose a wallpaper then get back to apex
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