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[APP] Power Strip: Multitasking Dock sale 3 days remaining

Introductory price ($0.99) for Power Strip is going to end in 3 days.
Many thanks to all you early adopters!
Many thanks to all your feedback and suggestions!
We gonna make it better and better!

franlee said:
Introductory price ($0.99) for Power Strip is going to end in 3 days.
Many thanks to all you early adopters!
Many thanks to all your feedback and suggestions!
We gonna make it better and better!
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Im not going to lie to you franlee... Ive been using v 1.1.9 of your app for free from some warez forum and today Im going to buy the app thanks!
Sorry had to try before I buy... so I used it for a week and Im satisfied so Im going to buy it!
Very useful app and fast! Hope that trasparency will come soon and changing of the dock and stuff
Look for my name its close to Frank Card Ill be paying for it today!

Just bought it, great app!!

death1246 said:
Im not going to lie to you franlee... Ive been using v 1.1.9 of your app for free from some warez forum and today Im going to buy the app thanks!
Sorry had to try before I buy... so I used it for a week and Im satisfied so Im going to buy it!
Very useful app and fast! Hope that trasparency will come soon and changing of the dock and stuff
Look for my name its close to Frank Card Ill be paying for it today!
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thanks! sure more customizable factors will come.
you won't be disappointed

franlee said:
Introductory price ($0.99) for Power Strip is going to end in 3 days.
Many thanks to all you early adopters!
Many thanks to all your feedback and suggestions!
We gonna make it better and better!
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What the hell is this app? the description online doesn't do it for me.
I'm curious.

did you fix the problem with apps on SD card? Every time i rebooted, all my widgets and shortcuts i added would disappear.

Devastatin said:
What the hell is this app? the description online doesn't do it for me.
I'm curious.
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its like quickdesk but looks as though its better! gonna buy now and see for myself!

joeydsmith said:
did you fix the problem with apps on SD card? Every time i rebooted, all my widgets and shortcuts i added would disappear.
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it has been said before that adding apps with widgets on the SD card would make them disappear.
not just with powerstrip but froyo in general. if you're going to be using the widget, take it off your SD card.

adam18488 said:
its like quickdesk but looks as though its better! gonna buy now and see for myself!
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http://androidandme.com/2010/06/applications/quickdesk-a-beta-home-replacement-with-a-twist/
This makes sense. What's the major differences, I may want to explore this for a dollar

purchased, hope its good!

Devastatin said:
http://androidandme.com/2010/06/applications/quickdesk-a-beta-home-replacement-with-a-twist/
This makes sense. What's the major differences, I may want to explore this for a dollar
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you're not limited on space like you are in quickdesk with one homescreen.
it has an all apps, shortcuts, recent apps, and context panel used to share QR codes of the app you have open,
app info (force stop, move to SD card, etc.), uninstall, and go to market page.

psypher5 said:
purchased, hope its good!
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Been using Power Strip for a few weeks now and I love it. It now does scrollable widgets. In fact I'm down to 1 home screen and all my icons and widgets are in power strip.

I cant get it to update. I try to update and it keeps saying download unsuccessful.

[IO]ERROR said:
Been using Power Strip for a few weeks now and I love it. It now does scrollable widgets. In fact I'm down to 1 home screen and all my icons and widgets are in power strip.
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one home screen ftw.
same setup here.

dudebro said:
you're not limited on space like you are in quickdesk with one homescreen.
it has an all apps, shortcuts, recent apps, and context panel used to share QR codes of the app you have open,
app info (force stop, move to SD card, etc.), uninstall, and go to market page.
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I think if the originating developer made the functionality clearer on the product homepage and market screen, it will help with sales tremendously. With that being said, I'll purchase tonight when i have a reliable internet connection. =)

Loving it just commented on it too thxs for the great app! cant wait for customization!

Devastatin said:
I think if the originating developer made the functionality clearer on the product homepage and market screen, it will help with sales tremendously. With that being said, I'll purchase tonight when i have a reliable internet connection. =)
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yes, probably so. I saw it on one of kmobs videos and was convinced to buy.

franlee said:
thanks! sure more customizable factors will come.
you won't be disappointed
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Just bought it hope developing doesnt stop!

The only issue I have is one particular widget I use in QuickDesk doesn't really work well in Power Strip. And that's Settings Profile, I really like being able to make sure I'm in the right profile by the color the widget displays without having to click on anything. Unfortunately this is not possible to see in Power Strip since widgets are only visible after clicking them in the Widget panel.
Other than that this is a very cool multitasking app.

negreenfield said:
The only issue I have is one particular widget I use in QuickDesk doesn't really work well in Power Strip. And that's Settings Profile, I really like being able to make sure I'm in the right profile by the color the widget displays without having to click on anything. Unfortunately this is not possible to see in Power Strip since widgets are only visible after clicking them in the Widget panel.
Other than that this is a very cool multitasking app.
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you can change the startup options to display last used widget or something.

Nav bar is annoying

Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?

Rhetorical question?

I don't think it really moves it from 5" to 4.5". Probably more like 4.8".
If you don't like it, definitely look out for customer roms. Even CM offers full screen mode. But there will be plenty of ROM's with PIE available within the next few weeks.

I hope Google gives us the option to hide it a bit more, such as in the camera, video and gallery apps...
It's a waste of space and is one of my major gripes with the phone (I still love it).
I do find that the extra bevel space at the bottom gives you a much better place to grip the phone.

Get another phone.

DanVanDamn said:
Rhetorical question?
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It's not. How easy is it to take same approach as galaxy ? I don't see any cons in doing that.

It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.

I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.

_MetalHead_ said:
I got rid of my navbar. Using pie controls instead. The extra screen real estate is awesome, especially for gaming.
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I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
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jodvova said:
Nav bar is really annoying and it consumes so much space on the screen.
It's OK on devices like Nexus 10, but it makes 5 inch screen to be 4.5 or even less.
Why google doesn't op-in the touch buttons on the lower body like Galaxy ?
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This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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SymbioticGenius said:
I've been looking into this all day and failing miserably. Please do tell
Sent from my Nexus 5
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This is the app I use for the pie controls- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.eatheat.pie
Add this to your build.prop to get rid of your navbar- qemu.hw.mainkeys=1

maxpower7 said:
This is the third nexus phone that includes the navbar and you're acting like it's the first time you've ever heard of it. If you wanted a phone with capacitive buttons, you could've purchased one.
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I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.

jodvova said:
I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?

I like the navbar, I just don't like how big it is. Once Xposed is working for 4.4 I'll ditch the pie controls and just shrink the navbar down to my liking.

jodvova said:
I'm just complaining. Nav bar on 5 inch screen is stupid. Anything that is stupid should be eliminated.
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I like the navbar, and it's a key feature of Nexus devices. If you think it's stupid, don't get a Nexus device. Simple as that.
I swear, this is just like people who buy Samsung phones and then complain that they hate Touchwiz. If you hate an intrinsic property of a specific phone, maybe just don't buy that phone. Seems pretty obvious to me.
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jodvova said:
It's just terrible how much useful space it eats up now.
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You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?

afazel said:
You do know that the nav bar goes away for full screen apps made with 4.4 in mind and in nearly all full screen videos until the screen is touched, right? What do you need that extra space for when you're not watching a video or playing a game?
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Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
calendar
camera
and etc.

brkshr said:
Thanks for telling us what is stupid. I (and most others) like the on-screen keys. I guess we (and Google) are wrong. So thank you! Are there any other opinions of yours that I should have?
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Google was never fast at coming with good designs. It took them like 2-3 years to come up with a nice looking design for android. Same for web.
So I hope in a next iteration they will get rid of nav bar on phones whatsoever.

Count me in as a nav bar supporter. It's not like it takes up that much space. Plus, on custom roms, you can customize it, which is a lot of fun as well!
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jodvova said:
Can you name the apps please ?
So far I've noticed that following apps don't work in a full screen mode:
gmail
chrome
contacts
calendar
camera
and etc.
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None of those are full screen apps. Try YouTube and Netflix.
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What are you looking forward to..

On the 6.0 update?
For me...
1. Faster fingerprint reader/unlock animation
2. New keyboard layout
3. Finally having an option to switch to pin code for alternative option if fingerprint isnt working
4. Adjustments on touchwiz
5. Google now on tap
6. New emojis
7.Faster phone ?? (hopefully)

Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.

PDXMatt said:
Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.
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Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand your struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.

geeshiet said:
Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand youre struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.
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I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.

I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.

PDXMatt said:
I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.
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Thats looks like a really useful app! And yes, really looking forward to the new fingerprint API. We can finally make purchases with just our fingerprint reader on play store, amazon, ebay, etc... hopefully.

I hope they fix the keyboard lag I have with every keyboard.

New emojis?! What are the supposed to look like in 6.0? Also what is Google on tap?

geeshiet said:
I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.
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Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?

ingenious247 said:
Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.

geeshiet said:
It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.
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They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:

The only thing I'm looking forward to is a phone that doesn't get an update and have it cause the phone to be worse than before. Right now my stock Note 5 works just fine.
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I'm just looking forward to my ohone being updated at all. Lol

Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Followed by people complaining that the update ruined their phone.
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http://www.androidauthority.com/att-galaxy-note-5-marshmallow-beta-671153/

ingenious247 said:
Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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Maybe they could have it only light up when it's dark..

pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Not going to happen because people will start complaining about not getting Android 7 update

Jammol said:
They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:
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Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.

geeshiet said:
Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.
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You decided to quote me and revive this olds thread. Dang. I'm so sorry.
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shows us your Xperia 5 homescreens.

I'll start I guess.
Lockscreen. Home, left and right.

Redid my home and lock. Same ****.
Just new icons, and background mountain, lock wall is still likewise above, just with a background mountain so still fits.
I'll later today, remove the navigation bar all together. And going all gestures. For more seamless setup and controll. Just don't have any adb on my Macs and don't get it, as on Windows. Lol.
Edit** Added lockscreen and homewall.
It's no right, none did a setup yet, phone is on Monday a month old. ?? Come on all ?
I redo mine like at least ones a day ? can't show em all, just what I fall back to. Otherwise I'll be spamming ???

Wauuu really? Is this the community of Sony, 76 ppl locking, not one says, u suck, God knows what. I did not make a mistake, buying this, but the community is like non-existent

Dioser said:
Wauuu really? Is this the community of Sony, 76 ppl locking, not one says, u suck, God knows what. I did not make a mistake, buying this, but the community is like non-existent
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why would people want to show off their home screens?

yekollu said:
why would people want to show off their home screens?
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Inspiration Perhaps?
Why did you look??
Curiosity???

But no worries. I sold this Xperia. What another fail device from Sony. So I won't be staying any more. Guess. Ty Sony. Got more than I paid. Lol

Dioser said:
But no worries. I sold this Xperia. What another fail device from Sony. So I won't be staying any more. Guess. Ty Sony. Got more than I paid. Lol
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I really like your home screen, bro. It's been a long time since someone replied to you. What's up?

sundayrequiem said:
I really like your home screen, bro. It's been a long time since someone replied to you. What's up?
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Ty mate, nothing much. I went back to my op6 , looks like this. Atm..
Sold both xm3 and Xperia 5, as I couldn't stand any of em.
How you been doing?

I disabled Ambient display on the Xperia 5. Seems to work much better. @ Android v9. I wonder once Android 10 is stable and fixes bugs in 10 will the new home button make things easier?

sundayrequiem said:
I disabled Ambient display on the Xperia 5. Seems to work much better. @ Android v9. I wonder once Android 10 is stable and fixes bugs in 10 will the new home button make things easier?
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I thought that Sony's gesture actually works. But wasn't quite enough for me. And way of topic
And how better? My only real complaint was FP. And had 3 updates in 3 weaks, didn't fix, so I sold. The phone it self. Had no issue with. Besides. My year elder op6 preform better besides 21:9 :good:
Oh. Yeah. Sold to a company. For more than I gave. So no loss. I tried.
But let's hope. They'll fix stuff in @10, like systemwide dark mode :fingers-crossed:
I'ma fraid. Cellphone is not where Sony put their money.
Tv's 2nd ps5 1st. Sound 3rd. Not to speak of camera's
My oneplus6 (256/8gb) is on stabel @10.1- beta @"10.3" came last night.

Dioser said:
Ty mate, nothing much. I went back to my op6 , looks like this. Atm..
Sold both xm3 and Xperia 5, as I couldn't stand any of em.
How you been doing?
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What is that clock/weather widget, that's sharp

A new cell phone is just a bunch of radiation.
the Xperia 5 has an advantage over wider phones, but the top of the phone is too heavy and will tip over. Also, the bezel material is unlike the Xperia Z3, which was metallic and unique among Xperia flagships.

augie7107 said:
What is that clock/weather widget, that's sharp
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Sorry for the late reply. It's weather live https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apalon.weatherlive

Niagara Launcher with one of the stock wallpapers.

yekollu said:
why would people want to show off their home screens?
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My thoughts as well. I mean how significant is it?

Annoying Home app refresh

Hey there, first time posting here.
Recently bought this phone, great piece of tech ( the only smartphone under 6.5" worthy of spending money on)
At the beginning the battery was performing poorly, but after the latest July update it has been quite a pleasurable surprise to get great battery life and not having to charge the phone every day. Everything alright till now, untill the phone occasionally started to freeze straight after unlocking it without the possibility to interact with, unless I would lock\unlock it again (really annoying especially when in a hurry).
But the most frustrating (for some weird reason) is the Home app refresh. I'm currently using Nova launcher Prime, and if I return home, it randomly refreshes the launcher looking like there's a memory management issue. Feels like having a really old android phone...
Anyone else having the same problems?
Any fix? (Please don't tell me to switch to the super boring stock launcher).
Thanks for the attention.

Fox17337 said:
Hey there, first time posting here.
Recently bought this phone, great piece of tech ( the only smartphone under 6.5" worthy of spending money on)
At the beginning the battery was performing poorly, but after the latest July update it has been quite a pleasurable surprise to get great battery life and not having to charge the phone every day. Everything alright till now, untill the phone occasionally started to freeze straight after unlocking it without the possibility to interact with, unless I would lock\unlock it again (really annoying especially when in a hurry).
But the most frustrating (for some weird reason) is the Home app refresh. I'm currently using Nova launcher Prime, and if I return home, it randomly refreshes the launcher looking like there's a memory management issue. Feels like having a really old android phone...
Anyone else having the same problems?
Any fix? (Please don't tell me to switch to the super boring stock launcher).
Thanks for the attention.
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have you tried any other launcher

Godhelpmetofindananswer said:
have you tried any other launcher
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Godhelpmetofindananswer said:
have you tried any other launcher
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Yes I have, lawn launcher 2. Have you got any suggestion? Cheers

Fox17337 said:
Yes I have, lawn launcher 2. Have you got any suggestion? Cheers
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how about rooting your phone removing the stock launcher and install the third party one as a system app