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Launcher Comsumption

Well since I'm always looking for the lightest launcher (not that my phone is slow but I want a launcher just to play my 3d intensive games), I decided to post my findings about various Launchers here, I'll add more as I test them, this is using Task Manager when the Launcher is running as the main app (because if I launch GO for example and it isn't the default one, it will show the same RAM usage but 0% CPU usage), I measured at least five times each so I could get an average - that's using a Milestone 2 (Droid 2) non overclocked, rooted:
Home (Motorola): CPU 5%ish, RAM 20-25 MB
Go Launcher: CPU 10-12%, RAM 20-31 MB
Launcher 7: CPU 10-12%, RAM 22-25MB
Regina Launcher 3D: CPU 1-5%, RAM 15-25MB
Zeam: CPU 0%, RAM 9-12 MB
Zeam would always give me 0% CPU no matter what except when it was starting (drawing icons, app drawer and all) when it gave me 40%ish CPU and 50mb RAM.
LauncherPro would never appear on Task Manager so if anyone has a tip on which program to use to measure its RAM and CPU consumption I'd love a suggestion.
Since Dungeon Hunter 2 is the only game that constantly gives me slowdowns (other demanding games like Eternal Legacy, Reckless Racing and Spider Man Total Mayhem almost never show slowdowns, Hero of Sparta does but al reviews say it was badly coded compared to the iPhone version so I thought there was no point in using it to test Launchers), I used that game as a 'benchmark'.
I was only able to play it without it slowing down constantly when I performed certain actions (the animation of the trasure flipping when you open a chest) and having 90% smooth battles even using the fairy spells (which are full of effects) using Zeam. The game was almost unplayable using default Motorola Blur Home (although I tested Spider Man, which is the fastest action 3D game I have, and it worked flawlessly), and I'd say LauncherPro, even leaving all widgets (facebook, twitter, sms, calendar) on, delivered an experience almost as good as Zeam, same can be said for Regina Launcher although the Launcher itself slows down because it's all 3D and stuff. Performance under Launcher7 wasn't good.
I'm going to test ADW and the Gingerbread launchers now (have 4 of them, one by Steve Lin, one by someguy373 - sorry forgot the name, HELauncher and another one called Gingerbread Launcher like the 373 guy's one), but I'm hoping someone will come with better way to test hi-end game performance under several launchers (since in my case it's the only thing that seems to be affected by them, I charge my phone daily and since Droid2's battery sucks anyway I can't say I have noticed battery differences among them).

Awesome info Although I'm surprised at the moto home using up so little resources though
And to see Launcher Pro, If you're using Advanced Task manager go into Settings then change the security level to low so you can see all the Apps and processes running, Launcher Pro should be one of them

MacaronyMax said:
Awesome info Although I'm surprised at the moto home using up so little resources though
And to see Launcher Pro, If you're using Advanced Task manager go into Settings then change the security level to low so you can see all the Apps and processes running, Launcher Pro should be one of them
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Oh thanks, I'll install advanced Task Man to see, there are other launchers I can't see as well such as the gingerbread ones.

LauncherPro has a debug feature IIRC, it should be in the Advanced settings.

TheDeadCpu said:
LauncherPro has a debug feature IIRC, it should be in the Advanced settings.
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Yeah it's showing me 15-25mb most of the time.
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With atrix I use adw paid version with every animation possible but HTC magic 32b I needed all the resources I could get and use zeam. Thanks for the info
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Try GO, too. It appears to consume little overhead while offering the best features of adw ex and lpp (plus I like its task management widget).
I'm curious to find out what its footprint is in comparison to the others
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mkioshi said:
LauncherPro would never appear on Task Manager so if anyone has a tip on which program to use to measure its RAM and CPU consumption I'd love a suggestion.
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You can try Home Manager for the RAM usage (about 28 -32MB on my phone - X8, stock 2.1). Still no clue to the CPU consumption tho.

Thanks
Thank you so much for this info, is very very helpfull.
Currently I'm using ADW Ex, but I will look for either Zeam of LauncherPro.
Zeam is a very good launcher, I hope to get more features in the next updates.
Thanks again.

This pretty much sums up why I use the Zeam Launcher over other feature-heavy launchers like LPP, GO or ADW. Of course, the results are more or less expected except for the MotoBlur. @[email protected]
If anyone can provide the info regarding the usage of the Touchwiz and Sense, I'll really appreciate it. I'm itching to go back to my home launcher again. XD

Have you tried HeLauncher?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handlerexploit.launcher_reloaded&feature=search_result
Seems like it might be light but im not sure...

With the built in launcherpro memory useage display the highest I see is 10.x MB, and for the most part it hovers around 9.5-9.8MB.
EDIT: I found launcherpro in Task Manager as android.process.acore. Task manager has it consuming about 28MB of memory and 0-1% CPU.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.

Different launchers & battery life ?

Hello,
I'd like to know if having installed various launchers makes the phone lag or drain battery life ? I don't know which one to choose yet, so when I hit the Home button of my Nexus S, I get the choice of using all launchers that I've installed.
Would it be recommended to uninstall useless launchers ?
Also, let's say I want to use a 'light' launcher when I'm running out of battery, does running one launcher turn off widgets from my default launcher ?
Thanks for the help !

Bls440 said:
I'd like to know if having installed various launchers makes the phone lag or drain battery life ? I don't know which one to choose yet, so when I hit the Home button of my Nexus S, I get the choice of using all launchers that I've installed.
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If you're not constantly switching between them, then the unused ones should be killed off and removed from memory. You should be able to select a default Launcher with a check box on that menu.
Bls440 said:
Would it be recommended to uninstall useless launchers ?
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Go for it if you're running out of storage space.
Bls440 said:
Also, let's say I want to use a 'light' launcher when I'm running out of battery, does running one launcher turn off widgets from my default launcher ?
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The only running widgets would be from the currently running Launcher. Try Zeam Launcher for one that's simple and light weight.

If you're looking for a lightweight alternative launcher that still gets the job done without all the bells and whistles nothing more better than Zeam Launcher

I personally don't think that you will improve battery life using a lightweight launcher. Maybe it does but the difference might not be something you would notice.
What I would advice is disable widgets constantly polling for data e.g YouTube, Facebook, genie Widgets ...
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Thank you all for your answers.
I enjoy having multiple widgets running even though it drains battery. But as I said, I'd like to turn them off when I'm on my way back home but unsure that my battery will last. By switching to another light launcher, according to what droptothetop said, I can make sure none of them are running.

Better Battery Life for Core(Rooted)

Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..

I had already applied nova launcer ... but didn't new how to remove touchwiz launcher .... anyways thanks a lot !!
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does this speed my phone up to ? need to know for testing purposes

omaroe666 said:
does this speed my phone up to ? need to know for testing purposes
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Well It does... The apps I listed use 2-3mb ram each, so if you freeze them more ram will be available which will make your phone faster.
if you want performance over style then install SickSky launcher(free on play store).

kulboyfz said:
Well It does... The apps I listed use 2-3mb ram each, so if you freeze them more ram will be available which will make your phone faster.
if you want performance over style then install SickSky launcher(free on play store).
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yeah i used it and if i use super task killer it will give 400-450 instead of 300-340 ;o HUGE differents!
I now use apex launcher with a galaxy s4 theme looks almost 100% like Real touchwiz. but the one thing that bothers me is that is no labels under the dock icons can i add labels to dock icons on apex ?
GOOD GUIDE BTW!!!

To freeze system apps you neither need root nor any app like Link2sd.All non essential apps can be disabled from application manager itself.Just go to settings/application manager/all and click the app you want to disable and then simply click on disable.To enable just click on enable to enable it again.

wow it's really works, now i have 500mb ram free space . thanks a lot:laugh::good:

im get a better battery life more, thanks for this thread

or just uninstall those bloatwares if your phone's rooted.

Hey thanks, i want to reshare with all my friend

#just_a_note
please don't remove any system app .. this might cause system instability ..just greenify apps that are not in use .. use 2 background processes as maximum thanks

there are many sys apps which are BLOATWARES , you can safely remove them(only non important ones)
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kulboyfz said:
Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..
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Your tutorial gave me a significant increase in battery life!
Off topic:
I also added these apps to be frozen, since I don't use these apps, I'm using Titanium Backup Pro.
List of Apps:
14. ChatOn
15. Email
16. Gmail
17. Google Play Newsstand
18. Help
19. Google Play Music (I'm using Poweramp Pro)
20. S voice
21. Talk
22. Youtube (using Viral Pro since youtube buffers so long)
@kulboyfz, Thanks +1 given!:good::highfive:

Or simply change your rom

How do you root samsung core 2?
How do you root samsung core 2?
kulboyfz said:
Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..
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I'm confused, do these for get more RAM or for better battery?

About Nova Launcher

Hey guys, I'm about to buy the Huawei Mate 8 and I was wondering; If I install Nova Launcher (and personalize to my preferences the phone - I want all my apps in a place, not in the homescreen), does it remove some important functionality? I mean, I want to use the fingerprint scanner and the camera app, I haven't used an Android phone for about 2 years or more so that's why I'm asking things that you might find obvious.
Thanks for your help :good: .

No Problem, I'm using currently Nova Launcher on the device. Everything working fine

Only "problem" I've seen (doesn't bother me as I don't use it) is using the dual window launcher. You can split the screen from within a compatible app but not from the Nova launcher. Other than that all other functions are normal for me, been using Nova launcher since day one with my Mate 8

MuPp3t33r said:
Only "problem" I've seen (doesn't bother me as I don't use it) is using the dual window launcher. You can split the screen from within a compatible app but not from the Nova launcher. Other than that all other functions are normal for me, been using Nova launcher since day one with my Mate 8
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Oh that's amazing, last question: Can you use the app to give permision to others apps to work in background and to save battery? I've read that the Mate 8 has a great app management and also battery saving mode so that makes me curious.
Thanks for your help man.

yep, the app u mean is phone manager and it works just fine with nova launcher
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10

(Suggestions) Best Battery efficient launcher

Can anyone please suggest me best launcher which has minimal battery usage?

Probably the stock launcher. I say that because if you are not rooted than the stock launcher is going to be running ANYWAY in the background and taking up the same percentage of system resources.....and any other launcher you install would just be stacked on top
I would prefer Nova launcher that I used on my previous phone, but I then thought more carefully over the situation and decided, whats the point? I would certainly not gain a performance increase

fc3211 said:
Probably the stock launcher. I say that because if you are not rooted than the stock launcher is going to be running ANYWAY in the background and taking up the same percentage of system resources.....and any other launcher you install would just be stacked on top
I would prefer Nova launcher that I used on my previous phone, but I then thought more carefully over the situation and decided, whats the point? I would certainly not gain a performance increase
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i hate stock launcher... so ... btw i am too using nova as my default launcher...

Evie launcher, very little to no use power consumption, in the maximum power consumption conditions, it uses nearly 1 mAh (every 1 hour)

TheDon772 said:
Evie launcher, very little to no use power consumption, in the maximum power consumption conditions, it uses nearly 1 mAh (every 1 hour)
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ty...i was using nova.. but then I switched to Google Now Launcher... It doesnot consume battery..

try Nova..best one many has tried so far I think.

shashank1320 said:
try Nova..best one many has tried so far I think.
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i had tried it... it has lots of customizations ... its nice..

I'd suggest Lawnchair. But other good launchers I've tried are ADW launcher, Action, (Evie and Nova but I've seen those already discussed above)

RedSkull23 said:
I'd suggest Lawnchair. But other good launchers I've tried are ADW launcher, Action, (Evie and Nova but I've seen those already discussed above)
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lawnchair is currently in its beta state and i have tried it too...
According to me, Google now is the best launcher because it provides stock like experience and it hardly consumes battery and memory.. I dont care about customizing the screen. Simple is better :laugh: