Has anyone else tried this launcher? I found it in the market tonight. it's like a new upgrade from the original ADS with more customizations like scroll animations. It's readily really good.
it has resizeable widgets?
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Yep pretty dope!!!
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I still prefer LP
Very good!
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Firstly, to save any confusion, this is ADW Launcher EX. It's a paid version of ADW Launcher and is worth every penny! It keeps all the original features of ADW Launcher but adds a lot of extra features such as customised home scrolling animations and the home edit function from the Galaxy S.
Goodbye Go Launcher, you have been outclassed! This is my new home app.
Hot tip: disable desktop bounce when using animations. Looks 1000 times better.
ahh thank you for that. Stopping the desktop bounce did make it look a lot better. Amazing!
And to the guy that said LP is still better.lmao, buy this app and then judge it. LP cant touch the new ADW EX launcher.
I paid for LP plus and icons a few days ago. If I new the new adw was coming out I would of waited. The new adw is very nice,slick and quick.
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00roberto00 said:
it has resizeable widgets?
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yup, you can resize the widgets, icons and icon fonts
Krisbo said:
Hot tip: disable desktop bounce when using animations. Looks 1000 times better.
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lol...i prefer bouncing (set to about 60).
but all about personal preference i guess
Does this version still have the "feature" of swiping the dock to hide/unhide? I never could find a setting to disable that, main reason I went to lp...
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Does this version still have the "feature" of swiping the dock to hide/unhide? I never could find a setting to disable that, main reason I went to lp...
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I went ahead and purchased the app, it's very nice. The most important to me was the ability to increase the size of icons (setting at 125 looks good, as I move past 150 it starts to get visibly blurry). The new effects are nice too.
Is anyone else having problems locking the homescreen to portrait with ADW Ex? Both 'portrait' and 'landscape' seem to lock the phone to landscape. Auto is the only way to get portrait, but it seems to briefly flick back to briefly landscape sometimes, even when the phone isn't rotated.
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Is anyone else having problems locking the homescreen to portrait with ADW Ex? Both 'portrait' and 'landscape' seem to lock the phone to landscape. Auto is the only way to get portrait, but it seems to briefly flick back to briefly landscape sometimes, even when the phone isn't rotated.
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yeah...it seems like auto is the only way to get portrait, but mine is pretty good at staying portrait if not rotated
DMax99 said:
yeah...it seems like auto is the only way to get portrait, but mine is pretty good at staying portrait if not rotated
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You need to check the system persistant under system preferences.
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ADW ex is a fast launcher with alot of different transitions and stuff and themes
but it doesnt synchronized with streak especially with the number of columns and number of rows in the homescreen settings......does anyone have the same prob?
if anyone have a solution, please advise
Screeshots of ADW EX on my Streak
I just wanted to share a few examples of my home screens set up with ADW EX launcher.
Anyone else getting fc with this launcher? I love it but the number of fc is almost unbearable!
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Anyone using a custom launcher? It seems only adw works at the moment?
Stock is so laggy, and adw makes it faster but I don't like how ads is set out
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I used adw before I went to the bonsai Rom. Stock browser on there is great. Launcher pro also works ..and there is another called VTL launcher or something like that ... I bought it, but wasnt impressed so I returned it.
For me, the stock is as good as any when running Bonsai. Adw is awesome too ... but i dunno, reminded me of a phone too much I guess haha.
Ya that's what I thought to, and reminds me of a phone.. Just wish the ui was quicker
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I am using adw it is fast with good features
Launcher Pro Plus. Resize everything, but set it to 10x10 in apperance
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how do you get 10 x 10? I like adw better as of now, but it cuts off on the screen, which is annoying. Launcher pro plus seemed laggy and the app drawer icons are wayyy to small. any way to fix lag via settings?
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how do you get 10 x 10? I like adw better as of now, but it cuts off on the screen, which is annoying. Launcher pro plus seemed laggy and the app drawer icons are wayyy to small. any way to fix lag via settings?
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Home screen settings, then edit number of columns or rows. Paid version only.
I've got no lag using LP with bonsai rom and pershoots latest kernel. No OC. I like my home screen heavily custom with email, gmail, twitter, FB and widgetsoids on my home screen.
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loading app drawer is laggy for me on bonsai
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loading app drawer is laggy for me on bonsai
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Even when overclocked?
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yeah, unless something is just wrong on mine. If i use ADW, scrolling through homescreens is ipad smooth. Loading the APP drawer is pretty smooth (not perfect), but the graphics cut off on ADW. Launcher pro is as smooth switching homescreens, but loading the app drawer seems laggy. I wish there were more options for launchers. Android is the future, not sure why App developers are so slow to realize this.
Using ADW here. Works great. For some reason, I can't get a home launcher to stay set as default.
I like how VTL has persistant docks on 3 sides of each screen. I can widgetfy my screens and keep my icon shortcuts to the docks. However it can tank your honeycomb tablet if you try to set as default. You will end up stuck in a bootup mode. So becareful, and they specifically note not ready for honeycomb.
Launcher Pro looks like ADW, but lacks all the customization options and settings.
I am new to Tab10.1. Had 4 Asus TF101's and decided there was no number 5 in my future. but so far like having Maxathon, Market, Moxier, and Friendcaster as persistent docked icons. Would prefer VTL..... more persistent icons. But I am curious about the Touchwiz I've read on here with Widgets. I don't see anything in my stock browser. Am I behind or it is a port/hack?
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Hey guys. I'm looking for a launcher that allows you to use it completly full screen without a dck. Ive tried launcher pro and go launcher so far I haven't seen an option in any of them to remove dock so hoping one of you can help me.
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Try ADW launcher it has the options you're looking for
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Try ADW launcher it has the options you're looking for
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What he said. I'm using a combination of ADW Launcher EX and CircleLauncher
Your main screen will look like this:
The icons you see on the top left and bottom right are CircleLauncher. When i tap them they open up the predefined app selection of my choosing. You have the choice of a circle, horizontal or vertical style.
Another neat thing on the ADW Launcher EX is that you can use the swipe up and down gesture to preform actions. For example swipe down opens my Notifications Bar and swipe up opens my Apps Drawer.
Hope you find what you need.
Here's mine ADW
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What he said. I'm using a combination of ADW Launcher EX and CircleLauncher
Your main screen will look like this:
The icons you see on the top left and bottom right are CircleLauncher. When i tap them they open up the predefined app selection of my choosing. You have the choice of a circle, horizontal or vertical style.
Another neat thing on the ADW Launcher EX is that you can use the swipe up and down gesture to preform actions. For example swipe down opens my Notifications Bar and swipe up opens my Apps Drawer.
Hope you find what you need.
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I like Adw. It's simple clean and fast. Not sure if I will upgrade to the paid version since a lot of reviews are have force close issues. Are you getting any?
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I like Adw. It's simple clean and fast. Not sure if I will upgrade to the paid version since a lot of reviews are have force close issues. Are you getting any?
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Personally i have never had a force close on my 3D. On my 4G I did have a couple force closes but it didn't bother me as much. Try out the free version for a couple days to get the feel of it. If you feel generous afterwards you can "donate" to the owner instead of "buying" it, that's how I looked at it. Good luck!
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The same thing can be accomplished with Launcher Pro as well.
+1 for ADW. I hide the notification bar and get rid of the launcher. Here is a link to my setup. I've made some changes lately but you can get the general idea. Swipe down opens the notifications and swipe up opens the app drawer...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15563114&postcount=247
Any of you tried wave launcher? I love that... Another great option if you ditch the dock. And you can use it from anywhere from any app
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Yeah, ADW does exactly what you're looking for, here's another image to add to the pile on this thread =p
What my home screen looks like (click for full size):
You can also set an optional 'hidden' dock that comes up on a specified gesture (for example, if I flick upwards I get my appdrawer, phone and ADW settings).
Tried wave launcher. Wasn't feeling it. Settled on circle launcher. Advanced settings go for deep customization.
With auncher pro i could never find out how to hide dock. Anyways to much work if they can't just add a simple setting to hide it. Shame cause I want it for the gmail widget plus glass sense glass theme.
Only bad think about Adw is the app drawer lags when opening and really bad scrolling. Not much of an issue once I have my screens setup. Never need to use it.
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Hi Guys,
Quick question out of Adw launcher and LauncherPro or Go Launcher Which is the best to use??
I want Photo Widgets But it seems theses Home replaceMents Dont have them
Launcher pro and ADW use to have Photo widgets but not anymore
do you guys have any ideas or should i just stick to Sense
KiK me at username CellOo
thanks
I just tried Go Launcher Ex for the first time yesterday and I must say I am in love. Hands down the best launcher I have used to date. There are so many options and I love all the cool transitions. The Touch Wiz skin is pretty cool as well...It also has it's own free widgets that you can download.
I thought I was going to miss the Sense launcher but I do not see myself going back anytime soon.
The 3Evo was born to have 5 rows in it's launcher. It just fits perfectly. Add that with some Beautiful widgets, and it just can't be beat!
ive been using ADW and lovin it
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Adw ex for me. Smooth as a .........
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Love launcher pro, but it sucks on e3d for some reason and it appears abandon my Federico. Was using ADWex but it isn't as smooth as launcher pro (when lp works properly anyway) so I tried go launcher, love it, extremely smooth, do miss the 3d (aka 4d) drawer though. Aside from that it kicks lp's ass.
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GO Launcher is like launcherpro on steroids!!!!! Already loved Launcherpro but when GO Launcher came out.... man ol man!!!!! goodies!!!1
the animations are out of this word....love the app drawer can have em too!
D. None of the above.
Spb 3d mobile shell is the only other launcher I use. Go back and forth between it and stock. It's widgets are by far the best in my opinion. It's not quite as smooth as sense and it costs... But well worth the money if you ask me.
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Spb 3d mobile shell is the only other launcher I use.
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I like that one a lot too. Use it intermittently. Only thing I don't like about that one is that when you go to "all apps" and you scroll fast, when you touch to stop the scroll, the apps crawl up or down for a second or more (to lock on to a row) and if you try to touch an icon to start an app while the scroll is still crawling, it ignores it. You have to wait until the crawling scroll is done and then tap again. So I've gone back to Sense just because the fact that it scrolls all apps a page at a time is nice.
Mike
I can't use any of them, because none of them (without root) will give me a simple 1x1 widget that will display my unread exchange emails. (I can't use k-9 because my work uses Exchange 2010).
15 BUCKS FOR A FREAKING LAUNCHER???
bwahahahahahahaha joke right?
I also like Go Launcher but the sense is really fast and go Launcher has a lag when changing pages.
I see that spb has experimental stereoscopic built into it. does that do anything on the evo3d?
Personally, I have tried all that you've listed... Also GDE.
I have stuck with Go ever since I really figured it out. It gets my vote!
I tried Go for a little bit. (Few hours) Unless I missed it in the options I didn't see where I could get a full screen app drawer. I just felt like I was missing a lot if real estate when I opened the drawer. Got in my nerves :/ Small I know, but that's me.
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I tried Go for a little bit. (Few hours) Unless I missed it in the options I didn't see where I could get a full screen app drawer. I just felt like I was missing a lot if real estate when I opened the drawer. Got in my nerves :/ Small I know, but that's me.
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lol, that is pretty small considering all the other great features.
I switch between ADW EX & Go Launcher....I like to keep things clean looking, so Go Launcher I set up with the scrolling dockbar hidden (revealed with a down swipe). With ADW EX I use basically a dual dockbar & toggle between the 2 with a downswipe on the screen. 1 home screen and lots of real estate to actually enjoy my wallpaper.
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lol, that is pretty small considering all the other great features.
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Lol. Yea. I know it seems petty, and I sound like a spoiled little jerk, but it annoys the hell out of me, lol. I just can't get passed it. Atleast I'm not one of those assholes that will rate it one star in the market just because it has one little thing I don't like. I really did like it.
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15 BUCKS FOR A FREAKING LAUNCHER???
bwahahahahahahaha joke right?
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I am enjoying my 3vo. But being my first real android, I do miss having quality apps from winmo days. They do cost more, but worked and looked better to me. Every one seems to be used to free mediocre apps that no one tries the pay apps. Unfortunately if no one pays there won't be many quality apps. I used SPB MS in winmo and will now try it here. I miss Agenda One as my calender also.
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money has absolutely NOTHING to do with quality
no matter how ya slice it, 15 bucks for a launcher is highway robbery
the best things in life are free....
i.e. my kids, cyanogen, and miui
Been using Launcher pro for a while now, never looked back.
Anyone else like the previous ADW version better than the new updated version? No hidden dockbar is killing me.
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I don't use ADW Ex but I saw this on my twitter feed yesterday.
@davekover ADW EX users: To hide your dockbar in the new update, set a gesture swipe action to 'open/close dockbar' -- temporary solution.
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Hope it helps!
Ya that's what I'm doing for now but it is impossible to set up the launcher like I had it before. Now whenever you hide the dockbar it also moves all icons and Widgets on screen as well and its very choppy. Glad they said temporary fix. Maybe they'll add it back in.
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It's starting to grow on me. Not updating it on my tablet though, because apparently, the update messes up my homescreen setup (Hubs).
Good to know..
I haven't updated yet.
Im gonna save a copy of this apk b4 I check it out
Previous version was definitely smoother for me, hoping for an update to fix that. Adjusting to it but since I didn't use hidden dock that much the transition hasn't been as hard as it might be for others.
Just switched to adw today. For 10 cents how can you go wrong? Coming from go launcher it is a slight change, but growing on me. Had to get Android pro widgets because I missed my go launcher Facebook widget. Not as many effects but seems a little smoother.
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Ya that's what I'm doing for now but it is impossible to set up the launcher like I had it before. Now whenever you hide the dockbar it also moves all icons and Widgets on screen as well and its very choppy. Glad they said temporary fix. Maybe they'll add it back in.
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adwsettings > interface > dock > "dock as overlay"
What worked for me to hide the dockbar was to make the swipe up gesture to hide the dockbar, then once it was gone change the swipe up gesture back to what i wanted it to be (which was app drawer for me), and the dockbar stayed hidden! I hope this wasn't too confusing and I hope this helps!
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Just switched to adw today. For 10 cents how can you go wrong? Coming from go launcher it is a slight change, but growing on me. Had to get Android pro widgets because I missed my go launcher Facebook widget. Not as many effects but seems a little smoother.
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Yeah I use android pro widgets as well.
don't forget...widgets have themes if u got paid version.
If it's not .10 cents, I'm not buying it. Lol j/k
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That setting change is a great alternative to what in used to. This will work for a bit, but I'm still hoping that they add back the hidden dockbar as well
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Mr_GreenJeans said:
Just switched to adw today. For 10 cents how can you go wrong? Coming from go launcher it is a slight change, but growing on me. Had to get Android pro widgets because I missed my go launcher Facebook widget. Not as many effects but seems a little smoother.
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yeah me too, I was expecting a choice of launchers like the video showed, but after it installed it went to ADW only, so I spent a while re-doing my screens
to the folks missing the hidden dock bar, can't you just hide it? I made the swipe-up show/hide it. I don't know what I'm missing since I didn't see the old verision.
also adw notifier quit working on my widgetlocker lockscreen (but that was before the install).
I used the preset fast and this thing zooms now
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Paid for EX like a year ago. Loving the update because it finally allows the ics dock to scale properly.
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so is it just me, or do other people have to tap 3-4 times to launch stuff on the dock? If I pull the icon off the dock and put it back on it works on one tap. the tap is registering because the icon highlights blue, but it commonly takes a few tries...?
I'm using Go Launcher right now, and I'm pretty satisfied. Is there any better theme app than this? what apps do you use for your theme?
I really like go sms pro and a few others They make a lot of decent apps, all highly customizable. I used go launcher before I got CM9. As for others? Idk.
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I used Go with my Droid X and Liberty and loved it. Since this is my first HTC I've been giving sense a try, but the thing that drives me nuts is the home screen only sits vertical, where as Go works either or.
I never did theme mine, the craziest i got was enabling some of the cool page transition graphics. I'm starting to lean toward Go again, esp if i can get the sense clock/weather 4x1 widget. I have to say i love that thing a lot.
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I used Go with my Droid X and Liberty and loved it. Since this is my first HTC I've been giving sense a try, but the thing that drives me nuts is the home screen only sits vertical, where as Go works either or.
I never did theme mine, the craziest i got was enabling some of the cool page transition graphics. I'm starting to lean toward Go again, esp if i can get the sense clock/weather 4x1 widget. I have to say i love that thing a lot.
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Being only vertical is what drives me nuts about Sense. If there was a way for the homescreen to be auto orientation, then Sense would be all I need.
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I have tried Go Launcher, but I don't like the menu bar on bottom eating up my screen space.
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I have tried Go Launcher, but I don't like the menu bar on bottom eating up my screen space.
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Same with me, that's a waste of space. Apex launcher doesn't have that black menu bar. Not sure about other launchers.
I used it in the past but found it "choppier" then other options. ADWLauncher EX is my go-to nowadays. never had a problem with it.
I'm trying it right now. It seems to be the only one that I can find that offers a 5 column app drawer and allows resizable widgets for free.
It seems pretty fast, there is choppiness every now and then but that is usually when I'm running other stuff at the same time.
The biggest downside is the Honeycomb menu bar. I emailed the developer about this issue, hopefully they will take care of it since it is a fairly simple fix. If some of you like it too (except for the menu bar), I'd encourage you to email them and complain. The more complaints the higher the chances of a fix. [email protected]
I tried most launchers and the one i like the most is Nova Launcher.
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+1 for Nova
i used to use go launcher for a long time but im really diggin apex launcher nowadays.