I use go launcher but notice the default home launcher way faster. Is this normal. I enjoy the options other launchers give but does it slow phone down? Can you uninstall the default launcher
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Go launcher is slow plain and simple because of all the addons. Ads ex or launcher pro are much faster.
Thanks. What can I do to change lock screen instead go launcher. New ones faster but hard to choose
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Thanks. What can I do to change lock screen instead go launcher. New ones faster but hard to choose
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For the lock screen try widget locker. I use it and adw ex for the launcher. You could also try mi locker.
I've found that ADW EX and Zeam Launcher are both good, and both are faster than the TouchWiz stock launcher.
I'm using Zeam right now - not as many customization options as ADW, but I like it a lot.
Gingerbread launcher free, bye Eugene373 (currently a dev for 989). Super simple, not for those looking for super customizable.
I love it.
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Im using Zeam right now. I switch mostly between zeam and qq launcher.
Adw ex is also good.
Ive seriously tried every launcher. These are my favs.
Market search 360launcher thats gonna be really good to in a couple updates
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I like go launcher ex and adw. Adw is faster but it crashes too often. Launcher pro is nice too but I prefer it on aosp or cyanogen roms. We don't have that on the skyrocket yet.
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I have my phone underclocked to 972 MHz, and my go launcher ex is running beautifully, no lag? So I don't understand y u would want to switch. However LauncherPro is my favorite, and I only switched because of a lack of updates
I use LauncherPro and love the customization and widgets. I also have used milocker and magiclocker for custom lockscreens.
ICS Launcher, seems to have finally stable and not FC on me for the last 10 days
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ICS Launcher, seems to have finally stable and not FC on me for the last 10 days
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Beautiful widgets always fcs ics laincher
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Has anyone tried the new TSF Shell launcher? Looks pretty cool just seems kinda pricey :-/
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I use Google Launcher and have no problems with it. For the lockscreen I use widget locker.
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Since I switched to Go Launcher from TW, it has put android system very high in the battery stats(before it was only at 6% and now over 35%). It seems to be using up more resources. It also drains the battery faster while using the phone but doesn't change the battery drain while not in use.
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Has anyone tried the new TSF Shell launcher? Looks pretty cool just seems kinda pricey :-/
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Yup. I like the idea behind it, but I didn't like using it.
i use dxhome, there is a thread about it in themes and apps section
i tried adw but the app drawer scrolling was too slow
launcher pro and go launcher worked for a while but when i found dxhome and qqlauncher it made launcher pro and twlauncher seem laggy as sh*t. i also wasted my money on spb shell 3d i never could bring myself to use it for more than a day.
i got widgetlocker and regret nothing it is amazing. on faux 010 its so smooth it looks like the real thing.
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Since I switched to Go Launcher from TW, it has put android system very high in the battery stats(before it was only at 6% and now over 35%). It seems to be using up more resources. It also drains the battery faster while using the phone but doesn't change the battery drain while not in use.
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3D transitions and all the other shininess will do that to your battery life.
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I've been using many different once, everytime flashing the custom ROM's, but after an hour I go back to the best one I've ever used the 360 Launcher V2, it's free and fast.
I use it with Android 4 theme, works great looks great, has good widgets.
How ever yesterday I came across a good new launcher, Claystone launcher, if you post on FB it let's you download a Transparent theme which is pretty nice, and if you get use to working the new launcher it's actually not bad.
Zeam and launcherpro have always been the fastest and cleanest for me. I prefer launcherpro because I can make the homescreen grids 10x10 so I have more adjustability with my widgets.
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I've used everything from adw to pro. Is there a end all winner when it comes to speed ?
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I've used everything from adw to pro. Is there a end all winner when it comes to speed ?
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I love zeam launcher pretty fast and lightweight.
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I've tried most of them and I always keep on going back to LauncherPro. The application drawer is the smoothest of the bunch.
Adw ex is by far the best launcher if you get the settings right its as smooth and fast as ios on the iphone4.
I've bought, and had Launcher Pro. I liked it, but once I tried out GO Launcher, I haven't been back since.
I always go back to Launcher pro its great. I like adw ex but I wish they had the names of the transition effects. it'll make it easier to pick which one you want to use. I would use Go Launcher it smooth and its FREE, but I'm not crazy about the resizing icons or my dock when I pick a dock or an icon for the dock. It'll come out blurry and fuzzy out of focus.
But Go Launcher is great and its always improving did I mentioned its FREE. Its a tough decision but for a home replacement with all the features I would pick Go Launcher.
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I love zeam launcher pretty fast and lightweight.
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THIS.
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i have a low end device (about 400 mhz cpu) and launcher pro had the smoothest transitions than all the other launchers
Zeam is the fastest for me, then comes GO Launcher. I use ADW EX tho, it has more customization than the others, but its much faster than Launcher Pro. (For me that is)
I've also tried HeLauncher, its pretty snappy. It also has a feature that has a lot of docks. From Sense, to Gingerbread, to some of the custom Sense docks on XDA.
for me, tag home is light weight and fast, but there's little you can do to its drawer or windows.
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I was using launcher pro but after running ADW EX on my wifes Eris I have switched to that for about the last week. I don't see any drop in performance and the customization is amazing compared to LP. From themes to gestures and animations, the icon resizing is great as well. If you want something no frills you can always try Launcher 7 as well. It emulates the launcher from windows phone 7. It all comes down to preference really,i actually have 4 or 5 launchers on my phone that I keep just to show people differences first hand when they are choosing for their phones.
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Frankenclean 2.9
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Tyler's Transblue Honeycomb v11
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ADW EX.. I bought it and never looked back. it is very customizable and easy to work with plus it is blazing fast!
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ADW EX.. I bought it and never looked back. it is very customizable and easy to work with plus it is blazing fast!
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I used Adw ex for quite a while, but came back to launcher people in the end
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We could all sit here and tell you what our fav launcher is and why but it would not do much good. The speed will very depending on many things. Rom, Background apps, Device, Available mem, the list goes on and on. Best bet is to try them each out and find the fastest one for you on your device
Go launcher for me... Used all 3 for sometime and Go launcher have best of both awd and launcher pro world...
As nobody can ever agree which is faster i'm going to go out on a limb and say they're all about the same!
I tried ADW ex, GO ex and some others. I don't know why, but the only launcher with real fluid animations is LauncherPro.
I also like it's widgets.
Waiting for the completely rewritten LP....
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In terms of the "feel" of the launcher, LP has been for me, hands down the smoothest and best feeling launcher (I've tried everything there is to try I think). In terms of plain speed, probably Zeam.
Go Launcher
Go Launcher will be my preference
I just switched to using Go Launcher EX from using Launcher Pro Plus and I think Go is much faster and responsive. However, that's all subject to change after the LPP rewrite is completed.
Hello my SGS4G community,
I would like to know everyone's opinion on which is the best launcher for our SGS4g right now?? Right now I have Launcher Pro, which is great, very customizable. However, lately it has been crashing or restarting on its own. Would like to know if there is anything in market as good or close to launcher pro. Perhaps smoother??
thanks guys
I like ADW. I never had a problem with it and very customised.
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I would have to say ADW as well. I have been using it for well over a year. I have tried LP, Open Home, Go Launcher and even SPB Shell 3D and I find ADW Launcher EX to be the best, but that is just my opinion.
i use Launcher Pro and ADW2 Beta
Ive been using GoLauncher, havent had any problems, seems to do much of what launcherpro did, including autorotate of home screen. but i may have to check out this ADW.....curiosity, ya know.
+1 on go launcher. Very customizable. Haven't tried many others, but don't really feel the need to. Go launcher has just about everything you might want.
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Another vote for ADW; it's been great for me, and fairly customizable.
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I've tried most, luncher pro is my favorite!!
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Zeam Launcher offers a scrollable dock and gesture commands to open app drawer view notifications toggle full screen view all screens open dialer and more!! I love it.
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I absolutely love zeam launcher. Small, fast, and easy to use. The action bindings make things so much easier. But if you want something jam packed with features, I would definitely agree with go launcher. Way too many features. Lol.
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Gingerbread launcher is GRRREAT!
Thank you guys for all your insights. I must say Go launcher is a really sick launcher that I've tried besides Launcher Pro. It doesn't have the 3d app drawer like LP and Adw does, which sucks, but it has some really cool animations effects and is really smooth.
if you're rooted then you can try TouchWiz 4.5
ADW... Like a boss
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I would have to say ADW as well. I have been using it for well over a year. I have tried LP, Open Home, Go Launcher and even SPB Shell 3D and I find ADW Launcher EX to be the best, but that is just my opinion.
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So I took your advice and got the ADW Launcher EX and it is everything I wanted. I just wanted the cube transition and I got everything else for free!
I love adw ex, so customizable, many transitions, and the gestures of swiping are awesome I dont have a button for my app drawer I just swipe up on my screen and my app drawer transitions up
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I have spb 3d and i have to say it is pretty sick
I like Launcher Pro, ADW, and Go Launcher.
ICBINB seems to run on ADW the best for me, but Go launcher feels a bit snapper. Only things that turn me off about it are the previews and the orange selecting box.
Does anyone know how to get Sense-like previews on Go Launcher?
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I like Launcher Pro, ADW, and Go Launcher.
ICBINB seems to run on ADW the best for me, but Go launcher feels a bit snapper. Only things that turn me off about it are the previews and the orange selecting box.
Does anyone know how to get Sense-like previews on Go Launcher?
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I would have to agree about Go launcher's previews and the orange selecting box. It would be nice if we were able to customize that option like you can in Launcher Pro.
Gingerbread launcher is pretty good
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Gingerbread launcher is pretty good
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+ 1 running gingerbread with gingerbread launcher is pretty sweet
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Hey guys, I'm thinking on getting a new launcher, but I don't know which one to get. So maybe you guys can give me some recommendations. Thanks.
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I like LauncherPro the most right now. I used to ADW while I was on Froyo, but that seems to lag for me on GB. Funny that LauncherPro used to lag for me on Froyo instead.
I would love GoLauncher, but it doesn't have the Sense-like previews, so I don't use it. It's the smoothest of all launchers, imo.
Id have to say adw ex is the best launcher ive tried em all but adw always has me coming back, it has every feature of every launcher and more.. Just my opinion and its been better to me on GB then it was with froyo
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umm id have to say umm the laucher im about to release lol
Launcherpro plus ATW!
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For me, definately Go Launcher EX.
I decide how many docks, rename all applications to my language, put them in folders, close all applications when i want and i use a combination of iphone and HTC sense themes. It is super fast and never crashes. I didn't try launcher pro, but i didn't like adw UI at all.
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I go back and forth with adw ex and go launcher ex. Right now I have go launcher on my phone and adw on my tablet. I do feel that go launcher ex has more features than adw ex but adw is more stable.
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umm id have to say umm the laucher im about to release lol
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Then I'll have to wait for this. Lol
Thanx guys for giving me some options. I'll give them a try wen I come home. Thanx.
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Using ADW with GB. kinda prefer launcherpro however - have not tried it on GB yet.
I am using ADW EX and loving it.
i use zeam launcher. nice and simple. may not have any themes, but who needs em with the people here? plus, there's no lag that i've noticed. all in all a good launcher with some simple customizations.
now raver, you need a tester
for your launcher? no you know how to reach me.
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When you gonna release it?
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spb shell. 3d baby!
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Thanx guys for all the options. I ended up going with the launcher that came with the sweet acid theme. I love it since it has the aosp look and its very smooth. Thanx anyway.
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I used launcher pro on froyo and it had many options but i ended up using zeam cuz its simpler and fast.
In GB am stuck with ADW cuz its the one that comes in ravers ftw rom.
Also, I used go but it drained my battery fast and just saw theres a new one... qq launcher. So my suggestion is you spend some time with them and decided which one you liked the most.
oh ill release it in due time lol i got a few supprises donaters will be getitng some team acid treats before anyone else sorry i been laxing but this fixing miui and studies and work have been eating up anytime i have left
Go Launcher Ex, but now using TouchWiz 4 cause it's light.
I've tried the Valhalla TW, ADW, and launcher pro. I ended up buying the full version of launcher pro. The problem is not one of these launchers had all the features that I wanted in one package, each had features that i couldn't get in the other.
In launcher pro, I don't like the HTC style app menu, I want to be able to organize my apps. I love the swype function of the dock icons to activate pull up menus, and the Widgets. Though the one thing that i hate about this launcher is the lack of real notification options for apps such as Gmail and email as you see with go launcher or adw.
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Are there any light-weight launchers that significantly improve battery life? I'm using Valhalla/TW atm.
Zeam is my launcher of choice. Clean, responsive and I like the gestures to open notifications or the app drawer. It seems to have a good memory footprint for all the features.
But I'm on the MIUI beta 1 that's in the dev forum right now so I'm using its launcher atm.
I recently updated to 2.3.5 and of course its not the best launcher or even close .now i'm using zeam launcher and its snappy and clean, what are you guys using
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I use Launcher Pro, works nicely for what I need it for.
Only issue is I get FC's every time I reboot my phone. Anyone else see this issue?
I use launcher pro plus, it works the best for me, and it is very customizable.
No force close for me.
Go Launcher here.. it doesn't have the biggest category of themes but is simple and stable which works for me
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I use Launcher Pro, works nicely for what I need it for.
Only issue is I get FC's every time I reboot my phone. Anyone else see this issue?
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Its always redrawing and I hate that. And it hasn't been updated in a long time
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I use ADW EX. I used to use Zeam because it uses the least resources but I like some of the added features in ADW EX.
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Currently using Go Launcher EX. I love it.
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Go launcher here too.
Gingerbread 2.3.5 Humble Charge 4G
Launcher
Spb is the nicest launcher I have ever used
Go launcher
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What's the fastest launcher?
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So far with qqlaunchers new updates, I haven't had any home screen redraws or force closes
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I use Launcher Pro, works nicely for what I need it for.
Only issue is I get FC's every time I reboot my phone. Anyone else see this issue?
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Mine does the same thing on a reboot (has done it with three different ROMs) but other than that it works perfectly. INsTANT response & absolutely no redraw issues whatever.
I won't use anything else.
~John
I use Golauncher with their Transparency themed widgets.
Go Launcher EX
I liked Zeam, but then I tried QQ Launcher and I've stayed with it.
Another vote for Go Launcher EX, been great on EP3HA.
No redraws at all.
Go launcher. I've used LPP, ADW and Go, and I like Go the best. All three are good in different ways.
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TW4 launcher from an old Eclipse rom. I love the way it looks.
launcher pro.
Hello,
Im using trebuchet right now, because I don't want to change my unstable cyanogen 9.
I replaced my stock adw from cm7 for go launcher ex, because it is less laggy and you can hide apps.
So my questions is what are you using and why are you using it?
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Maclaw
Hi,
im using 360Launcher on Runny Rom 6.0 on my Desire.
But i'll see what i use this evening, cause im getting a Sensation Today
-xLychee
Apex Launcher on ICS, and was using Go Launcher on GB.
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ADW. I love all the themes for it.
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Apex launcher of course! Its smooth and easy to use.
Stock LG Optimus launcher using stock Froyo.
Apex Launcher with a Blu Kuban twist. The only launcher and ROM worth running IMHO.
Nova Launcher. Very nice. I will probably get the paid version as soon as I have money to spare. End of the month here so I'm prioritizing food instead..
I like the app drawer and the fact that you can turn off all the animations etc. If it's something I hate it's 3d effects in the home screen and app drawer. Urgh.
It's the only one I've felt is actually better than HTC Sense 4.0 that is already on the device (One V). I would probably be more keen to switch the launcher if I had a Samsung phone.
With ICS I love using Apex. One of the most fluid launchers I've ever used, and it's pretty customizable.
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Even with ICS my favourite launcher is still GO Launcher. In fact, I think the GO Dev team bring a large number of quality apps to Android, which is something a lot of Android apps unfortunately lack.
I keep switching between Apex & MiHome.
Nemus Launcher
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Nemus Launcher
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this
fantastic and smooth
many options
hiding apps, resizing widgets anything you would need
very stable however it can use quite a lot of memory (I have many widgets on multiple screens so thiis might be the reason)
Trebuchet
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Apex launcher on JDR0iD, TripNRaver's CM9 and the (almost) official CM9 (TeamNDVRU) for HTC One X...
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Nova Launcher all the way!!. I used Apex, but I find Nova to have a much bigger aspect when it comes to ,customization. Anything but Trebuchet!
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Can you explain anything but trebuchet?
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Maclaw
I'm trying out Apex launcher at the moment but Go Launcher is still my favorite, I need to be able to change the size of my icons.
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Nemus Launcher
clean, customizable, fast, easier to block apps under a password.
Apex launcher on ics
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I'm actualy with apex, but seems to lag sometimes