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What's your favorite launcher? I'm trying to figure out witch one I like most. Some are to much some are not enough. I'm liking apex at the moment. I've tried go, nova, adw. What's your input?
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Droopydroors said:
What's your favorite launcher? I'm trying to figure out witch one I like most. Some are to much some are not enough. I'm liking apex at the moment. I've tried go, nova, adw. What's your input?
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I used to use Go all the time, but switched to Nova fairly recently, and am very happy with it. The only thing I miss from Go is the "recent apps" window in the app drawer, but the built-in recent apps menu is pretty close in functionality.

I've tried about all of them and keep coming back to Apex. The free version allows you to use some gestures that Nova charges for. I didn't like the recent update because it was giving me problems dropping apps in folders so I am using an older version.

I used to use Go but switched to Nova after I tried all of them, became a favorite of mine.
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I've been playing with the HAX launcher. It's definitely different.
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Nova and tsf shell
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I used GO all the time on my thunderbolt, but when i got my S3 i switched to Apex and now i'm happily using... NOVA, its by far the best

TW
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Nova Launcher and CleanROM 4.5
Droopydroors said:
What's your favorite launcher? I'm trying to figure out witch one I like most. Some are to much some are not enough. I'm liking apex at the moment. I've tried go, nova, adw. What's your input?
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I use Nova Launcher, so fast its really good ( and using CleanROM 4.5) so its really good with performance and stability.

Using nova here as it was on sale for only 25 cents a month or so ago... Hard to pass that up. Before that was just using touchwiz and on my DROID eris back in the day I used adw and maybe go launcher.
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Nova...nuff said
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nyjumpman said:
... tsf shell....
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Is it really worth the $16 price tag?
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Anyone try adw?

Im a adw fan and intend on using it. I read someone say lp has some lag.
Anyone try adw or other launchers yet that have been good?
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i installed adw ex almost right away since getting my phone this afternoon. works fine. the app drawer seems a little slow though. i have it set to fast in adw.
Same here. ADW EX is working great.
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crazythunder said:
i installed adw ex almost right away since getting my phone this afternoon. works fine. the app drawer seems a little slow though. i have it set to fast in adw.
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The new v4 that flings? Damn i love how smooth it is. Anything else?
Good to know adw is running good.
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Caught between ADW (newest release really speeds up the drawer) and LP...options are a good thing.
I've been using ADW EX since getting the phone and on my nexus one. The drawer was always a bit slow on first load, but works awesome after
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Stock has the smoothest app drawer out of any of them. And I don't resize widgets or use scrollable widgets so I just stick with the default.
I use lp and it hasn't caused problems nor lag. I set the app drawer to 3D verticle which is identicle to the stock one and its super fast...very zippy
Adw is good too. Its a preference thing so I prefer lp
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Here, read my review thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068898
ive been using ADW EX on mytouch4g and just got my lg g2x and its running great expecially with the new update that just came out today. it has way more easier access to customization.
its well worth the couple bucks$
I moved to launcher pro. Adw is my favorite for options. But LP is just fast.
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mr.orange303 said:
I moved to launcher pro. Adw is my favorite for options. But LP is just fast.
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Word. LP app drawer is lightning fast in 3D verticle mode
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Hmm.. I'll have to try LP. Wasn't happy with it in the past, maybe it's better now.
turbo_k said:
Word. LP app drawer is lightning fast in 3D verticle mode
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Agreed.
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r4d14n7 said:
Hmm.. I'll have to try LP. Wasn't happy with it in the past, maybe it's better now.
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Go for it. Just make sure you got it (app drawer) set to the fastest setting then you'll see what we're talking bout
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mr.orange303 said:
I moved to launcher pro. Adw is my favorite for options. But LP is just fast.
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Did you read my launcher reviews? Launcher Pro used to be king of speed on the G2x but with the recent update from ADW which allows the launcher to take advantage of duel core CPU's by allowing the use of hardware acceleration. Using the paid version of ADW speeds up the entire G2x as a whole. Now the ball is in LP's court. They need to retake the king of speed back from ADW.
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turbo_k said:
Word. LP app drawer is lightning fast in 3D verticle mode
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It is lightning fast and was the quickest until ADW just optimized theirs with a update yesterday. I didn't think anything could compete with LP but ADW really stepped up to the plate with there hardware acceleration update. By the way. You only get hardware acceleration in ADW EX. It's worth every penny as it makes the entire phone quicker and more smooth.
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jrwingate6 said:
It is lightning fast and was the quickest until ADW just optimized theirs with a update yesterday. I didn't think anything could compete with LP but ADW really stepped up to the plate with there hardware acceleration update. By the way. You only get hardware acceleration in ADW EX. It's worth every penny as it makes the entire phone quicker and more smooth.
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Thanks for the heads up! I'll take a look at that
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jrwingate6 said:
Did you read my launcher reviews? Launcher Pro used to be king of speed on the G2x but with the recent update from ADW which allows the launcher to take advantage of duel core CPU's by allowing the use of hardware acceleration. Using the paid version of ADW speeds up the entire G2x as a whole. Now the ball is in LP's court. They need to retake the king of speed back from ADW.
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Just wow. Thanks man. It is instant.
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jrwingate6 said:
It is lightning fast and was the quickest until ADW just optimized theirs with a update yesterday. I didn't think anything could compete with LP but ADW really stepped up to the plate with there hardware acceleration update. By the way. You only get hardware acceleration in ADW EX. It's worth every penny as it makes the entire phone quicker and more smooth.
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The fast profile is amazing. Thanks again. I'm not sure its possible to get the phone to react any faster. Adw ftw!!!!!!
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[Q] Change default launcher?

Hi,
Would like to get you people's opinion if I should replace the stock launcher with either ADW Ex or LP+?
Thanks advice is much appreciated
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I use go launcher...its a matter of taste. Go just happens to have an appdrawer design I like and atheme I enjoy. Just download a few and see what works.
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I downloaded 4 different launcher apps, and used the Home Screen Switcher to test them out.
Its quick and convenient, and you'll never be bored of the look on the device.
Launcher pro for me, the Widgets are nice and the swipe feature to see miss calleds or SMS is the best, I had it over a year now, I use adw but didn't like it as much
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Does both of them consume alot of battery compared to stock launcher ... ?
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There should be no diffwerence in battery consumption. I really like LP but ADW is also very good and like stated above it is really a personal preference I have the paid versions of both
ADW does do quite a bit of theming if that is your thing start there first
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Does both of them consume alot of battery compared to stock launcher ... ?
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Battery life is the same for me as long as you no start using extra widgets because launcher pro plus had more then you ash should be fine
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I bought the LP+, and definitely didn't look back. One gripe is that there aren't much font back on the market ...
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what launcher are you using?

I'm using go launcher ex -I love the way the app drawer is organized, but recently after some update is started freezing from time to time...so I'm looking for a new one.
what do you recommend?
There is a thread similar to this in the themes section with some valuable input.
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Exodian said:
There is a thread similar to this in the themes section with some valuable input.
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tried searching for it and didn't find anything relevant - can you please post a link?
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You sure you're on the latest update?
I use go launcher also, and have no problems.
I even uninstalled tw, and go launcher is my only launcher.
If you have titanium backup pro, try freezing tw, and see if that stops the issues you're having.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135967
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Exodian said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135967
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10x that's exactly what i wanted - weird the search didn't catch that...
I'll check it out
MarkP80nj said:
You sure you're on the latest update?
I use go launcher also, and have no problems.
I even uninstalled tw, and go launcher is my only launcher.
If you have titanium backup pro, try freezing tw, and see if that stops the issues you're having.
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I'd be especially careful when freezing TW. Make sure that you NEVER delete your launcher, because if you do even accidentally, you're screwed.
I did that once. Whole damn screen stayed black. I was trying out several launchers and was using sbp shell and did not like it. I messed around not paying attention and deleted it before switching default launchers. For like a half hour I just kept hitting buttons and through the grace of god got the little use this by default pop up for my launchers. I must say the whole experience sucked.
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That sucks. I usually delete tw and what ever launcher comes with my custom roms because I love zeam launcher. I never encountered a tw related problem though
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tw lAUNCHER 3.5 HEAVILY modified
jager555 said:
That sucks. I usually delete tw and what ever launcher comes with my custom roms because I love zeam launcher. I never encountered a tw related problem though
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Same here, tw gets uninstalled as soon as I make sure go launcher is working properly.
I just freeze it for a couple days, and if nothing happens, I just smack that uninstall button!
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Im using the one called "Gingerbread launcher free" its smooth and i like it

Galaxy note launcher on skyrocket

Just like the title says. I'm running mhx-superlite 3.1 and would really like the 5 icon dock and 5x5 homescreens.
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Use a different launcher
5 icon dock? Use romracers roms
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Nova launcher gives you these options and then some. You can put widgets, folders, I'm the app try. The app try is also scrollable (left to right)
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Apex Launcher, Go Launcher, Trebuchet, all do it.
Thx for the replys everyone but im a touch wiz fan still
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jyazzie110 said:
Thx for the replys everyone but im a touch wiz fan still
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You, and you alone lol
icenight89 said:
You, and you alone lol
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I like the tw launcher too. Its a good launcher that has all the ones I use on a daily basis Idk why everyone hates it
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scuzzbag87 said:
I like the tw launcher too. Its a good launcher that has all the ones I use on a daily basis Idk why everyone hates it
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Honesty though, its all preferqnce really, but power users hate ALL stock launchers, tw included

Can you get the touchwiz widgets to work with nova launcher?

A friend of mine is convinced there is a way to get the touchwiz widgets to work with nova launcher running on synergy rom. I'm not buying it and figured I'd post it out.
So is it possible?? If so how'd you go about doing it??
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I'm pretty sure all the stock samsung widgets need TW to run.
As far as I know there is no way to get widgets designed for a particular launcher to work in another. It can be one of the drawbacks of using a custom launcher.
What widgets are you interested in? There's probably quality alternatives out there.
Since I posted this today I found Widgets that are pretty much the same thing as the TW ones. Thanks!!
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Could you post what you found so if anyone in the future has this question, it's already resolved?
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