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What is the BEST Launcher for X10?

I've been using Xperia X10 for 2 months but until now I can't find better and cool LAUNCHER.. Installed ADW Launcher, Crazy Home Lite, dxTop Lite, Helix Launcher, and Home++. And, I also installed JuiceDefender..
JuiceDefender for me SUCKS. I used Home++ plus JuiceDefender and WOAH my battery drained from 75% at 11pm to 45% at 8am.
What do you think is the best Launcher and battery saver?
Or just ditched battery saver and just to stick with Launcher only.
Thanks a lot!

If you have 2.1 You should get LauncherPro Plus (paid version).
It comes with HTC-like widgets that are AMAZING!!
It is also much more customizable

I'm just using 1.6 version.
And also does the HANDCENT SMS will drain my battery even more?
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zune 1 is gr8

ADW for me, always has been and always will be I think.

I used to be an ADW girl myself, but after the 2.1 update,
it's all about Lancher Pro Plus (paid)... Just awesome!!

Lancher Pro Plus (paid), hands down. Tried it and I 'm going to pay for it. Simply the best.
EDIT: Paid already

Tried it yesterday, I really don't get the hype.

Luancher pro plus paid as everybody said the best apps for 2.1 i wanted the update for my xperia x10 only coz this apps and games with capability of 2.1

Where can i get LauncherPro Plus?? I cant find it in Market! Ive 2.1! Thanks!

XperiaX10iUser said:
Tried it yesterday, I really don't get the hype.
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It's gotta be the HTC-like-widgets.. Scrollable Contact bar is amazing, and so is the calendar. Even when you re size them, they still look amazing.
You can also make them look more beautiful by going to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
Also you can have up to 15 icons in the dock and place whatever you want in the dock in which ever order (ex. move the app drawer button the left).
It pretty much also comes with the same features as ADW Launcher.
Just play around with it.. You'll know what I mean

Count me to the ADW fanboys, too, please. I love it's customizability. Great piece of software.

in my opinion, Launcher Pro looks nice, offers a lot of customization, but ADW offers drawer transparency, which mean you can see your wallpaper or live wallpaper when viewing your application.
I don't know if the same can be applied with Launcher Pro.

shukla said:
It's gotta be the HTC-like-widgets.. Scrollable Contact bar is amazing, and so is the calendar. Even when you re size them, they still look amazing.
You can also make them look more beautiful by going to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
Also you can have up to 15 icons in the dock and place whatever you want in the dock in which ever order (ex. move the app drawer button the left).
It pretty much also comes with the same features as ADW Launcher.
Just play around with it.. You'll know what I mean
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Thanks, but Pure grid calendar does me just fine, I don't Twit, FB or have any need for such features, and I certainly wouldn't want 15 icons on my dock.
Can you tell me how with one dock, you can change which apps are on it?

helix launcher 2. save me some batteries.
i tried launcher pro this morning and i was not impressed with the battery consumption at all. it drained like 5% in 15 min with my music playing vs helix's 5% every 30-40 min or so

i use LiveHome u can change everything including fonts etc without the hassle of using root explorer etc has live wallpapers support 7 screens if u wanted lol change size of fonts on desktop and in drawer colors everything which adw dosent do plus more but everyone has there own taste this is just mine.

XperiaX10iUser said:
Thanks, but Pure grid calendar does me just fine, I don't Twit, FB or have any need for such features, and I certainly wouldn't want 15 icons on my dock.
Can you tell me how with one dock, you can change which apps are on it?
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Lol okay, fine you win! I guess it's just a matter of opinion
Anyways to change an app on the dock, you long hold it -> Change Shortcut, and then once you have chosen the app, you can then change the icon and everything else

Hey shukla, I have launcher pro. How worth it you think the plus is? You have amazing screen all the time. You should do a video on launcher pro
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I'm just using 1.6 version. How can I update mine to version 2.1?

ADW here but i'm still curious why people are using Launcher Pro.
Well, i like my desktops clean so, i have only 5 widgets 4x1 on the bottom of the screen + 2 multicon 1x3 on the sides of 1st and last screen so, i don't care about Launcher pro apps/widgets .
I also like the swype gestures on ADW.
I have swype down to switch to dock and swype up for preview.
Almost no need to press the hardware buttons

*NEW* Sony Ericsson Launcher 2.0.A.0.22

Did a quick search seems like no one have made a thread on this.
Attached is what is believed to be, the new SE launcher to come with the 2.3.4 update for the 2011 range Xperia handsets,
which is now also working on X10 with the 2.3.3 update
the new launcher feels smoother, with ability to uninstall apps from app drawer and theme functions (however no themes are provided by SE at this stage)
*EDIT - the power control widget is SwitchPro widget, clock widget is SimiClock. both available from Market.
*NEW VERSION 2.0.A.0.22 launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16270178&postcount=74

has anyone tried this yet?

djdoc1975 said:
has anyone tried this yet?
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I have, no issues so far

djdoc1975 said:
has anyone tried this yet?
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Try it
I can confirm even with stock rom only, X10 feels as smooth as Arc, just install it over the existing launcher. all your widgets and desktop config will be kept.

I am gonna try this...!!
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Lol. Tried it on LG O1. Works nicely.. only problems in app drawer.. the arrow icon in the lower left corner gives a FC...
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Cant add widgets or anything... guess u cant use it on other devices after all
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Flashed CM7 and it works nicely on it. Wish there were some options in the app drawer tho. The horizontal app drawer isn't very awesome.

supercool... thanks....

It's a lot smoother and faster....nice find

it looks cool;i will try it too.

when you pinch all the icons float around too, pretty cool

is it faster slower or any more fuction ?
any info please ???

marcoplo said:
is it faster slower or any more fuction ?
any info please ???
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It's quite a lot faster and smoother.
The option of hiding apps in the drawer is there too (but only for installed apps and not system apps).
A nice update.

Nice found man!!

The launcher is very smooth, thanksfor uploading!
Where are the power widget and the weather / clock widget from?

how do we install it? Whats the name of the file we should replace?

Killbom said:
how do we install it? Whats the name of the file we should replace?
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you just download the apk file and use a file manager to install the new launcher over the old one
// The floating effect when in overview is pretty cool :d Now i'm waiting for themes

pixelated said:
The launcher is very smooth, thanksfor uploading!
Where are the power widget and the weather / clock widget from?
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power widget is SwitchPro widget from market, clock is simiclock

lhphong said:
you just download the apk file and use a file manager to install the new launcher over the old one
// The floating effect when in overview is pretty cool :d Now i'm waiting for themes
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Its pretty cool but useless lol. I bet SE spent more time on making stuff like this than delivering our GB update...typical

also discovered that when you shake the phone after you pinch zoomed your widgets and stuff they shake around too

Hey, just a quick question. What's the difference between the 2.3.4 launcher and the 2.3.3 launcher? As you mentioned, the power toggle and clock aren't SE widgets.
The pinch overview mode comes with the 2.3.3 update.

New Launcher: Dx_Home_ES_1.1.0

This is a new launcher

No feedback yet?
I feel honored to begin:
First things first: I love miui- metro style (means simple, squared, cornered icons! *_*) So my first impression was: beautiful!
Also the indicators are nice, i never saw it like this before.
The icons could be more simple (the "phone" icon has stripes at the background, but thats for sure a theming task.... There are no themes yet i think, and default theme could support more icons
About preferences i have not much to say, as long as its nice you dont need more settings
what ypu could add anyways: launcher direction (horizontal/ vertical),
dock background, faster scrolling, thatvthe appdrawer always starts at beginning (needs less ram i think and less orientation^^)
Is it thought to use Miui themes? just an idea...
Perofmance is simply awsome and smooth, id like faster desktop scrolling but thats all...
More infos coming soon
Add3: now i managed with the themer, there are many themes, also for lockscreen (which takes only 6mb of ram, thats exactly the same as the normal lockscreen) unfortunately in every lockscreen theme has to be anything in chinese maybe im gonna how to change this....
Greets
Add:
Ram: ~15mb (just as much as sony home, go launcher uses ~34, even zeam needs ~20...
Device: Sony Xperia X10i
Add2: now i noticed an app called tapashot, seems like one can download themes, wallpapers, lockscreens and apps there, im not sure because themes/ apps and categories are in chinese, only settings menu is english....
Greets
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Like it so far.
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[App] Xperia Launcher Lightly Blue Themed

Here is a lightly blue themed Xperia launcher for those, like me, that want another option when it comes to launchers! Simply install as you would any other zip through CWM. Obviously make a back-up before installing just in case something goes haywire. Hit the thanks button if you like or use please!

camblue said:
Here is a lightly blue themed Xperia launcher for those, like me, that want another option when it comes to launchers! Simply install as you would any other zip through CWM. Obviously make a back-up before installing just in case something goes haywire. Hit the thanks button if you like or use please!
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Thanks. First:victory:

Me second lol
Poop splash gives you AIDS... and an iPhone

Lol sweet your running my recent live wallpaper. Its a head turner. Lol
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LOL Yeah I love the snow and really like this wallpaper!
Droid2drummer said:
Lol sweet your running my recent live wallpaper. Its a head turner. Lol
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I'm still liking this, great launcher!

I like it too and it is very customizable!
imjehh said:
I'm still liking this, great launcher!
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what is the performance like

To me its just as fast, if not faster than the stock launcher but I hate the app menu launcher on the side and this one is in the middle. Plus it has a lot of features that the stock launcher and many others do not have.
brownchm said:
what is the performance like
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Just updated with a cooler Andy style launcher and sweeter delete animation, take a look!

I like the looks of the main icons at the bottom (messaging, phone, etc) Is that the way it comes or did you change them?
Also, I know that you can also download the Xperia wallpapers and widgets. Are these included in here?

Digging the changes on this. Only thing missing is vertical scrolling in the app drawer.
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The icons at the bottom are mine in my theme,,,if you would like pm me and I can send it to you as long as your on clean rom 5.5.1. The widgets and wallpapers should be included but if not I can post them here.
sideoutjj said:
I like the looks of the main icons at the bottom (messaging, phone, etc) Is that the way it comes or did you change them?
Also, I know that you can also download the Xperia wallpapers and widgets. Are these included in here?
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Working on that I hate the side scrolling
Thebear j koss said:
Digging the changes on this. Only thing missing is vertical scrolling in the app drawer.
[email protected]'$ [email protected]@XY
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camblue said:
Working on that I hate the side scrolling
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It's not a a big deal, but I like the vertical scroll.
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camblue said:
The icons at the bottom are mine in my theme,,,if you would like pm me and I can send it to you as long as your on clean rom 5.5.1. The widgets and wallpapers should be included but if not I can post them here.
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Thanks. Almost all the widgets on yours are what is included in another xperia launcher on here. The main one that is missing is the weather app. I love that one, but you do not have it.
I am not on CleanRom...
I like the horizontal (left to right) scrolling like they have in the regular xperia launcher. Just my 2 cents.
The only other thing I wish any of the xperia launchers had was the ability to continue scroll through the app drawer....

I am locating a weather widget you might be able to use will post on here
Edit: Try this weather widget,,,its not mine and I have some problems with the alarm, but I have never used a widget for that,,let me know.
Here is another one not mine I just themed it a little, it is labelled home and the weather widget below it works perfectly, only thing is you lose some customization but i can live with out it.
sideoutjj said:
Thanks. Almost all the widgets on yours are what is included in another xperia launcher on here. The main one that is missing is the weather app. I love that one, but you do not have it.
I am not on CleanRom...
I like the horizontal (left to right) scrolling like they have in the regular xperia launcher. Just my 2 cents.
The only other thing I wish any of the xperia launchers had was the ability to continue scroll through the app drawer....
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[APP][4.1+] Better Launcher (KitKat based)

Free download here:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.betterapps.betterlauncher
Description
Better Launcher is a new home screen replacement app for Android 4.1+ . It's based from the Launcher app from Android 4.4 (code name KitKat) , it supports all the functions of the home app in Android 4.4:
Main features:
• Scrollable dock with up to 9 icons per page and up to 5 pages
• Enhanced performance and stabilities over the default launcher
• Tons of fun animations, effects and other eye candy
• Homescreen gestures (pinch, swipe up/down, double tap)
• Theme engine compatible with many Launcher themes, including GO Launcher, Adw Launcher, Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher, Holo Launcher etc
• Change folder preview, icon size, animation speed, and many other things that you won't be able to change with the default launcher
• Unread Counts
• Backup/restore settings and data
• Optimized for both phones and tablets
• Lots of other customization options!
Why use Better Launcher over the other launchers?
• It's has many bug fixes and performance/stabilities updates from Android 4.4
• It's lean and small in size
• Allow widgets in the dock
• Better theme support, it loads most of the launcher themes on the play store with no problems
• Supports all of the Next Live Wallpapers

[Change logs]
[Change logs]
2/7
- Beta release
6/20
- Say "Ok, Google" to start voice search on the home screen
- Setting (Homescreen) to turn off the screen fade effect during screen transition

Dawood Al Amri said:
Great job man
Nice nice nice
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Thanks for your support. Please test it more and let me know if there're any issues.

thanks i will test for three days for any bugs on htc one

This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain

Urticant2 said:
This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain
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It's designed to use any much ram as it's available (i.e. aggressive/persistent mode in other launcher) by keeping things in memory so that things run smoothly. If other apps need memory, the launcher will release the memory for other apps.
Which device do you have? The launcher will use the memory if your device has lots of free memory.

Is there a way to remove the Google search bar from the top of every homepage? I know that's stock kitkat but it's a real waste of space.
In other respects though, this is a very nice launcher.
Edit:
I've worked it out. Under launcher settings-homescreen-search bar I've selected "Invisible" & the search bar not only disappears but the rest of the homescreen expands into the vacant space.
I'm going to see how I get on with Better Launcher as my default launcher for a few days.
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This is the best launcher for now !! 5 stars from me on Google play
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505

Awesome! Please remove elasticity/bounce in home screens and drawer and it's perfect! By far the best kitkat launcher I've seen.
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Clean look, awesome theme support. Animations are wicked and customizations from the next level.
Only thing that bothers me is that the homescreen animation lags, no idea why. The app drawer is insanely smooth.
Using it on my Xperia P with Carbon Rom.

Great launcher with lots of customization. There is some lag with the gestures and when you press the menu button while at app drawer, the regular kitkat settings appears behind the apps. Please remove the bounce animation at homescreen and app drawer screens

after one day - it's like hybrid between Google launcher and ADW launcher it's laggy not smooth at all
but 100% themes supports :angel:
i prefer LAUNCHER 3 FROM cm11 :silly:

Awesome start for a beta! Beats the rest out there kitkat wise.
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Better-Apps said:
It's designed to use any much ram as it's available (i.e. aggressive/persistent mode in other launcher) by keeping things in memory so that things run smoothly. If other apps need memory, the launcher will release the memory for other apps.
Which device do you have? The launcher will use the memory if your device has lots of free memory.
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I have nexus 5 so I have enough memory
Yes this is what I have seen and finally memory is controlled
Congratulation for this first launcher to be as fast
But personally I miss them option as :
- backup widget
- drawer icon replaceable by another app in dock
- swip up/down is too long to execute (in nova is perfect)
- white effect of the transition hurts the eyes
- and the battery consumption is too high

So after a couple of days I'm really liking this launcher. It's like an updated version of my old favorite Holo Launcher. I couldn't live without the 1x1 widgets in the dock that Holo & Better Launcher give me. Holo Notifier even works with it.
I've had no issues with it at all. No force closes, no undue battery drain. For the time being it's a keeper.
I do have one request for the next update. Can we have custom tabs in the app drawer please?
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Nice launcher. but I have some issues
- It take to long to make a gesture.
- I can't turn off the bounce effect.
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Urticant2 said:
This is huge
This is the first time I test a launcher and it is so effective and exceeds the best like nova or apex
Thanks
Edit: one hour after, high consumption 100 mb and it will up 180MB and battery drain
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The launcher doesn't do anything when it's not visible, it certainly not the source of the battery drain issue.

hasbrobot said:
Awesome! Please remove elasticity/bounce in home screens and drawer and it's perfect! By far the best kitkat launcher I've seen.
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That's one of the planned features, it will be available in a future update. Currently I am focusing on ironing out bugs.

Are this project dead ?
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505

wallah said:
Are this project dead ?
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I do hope not. I really like the launcher but I was hoping for a few more features like app drawer tabs.
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