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SPB Shell

Been playing around with different launchers, can't stand TouchWiz, and tried out SPB Shell... Works flawlessly on the Infuse, fast and smooth as butter - love it! Lots of eye candy and some pretty cool widgets too. Everything looks great on that big screen!
It's a little pricey, but IMO worth it!

ADW
Ive been using adw for the atrix and now for the infuse, dont know that it gets any better than that. The infuse runs the animations and transitions perfectly!

I'm using Launcher Pro.. Love it.. The latest version is pretty sweet..

im not a fan of spb. but the others are good. there is also go launcher and zeam launcher.
i personally dont mind cheaze wiz, and things like kies and a few widgets dont work without it running.. i prefer to use gtg465x's launchers, he made some for the captivate and i9000 with a 5-icon dock if you dont like the 4icon dock.

Running Sony arc from cont.5.5 on captivate ..speed the phone up more and more available ram..plus its cleaner looking.
sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...

Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
Found it. Thnx
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bacuy82 said:
Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
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Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.

Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...

Are the others a lot better than Go Launcher EX?
No one uses Go Launcher EX? I'm fairly new to Android phones (had/have an Archos 5IT Android which is still running their version of donut, but with market and some other hacks), so I just picked the first free launcher I found. So far I really like it. The themes are OK and the customization seems as good as any and it's pretty full featured. Everything they release for it is free, though some 3rd party add-on are paid. I don't know anything about ADW or LPro, but I'm an app addict so I'm sure I'll tinker around with those sometime soon.
What are the best or your favorite features of ADW or Launcher Pro?
Thanks!

Go Launcher EX is very good, almost too good... with their many free widgets. I wonder if they are spying on me.

Trancerush said:
Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...
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I've been using Spb as a daily driver for months and it's great for me. Yeah I do show off with it at times but it is a good launcher. Launcher pro was my daily driver for almost a year.

Just out of curiosity... How is SPB Shell and battery life? doesn't drain it more than it used to before spb shell, drains more, or drains less?

With Spb shell 3d I didn't notice much difference with battery life compared to others I've used but I would notice that under heavy loads of use that it would become laggy or restart itself. That gets annoying after a while because it takes a while like 2 minutes sometimes to start. Its a nice launcher but I've put it aside for now and I'm using the Sony Ericsson launcher now which is a lot quicker.
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ADW is my favorite. Quick and customized to my liking.
Cranky...
MitRa

i bought spb but didn't like the fact i had to look at someone else's flicker photos so now i'm on laucher ex. it allows for 3d rotation and i've got a page with my photos on widget.

chvybeatsford said:
Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.
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I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Ddot196 said:
I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?

diablo009 said:
Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?
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I haven't seen any ads. I got a merry Christmas banner that fell down the screen every so often but that was it. Pretty nice actually. And my dock icons had little Santa clause hats on during the holidays.
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[Q]What's the best android launcher?

What is the best launcher to have on my Evo 3D?
I know theres so many launchers I just have a tough time choosing.

SPB Shell, Regina Launcher, Go Launcher, ADW, LaucherPro

Launcher7, Zeam, and Gingerbread launcher are good as well. It all comes down to personal preference.
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Zeam launcher. Best launcher I've used (I've tried stock, Launcher Pro and ADW). Love the fact that after using task killer I have 88M memory available (before I used to get over 100M sometimes - Using Cya-no-Gen Ver 1.2)
Its light, fast, and clean. What more could you want?

Moved as not development.
After trying alot of launchers i.m.o it's Go Launcher but what you should do is try them as only you will find what suits your needs...

This is very subjective. I suggest trying a few and seeing what you like. I prefer ADW, but there are many good ones. Is there something specific you are looking for feature-wise?

stylez said:
Moved as not development.
After trying alot of launchers i.m.o it's Go Launcher but what you should do is try them as only you will find what suits your needs...
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I was wondering what the difference between the pro version and the free version was
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I used to love ADW when I was using my HTC magic. Now on the Arc, I've tried ADW and Go launcher. Go was cool, but a little laggy. I then went back to stock, but it was boring. So I'm now trying Zeam and looking so far. Very smooth, simple, light weight. However I get bored easily and may change next week!
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I'm a huge fan of LauncherPro (Plus). It runs very smoothly on my LG Optimus 2X and it also used to run smoothly on my Motorola Milestone.
GO Launcher EX is also a good launcher, but I like LauncherPro's widgets more.

I have tried most if not all launchers there is and I allways end up with the UD launcher from Blackdroid. Simply scrumptious...

TettZor said:
I have tried most if not all launchers there is and I allways end up with the UD launcher from Blackdroid. Simply scrumptious...
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I've not heard of that - do you have a link?

I bought Launcher Pro, the best for me

TettZor said:
I have tried most if not all launchers there is and I allways end up with the UD launcher from Blackdroid. Simply scrumptious...
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That's just the free ADW launcher like what's packaged with CM7.
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bigsapz said:
That's just the free ADW launcher like what's packaged with CM7.
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Right... how silly of me to go through all the hassle to replace the adw launcher in cm7 with it every time I upgrade to the latest nightly. I must be a really stupid man...
Said I and stood corrected in OPPOSITE LAND...
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I like stock Gingerbread launcher on CM7 because it's very quick.

go launcher ex and zeam are my favs. launcher7 if you wanna try out wp7 interface
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042096
mmm must find download.

ADW, LaucherPro

QQ Launcher Pro
This will be an amazing launcher once they fix all the little bugs. But so far so good on my G2x.

I think that Zeam Launcher is the lightest

CM7 question...PLEASE ADVISE

I am new to the custom ROM world, and CM7 was the 3rd ROM I tried, and is the last. I absolutely love it. I have a question.
The CM7 comes with the ADW Launcher, can I purchase the ADW EX Launcher and run it without any issues, or will things go wrong?

Yes you can.
It works great with it.
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I am new to the custom ROM world, and CM7 was the 3rd ROM I tried, and is the last. I absolutely love it. I have a question.
The CM7 comes with the ADW Launcher, can I purchase the ADW EX Launcher and run it without any issues, or will things go wrong?
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I've been using adw ex on Cyanogenmod for quite a while now and its great.
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I suggest you also try Go Launcher EX. It's my personal favorite. Super customizable.

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I've been using adw ex on Cyanogenmod for quite a while now and its great.
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What are the main differences between ADW EX and ADW?

Exis more customizable
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Exis more customizable
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Is there any way to keep it transparent when viewing the app drawer? I really like that feature of CM7's ADW.

I think it's fair to look at the Launcher wars like this:
Zeam: Barebones, lacks features, quick.
LauncherPro: Good speed, moderately customizable, good widgets (paid version).
GO Launcher: (My favorite). Good speed, highly customizable, great widgets, great features.
ADW Launcher: The most features and customization options. Kind of bloated IMO, not as fast as the other launchers in my experience.

I dunno about bloated. Its fast as all hell on my phone. Go launcher is good too but I don't use it because of a couple of annoyances. It looks like **** when you resize the home screen to a 6x6 grid for one. I also don't like the way it puts the home screen previews on a 9x9 grid regardless of how many home screens you actually have. It does have the best home screen layout editing of any launcher I've used, but I tend not to really mess with that once my setup is done so adw ex suits me better.
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you can
the ex version is better

Wanhao said:
you can
the ex version is better
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How do I do it?

LPChris47 said:
I think it's fair to look at the Launcher wars like this:
Zeam: Barebones, lacks features, quick.
LauncherPro: Good speed, moderately customizable, good widgets (paid version).
GO Launcher: (My favorite). Good speed, highly customizable, great widgets, great features.
ADW Launcher: The most features and customization options. Kind of bloated IMO, not as fast as the other launchers in my experience.
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Tim Tebow = waste of a first round draft pick.

sergeybrin said:
Tim Tebow = waste of a first round draft pick.
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Thanks, captain obvious.
There were a lot of wasted draft picks under Josh McDaniels.

Go launcher or ADW

So recently I have have been looking at these launchers. I mainly use go launcher, but I want to hear community feedback on each. I need a launcher that is very light on RAM (G2X has 512 mb ram, 1/4 is dedicated to gpu). So which one do you use and why?
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Just like you I'm using Go Launcher because of its smoothness and because you can customize it as you wish. I've also used ADW and LauncherPro before but in my opinion Go Launcher feels smoother. I don't really know about how much RAM they use. Guess I didn't really paid a lot of attention to it
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zoppp said:
So recently I have have been looking at these launchers. I mainly use go launcher, but I want to hear community feedback on each. I need a launcher that is very light on RAM (G2X has 512 mb ram, 1/4 is dedicated to gpu). So which one do you use and why?
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I use go because adw crashes every time I type a text on my phone. But used to use adw on my old phone.
I tested ram use and on my 512mb phone adw used about five mb more ram than go but both are as smooth as each other.
You didn't mention it but if your choice is purely ram use based zeam launcher might be worth a look as it used an average ten mb less ram than adw or go and is still pretty customisable.
Dave
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I would stick with go launcher. I've had experience with a number of launchers and it seems to fair as the best of them. It is smooth, light, and extremely customizable. Adw ha too many mall issues for me.
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I've got all three, launcher pro plus, adw ex, and go launcher ex.
Adw is smoother, but I use go due to its useful widgets.
It's smooth and has great dev behind it who updates regular. Best of all it's free.
Both will serve you well if you don't need the widgets that go provide then use adw.
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I personally prefer GO to ADW Launcher ... 1000 times ...
It is much more customizable and complete! then we can add GO Locker, GO, GO SMS Contact with different themes to choose from a wide choice! so is all complete with launcher GO!
I recommend and use it forever!
Sorry for my English ...

Go Launcher is the way to go in my opinion.
But it really is all about preference. I recommend trying them both regardless of what people use.
I have at one point or another liked both of them but Go Launcher stole me away with the calendar widget.

It's only up to you. Go Launcher provides much more ''GO'' widgets but your phone will look like someone's else. If you are skilled in graphics or photoshop editing, I recommend ADW Ex where you can literally make everything on your own. I have been using ADW Ex for a couple of months and it's very smooth, stable and like I said fully customizable.

I have been using Go Launcher EX on my rooted Nook Tablet and it seems to work quite well; although the task manager widget does occasionally crash. I have not yet seen anyone respond to the question: How does RAM usage of Go Launcher compare to that of ADW. Has anyone done this comparison and care to share with the group? For some reason I have not been able to get ADW to install properly on my NT yet (need a little more time).

ADW issue on Nook Tablet
Disregard - Like TabletGeek, I too rooted my Nook Tablet but with ADW as the launcher. It works almost perfectly.. The only issue I have is on boot up or navigating to the home screen, I get a "Problem Loading Widget" error. If you go to the all apps screen, it works fine. I've looked all over for a cause but can't find anything that might be the issue so I'm wondering if jumping over to Go is worth it. I'm also not sure how to get from a rooted NT with ADW to load with Go. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Adw is smoother, looks clean (icon graphics) runs great
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I usually use go launcher and i think its the best launcher for android.
Maybe in the future other launcher will be best, who knows?

GO, because of all the GO widgets and far more customizable

go launcher for its sheer range of skins and apps

zoppp said:
So recently I have have been looking at these launchers. I mainly use go launcher, but I want to hear community feedback on each. I need a launcher that is very light on RAM (G2X has 512 mb ram, 1/4 is dedicated to gpu). So which one do you use and why?
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adw is better ..i love york's black theme ..i recommend adw launcher..

nickhearta said:
adw is better ..i love york's black theme ..i recommend adw launcher..
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Finally someone that's like adw better haha I was lonely on this thread
NookColor ICS 9 Nightly "Overclocked"

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GO LAUNCHER for sure... ADW restarts when i press home key while playing a game or while browsing...comparatively go launcher has no such problems... also would recommend SPB shell 3d (paid app**) ... having a basic android phone made me realize many things... \m/

I like both, but I use adw. It has no problems on my fascinate.
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in a video on xda tv the dev there did not prefer go launcher that much
but i guess its just about the themes and anyway i would prefer adw over go launcher since i ve been using it (as it comes default with cm)

[Q] The best Launcher for Android?

Launcher Pro/Plus
Go Launcher EX
ADWLauncher EX
Launcher 7
HTC Sense
Regina
Zeam
Claystone
MXHome
SPB Shell 3D
SlideScreen

Personally, Sense. The only reason I say this is because if you have one like LauncherPro, it just adds to the amount of RAM already being consumed, and makes it slower.
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Zeam is light weight + fast + does not hog the battery. Win win in my book.

I think the whole launcher wars crap is overrated. What do you need to do that's so special with your launcher, anyway? Are you launching nuclear missiles? As long as you can put icons and arrange it how you want it, then who cares? (PS every launcher can do that)

For me its the built in sense match with folder editor to organize my apps.
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darkmantra said:
For me its the built in sense match with folder editor to organize my apps.
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How about Go Launcher EX? they got built-in folder editor

tibere86 said:
Zeam is light weight + fast + does not hog the battery. Win win in my book.
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I've haven't tried using Zeam but hey! i might try one of these days..

sergeybrin said:
I think the whole launcher wars crap is overrated. What do you need to do that's so special with your launcher, anyway? Are you launching nuclear missiles? As long as you can put icons and arrange it how you want it, then who cares? (PS every launcher can do that)
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I'd disagree with this statement. One of the benefits of using a specific launcher with stock Sense, for instance, was that it made everything feel a lot smoother. LauncherPro, for instance, glided between home screens where Sense would stutter a bit. And there are quite a few differences in overall look; ADW has the best method of hiding the status/notification bar, Launcher 7 emulates WP, and Slidescreen is just totally different.
Personally, I like Launcher 7's clean look quite a lot. Widget implementation definitely needs some work, but it's a great way to freshen up your phone's UI every now and then.

When I ran Ginggy I had Go launcher EX and sometimes ADW (I think, I cant remember lol) and now that I am on ICS I use Nova. It is the stock ICS launcher but with more user tweaks.

invalid473d said:
I'd disagree with this statement. One of the benefits of using a specific launcher with stock Sense, for instance, was that it made everything feel a lot smoother. LauncherPro, for instance, glided between home screens where Sense would stutter a bit. And there are quite a few differences in overall look; ADW has the best method of hiding the status/notification bar, Launcher 7 emulates WP, and Slidescreen is just totally different.
Personally, I like Launcher 7's clean look quite a lot. Widget implementation definitely needs some work, but it's a great way to freshen up your phone's UI every now and then.
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My mom used to own LG w/ Windows 7 in it, i agree the clean look and obviously slick UI

fandroid93 said:
When I ran Ginggy I had Go launcher EX and sometimes ADW (I think, I cant remember lol) and now that I am on ICS I use Nova. It is the stock ICS launcher but with more user tweaks.
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Nova is great. I find it so much better than the cm9 launcher. The level of customization is unbelievable.
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where can I get nova launcher? Not in market? And I for me Go Launcher have been best, thanks to great support

I think GoLauncher US the best one. It is fast enough, It will be updated weekly and there are tons of themes.
I tried many other launchers but i came back everytime...

Id say launcher pro and zeam launch
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well it depends on what rom you are. If you are on sensed based rom then it is Better to use sense.
In sense less rom my choice is
1. Nova
2. Go launcher
3. Spb
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Nova is great with ICS for me...

Sense launcher: laggy
I just updated to ARHD 6.2.1 ICS with Sense; I'd been Senseless for a long time on my Sensation (ARHD 3.x + NoSense). I tried to live with the Sense launcher for about half a day, but it's so laggy, especially coming back to the home screen from an app (by pressing the Home button). Even launching apps is slower and there are just these multi-second pauses. I had to switch back to Launcher Pro, which is smooth as butter.