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[POLL] Which Launcher Preference Currently?

Please vote for your favorite.
Digging for current data as to which launchers are the most used. Seems there may have been a shift in the past month or so.

Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.

Not as much of a following for ADW EX as I had expected. Sounded like it was taking off.

CCallahan said:
Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.
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I really wish it was a way for stock to have 5 options like launcher pro. That would make stock the number 1 launcher. I'm sure it many others who would like to see that one day.

i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!

I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.

BDR456 said:
i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!
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I agree but I like sense widgets and launcher pro widgets I just would like to use both like have two facebook and twitter accounts setup one for sense and one for lp. It's like a business setup and a personal setup lol. I just wish stock had the five options in the dock like launcher pro
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I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.
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Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.

I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh

Can't vote from my xda app and too lazy to go to actual website (1x at work), but launcher pro plus is my all-time favorite.
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?

I never retired adw besides in cm6 what's different in.the new ex? Does it have anything LPP doesn't have?
CheesyNutz said:
I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh
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With sense you have to change the dock background the harder way lol, I think the new adw can too
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?

CCallahan said:
I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?
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I have used LP, LPP, Stock, ADW, and ADW Ex.
LP and LPP are smoother than ADW, which is smoother than Stock.
ADW Ex has been the smoothest over all for me tho, I have had zero issues with it.
I haven't heard of Zeam or Go, but the other 2 I have tried i didn't really care for were Panda and Open Home.

CCallahan said:
Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.

nuggyunlimited said:
Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.
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Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.

I love ADW EX, but he has to implement the ability to change the dock background. The transitions on cm7 are just wicked.
I was a HUGE LP homer until ex dropped, but once the LP re-write is out, if ADW still doesn't have the option to chaneg the background then I'm afraid I'll be going back to LP. The only thing I miss other than that is the bookmark swipe ability..the market has everything else.

bgchz said:
i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.
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I'm not crazy about the LPP widgets. There are free ones on the market which are just as good or better in my opinion so can live without those (only ones I even use are calendar and contacts).
One question.....I read from someone that ADW EX doesn't have customizable dock background pics. Is this true?
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Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.
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I hear ya. Takes some time to set all this up again.

Only 1 day left till the poll expires.
Cast your vote!

Launcher Pro Plus FTW.
I've tried ADW (regular and EX) and while I really, really like the performance and tweaks, I keep coming back to LPP for the speed and widgets.
Hmm. Maybe I'll try EX again, now that I think about it....

Launchers

I see a number of different launchers out on the market. Can anyone tell me which one works best on the skyrocket? Thanks
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Launcher pro or adw. But i stick with the touch wiz launcher it works best for me

silver03wrx said:
Launcher pro or adw. But i stick with the touch wiz launcher it works best for me
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The stock touchwiz or the one from the market?
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Touch wiz is ugly I use adw
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medion. said:
Touch wiz is ugly I use adw
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Yea, looking at it, Adw does look a little better.
Thank you both.
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Adw has a really nice icecream sandwich theme too

Which one are you referring to? I know there is one that is made by "kovdev" that's for ADW but also works with Go Launcher.
https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImtvdi50aGVtZS5pY3MiXQ..
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Adw has a really nice icecream sandwich theme too
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I'm using Launcher Pro and i love it. Its clean and simple and the scrollable 5 icon dock is amazingly useful in eliminating screen clutter. I used launcher pro icons to download the ones i didnt have and now it looks slicker than ever. I'd used the free version on 2 older phones and now on the full version (only difference is being able to resize widgets and usse LP+ widgets, both which did not affect the user experience). Also great to be able to adjust animation performance and such.

I would say go launcher ex all the wayyyyyy

The touchwiz from the market is a really good imitation. Only stock touchwiz is supported by hardware acceleration, which makes it incredibly smooth.
I really like pure breeze. Having the kite anywhere on the phone is amazing. Somewhat simliar to wave launchers usefulness.
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I use ADW EX, tried a bunch of others but I always come back to it.

Development on adw and Launcher pro been dead for months. I use Go launcher looks and feel more stable.
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gr8hairy1 said:
The touchwiz from the market is a really good imitation. Only stock touchwiz is supported by hardware acceleration, which makes it incredibly smooth.
I really like pure breeze. Having the kite anywhere on the phone is amazing. Somewhat simliar to wave launchers usefulness.
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Touchwiz is NOT smooth....
Why do people keep saying that? it stutters. It Jumps. The only REALLY SMOOTH launcher is launcher pro.

Guess it depends on how many widget and background apps you have running. Mine has always been silky smooth. No jumps or skips ever.
Edit: I'm on a ogsgsii. No lag here
But I agree that launcher pro is amazing.
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DesireS Launchers

Flash cm7 into my DesireS and got adw.launcher
Then installed go.launcher from market, it seems to run smoother, especially when scrolling through app drawer.
Any1 experience this as well?
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Well let's sum it up with all the replies on this thread.
If you are tired of looking at the same launcher and want something different
without having to flash a whole different rom everytime u get bored you could try the following.
Action Launcher
ADW
Apex
FTL
Go Launcher
Holo
Nova
Nemus
Many of the above gives you an 'ICS feel' except for adw,ftl and go.
Or if you want something like Win 8 might be ur liking.
*You can always force stop(freeze with TB) built in launcher if you are worried about it taking up ur ram.

FTL, try that!
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olyloh6696 said:
FTL, try that!
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+1
Or go the whole hog and install Reaper ROM

What launcher do you need? Feature rich of fast? First - Go Launcher, second - ADW or FTL.

Apex is also good but FTL is the best choice in terms of speed and customization.
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FTL for me everytime
have tried ADW and Go launcher but FTL is the one I like the most, would like to know eventually how top theme and change stuff myself to personalise it for me.
This launcher seems faster and easier to modify and has loads of other options, the ability to use other themes (styles) and is really fast.

Apex, has everything, but applicable on ICS roms
Swyped from my DesireS

using sense 4.0a, maybe switch to "go" later

I used Apex in ms Fallout Rom. Looks great my favorite launcher
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On GB I was using the Nemus launcher. He is quick and doesn't use a lot ram.
On ICS I was using Apex, but he was FCing a lot with the unofficial AOKP rom. So I'm now using Nova. I just love the ICS style, so I never gone back.
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Apex launcher works only on 4.0 and above and its way better. It has more features than the stock launcher.:good:

If :
you are on ics go with nova or apex
you like speed go with FTL from lowveld( our top dev)
you like bloat go with go launcher

you can try holo launcher, cool for me

Stock JellyBean launcher is awesome
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

which one better - Apex or Nova launcher? or is there something better for ICS?

kubyk said:
which one better - Apex or Nova launcher? or is there something better for ICS?
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IMO Apex on ICS is the best, also run out on top of sense 4.0A roms.
if you go in that direction then I'd recommend that you check out the newly released app in development section that permit's you to use the sense lock screen and have working lock screen short cuts with apex launcher
Sywepd form my DsereiS

Apex is the best I've tried by far, and it's worth buying the Pro version.
Running it over ICE DS now and it's going great.

ben_pyett said:
newly released app in development section that permit's you to use the sense lock screen and have working lock screen short cuts with apex launcher
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Can you give me a link, pls?

kubyk said:
Can you give me a link, pls?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874228
Why not just have a look in the dev section?
It took me a couple of seconds to find that link...

hmm
Am running LBCv5.4 and soo far so best for me is Holo launcher , keeps me on 400-419 free ram according to ES task manager widget + gives u the closest look to ICS , tthe rest of the launchers u pointed works well but the highest ram i do get is 370 via FLT ....

Different Launcher

is it possible to use something like Nova or Apex?

Ya but I think u will lose widgets and functions..
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davidrules7778 said:
Ya but I think u will lose widgets and functions..
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meh, the only widget i use is Google Music and HD Widgets.
what type of functions?

Yes I use apex launcher and it makes the whole home screen pretty much lag free very smooth and take away much of the TW overlay!!!

im using nova prime and its running very nice. I like that I can re-size any widget, whereas with TW I could'nt

Yep I started using Apex Launcher and I'm experiencing less lag and overall weirdness. Touchwiz is not ready for the Note yet.
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I just went through and thanked everyone
Thanks guys.
Were you guys really experiencing lag on this thing? I know this is really not the topic for this specific forum, but that concerns me.
I have heard from everyone in the general forum there is zero lag, but some of you are experiencing it?
This thing needs to get here so I can try it out.

trineomorph said:
Yep I started using Apex Launcher and I'm experiencing less lag and overall weirdness. Touchwiz is not ready for the Note yet.
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Doesn't changing launchers take away split screen?

davidrules7778 said:
Doesn't changing launchers take away split screen?
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No it doesn't. I'm on apex pro

Multi-screen also works on Nova

My vote is for go launcher hd for pad (in beta).......loving those gestures and im also lovin the real estate
*For a more stable and faster launcher try Nova

Using Apex Launcher with a Jelly Bean theme for that stock feel. Apex is my personal favorite becuase of Overlapping Widgets, and the ability to use themes made for Go Launcher, ADW, or Apex itself.

Beta testing the Chameleon Launcher. Shows promise but sorely needs more widgets. Still as it's in beta it has potential to kick butt. Using TouchWiz with HD Widgets primarily right now. Hold over from previous tabs.

How do you all find the performance of the alternate launchers? I find that Apex doesn't run completely smoothly on my Note while running stock TW.
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If the features of multiscreen works while using a different launcher, isn't touchwiz just running in the background while the launcher is running on top?

denniegst said:
If the features of multiscreen works while using a different launcher, isn't touchwiz just running in the background while the launcher is running on top?
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Touchwiz doesnt just mean the launcher. It means the whole samsubg framework. The launcher is like the multiscreen feature a part of touchwiz, so even if you delete the launcher it will work.
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walidbang said:
Touchwiz doesnt just mean the launcher. It means the whole samsubg framework. The launcher is like the multiscreen feature a part of touchwiz, so even if you delete the launcher it will work.
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Hi. your statement is kinda confusing, im sorry i dont entirely get what you saying. Firstly is touchwiz not Samsungs launcher? and if it is part of the framework as you said deleting touchwiz, which is the launcher, will it not cause the split screens not to work?

MushyMan said:
Hi. your statement is kinda confusing, im sorry i dont entirely get what you saying. Firstly is touchwiz not Samsungs launcher? and if it is part of the framework as you said deleting touchwiz, which is the launcher, will it not cause the split screens not to work?
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Picture this, your house and the front door are made out of wood. The door is specially made to interact with certain features in the house, like maybe a biometric lock, but you could always switch out doors, or put a screen door up.
Touchwiz is the same way. The launcher is like the door and the framework is like the house itself. Removing or replacing the door doesn't mean you can't open windows in the house.
Likewise, the multiscreen functionality is in the Android build, not the launcher.
Analogies rock :victory:

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Picture this, your house and the front door are made out of wood. The door is specially made to interact with certain features in the house, like maybe a biometric lock, but you could always switch out doors, or put a screen door up.
Touchwiz is the same way. The launcher is like the door and the framework is like the house itself. Removing or replacing the door doesn't mean you can't open windows in the house.
Likewise, the multiscreen functionality is in the Android build, not the launcher.
Analogies rock :victory:
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Then why don't all android 4.0.4 devices have multiscreen stuff?

donec said:
Then why don't all android 4.0.4 devices have multiscreen stuff?
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Because all Android 4.0.4 devices don't have the Touchwiz framework............................
Didn't I just explain this with my fantastic analogy?
Samsung's Android build is not an AOSP stock build. It's a Samsung build. With Samsung Touchwiz Framework, and complimentary apps.
Same reason Samsung specific apps like Snote don't work on CM10.
Touchwiz launcher you see = an app (a launcher specifically)
Touchwiz framework = allows things like multiscreen and the Spen pop out menu which are launcher independent.

Best launcher?

I need to know which is the best launcher for my atrix 2 ? I want the phone to be smooth so i need a launcher with performance
Please help in my choise
Mario

marius1985 said:
I need to know which is the best launcher for my atrix 2 ? I want the phone to be smooth so i need a launcher with performance
Please help in my choise
Mario
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Holo launcher hd if you are on ics..fast lightweight and smooth
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I personally LOVE Trebuchet Launcher, but it is a part of CyanogenMod. I have not found any others that I really like, so I am using CM10, because it is the BEST hands down.
Now, you MIGHT be able to find the apk and put it on the stock ICS, but that might defeat the whole purpose of Trebuchet, but just to get back on the subject at hand, and that is that apex launcher is EXACTLY like Trebuchet, and it is not too bad, and worth a look.
Oh and here is flashable zip for Trebuchet, not sure how well it will work on this phone without CM on it, but it might also be worth a look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1355296&d=1348631180

performance wise, Nova launcher is the best by far.. though i have used Apex a lot.. the transitions in Nova launcher seem much faster.. the full version lets you make folders in app drawer and use gestures too

Personally, I like Go Launcher. It has a screenshot option which is kind of handy since the one in CM10 doesn't crop them properly at the moment.

Go keeps me going! Best to suit ma requirements!

I've tried adw, nova and apex. Apex in my opinion is the smoothest. Nova would lag at times. I bought Apex pro yesterday and it has a lot of extra features. Basically it will come down to what you like but i would recommend Apex.
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Apex or ADW for sure. Nova always had 'twitches' here n there while scrolling. ADW is the most customizable launcher I've ever used n just as smooth as apex. Mind you, gotta be on ICS and up for Apex and Nova. ADW works on all, but to use all features it has, you'll have to be on JB.
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Nova and Apex, I use Apex because it can set vertical wallpaper and icons in dock can swipe both up and down
But another launcher maybe the launcher of the future is Next Launcher (GoEx), supppper smooth

PhoenixNghi said:
Nova and Apex, I use Apex because it can set vertical wallpaper and icons in dock can swipe both up and down
But another launcher maybe the launcher of the future is Next Launcher (GoEx), supppper smooth
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yeah setting up nonscrollable wallpapers is a pain in nova..

Go with Primo launcher it works great and is free on xda.
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Apex
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