I just got my SGS2 but I already miss HTC's sense, does anyone know of alternatives? I miss the clock/weather widget and the easy way to change/set the clock/alarm, the friendstream widget, the organisation of the app drawer
Excellent development related post. I look forward to your Beta release.
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Can you make it compatible with htcsense.com? And please don't forget to add all the bloatware that comes with sense.
nobnut said:
Excellent development related post. I look forward to your Beta release.
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oops wrong forum, I meant to put it in Q&A
godutch said:
oops wrong forum, I meant to put it in Q&A
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No real harm done. There are, however, skins for ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro, EX Launcher and more launchers. There are widgets like Beautiful widgets which actually look a lot like the Sense widgets. Launcher Pro Plus actually has a lot of widgets like a gmail widget, a contact widget, etc. The good thing about Android is that there are a lot of alternatives in the market. Check it out!.
Colorize widgets for friendstream and a lot more, beautiful widgets or fancy widgets + go launcher o similar...you will never look back my friend, cheers.
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I have used Sense 3.0 on my DZ for two weeks until I got SGS2. I do not miss sense .
I'm running LPP .
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Both launchers are great IMO, but I've usually leaned toward LauncherPro. I haven't installed either on my MT4G, and am curious to know what other MT4G owners prefer to run on their phone (after rooting, of course).
dustrho said:
Both launchers are great IMO, but I've usually leaned toward LauncherPro. I haven't installed either on my MT4G, and am curious to know what other MT4G owners prefer to run on their phone (after rooting, of course).
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adw launcher all the way.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/fluxed-adw-theme/com.asimonds.fluxed
with that adw.theme.
[i bought adw.notifier too]
then put on something with a black wallpaper=ooommmggg
speed+eye candy
I just tried both and ADW is slow as a dog on my phone. LauncherPro flies faster than I remember it running on my old MT3G, but sadly I can't install/use any of the HTCSense widgets (most importantly the weather/clock one).
Keep HTCSense or LauncherPro? Hmmm.
I have been using LauncherPro Plus for over a week now. Decided to try ADW today. Although there are definitely some more customization options on ADW theme wise, LPP seems to run faster and more consistent. I will be sticking to LPP.
Also, the old version of fancy widget or the paid beautiful widget app can replace the sense ui weather/clock.
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LPP all the way, by far the best. Get beautiful widgets if you want the sense style clock and the LPP widgets are just as good as the sense widgets.
speoples20 said:
LPP all the way, by far the best. Get beautiful widgets if you want the sense style clock and the LPP widgets are just as good as the sense widgets.
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same here... I love Launcher Pro and have been using Beautiful Widgets since they came back after the C&D from HTC, between the speed of Launcher Pro (not to mention the 2 extra launcher bars) and the customization of Beautiful Widgets you can't go wrong.
LPP! i love how fast it is and the widgets are amazing! the ability to also resize a widget on the fly is wondering
I tend to use Launcher Pro Plus more than ADW but both are excellent.
Used to go back and forth between these 2 before lpp. the widgets just put it a step ahead, 4 me. both are good though
Launcher Pro with translucent widgets is the best!
what do you all mean by "fast"?
like the scrolling speeds?
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what do you all mean by "fast"?
like the scrolling speeds?
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Yes that and opening speeds of the apparently drawer. U can customize the speeds via advanced options.
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I like both adw and lp, but my experience has been that lp is alot smoother
lp for me is the best also ...... its fast is clean and its smooth i got the regular one not the paid one......
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I love LP but im using ADW now and i havent seen any slowdowns at all and i like the themes, maybe since its newer to me im digging it more now, i been using launcher pro since it first came out
yea both are great launchers and i have been using LPP since it came out too but lately ive been using ADW since it has many different themes and with the TeamSilence Iced Galcier Rom V1.0 and the Gr8Gorilla 1.7 Ghz OC, ADW doesnt lag at all... so it gives me speed and extreme customization too IMO... my suggestion is download both then see which one suits your needs...
+1 for LPP. I love the calendar widget and the dock with the glass background.
First time trying to use launcher pro, downloaded it from Market and can not find it any where. Went into my app drawer and t isn't there, checked settings ect. and isn't there either. What the heck am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
Didn't think I was that much of a knuckle head but obviously I am.
Thanks,
Vinny
daewond3r said:
+1 for LPP. I love the calendar widget and the dock with the glass background.
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Spanked it on the nail!
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vinnyjr said:
First time trying to use launcher pro, downloaded it from Market and can not find it any where. Went into my app drawer and t isn't there, checked settings ect. and isn't there either. What the heck am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
Didn't think I was that much of a knuckle head but obviously I am.
Thanks,
Vinny
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Click your home button. You should have an option to launch HTC Sense or Launcher Pro.
Click Launcher Pro and now you're using that as your home launcher. If you click on the Menu button from home, you'll now see a Preferences selection. That's how you can customize Launcher Pro.
If you decide you like it, when you click the home button, make sure you check the box to make it your default launcher.
Hi!
I am playing around with the ADW Launcher EX and realized that certain HTC Sense widgets were meeting that I like. Is there an ADW equivalent widget for HTC Sense Calendar (lists the Agenda) and Mail?
Thanks.
--raheel
Launcher pro has a calendar widget and facebook widget just like stock sense, but I don't think ADW does.
Pure calender widget
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Figured out the same....adw doesn't like sense widgets for some reason.
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Vinsane said:
Figured out the same....adw doesn't like sense widgets for some reason.
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that would be because they are sense widgets, and therefore do not work on any othewr launcher besides the sense launcher. I know, I dont like this either, as Id love to be able to interchange ADW EX and other launchers at times, but sadly this is not yet possible.
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Figured out the same....adw doesn't like sense widgets for some reason.
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actually it's the other way around the stock/Sense widgets are proprietary to HTC, however there are some "copycat" apps to give you the feel of Sense.
i use koxx pure widgets and they rock!
What's that? Can't find it the market.
ESKIMOn00b said:
i use koxx pure widgets and they rock!
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Use this as your search string
pub:"Francois DESLANDES"
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I just started using "Colorize Widget". I came from HTC Sense just like you, then played around with "Pure Messenger" Widget from Francois DESLANDES, but found it a little buggy at times (I even bought the paid version). The developer however is TOP NOTCH and responds to you almost instantly!
Now have been using the Colorize Widget (in the Market) and its more refined--shows Facebook pictures and you can "like" something and easily post a comment etc. You cannot do that with Pure. I have only been using Colorize for about 3 days, but was worth the $3.49 to get the "TimeLine" feature which groups FB and Twitter and SMS if you want into one widget just like Sense did. It also has the Agenda widget as you also request. The one thing it doesn't have is ability to add a photo if you are going to post a status update. Sense was able to do this (I have a Mytouch 4G)
Hope this helps...
Adam aka TechGuru
As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, if you love the Sense widgets but want a different launcher with more options, Launcher Plus Pro is your friend. I've been a big fan of Sense since flashing it onto my mytouch 3g, but it's not perfect. The eye-soar of a dock was the worst IMO. Anyway, tried some alternative launchers but always missed the awesome Sense widgets. Long story short, I finally got around to trying Launcher Plus Pro, and it's got everything: a full-featured, totally customizable launcher (including awesome scrolling dock), and the most Sense-like widgets I've seen. It's got calendar, gmail, friends, contacts, bookmarks, sms. Not only do the widgets look a lot like Sense widgets, but IMO they work BETTER than their Sense equivalent. For example, the calendar widget allows you to switch between 'grid' and 'agenda' view within one widget, and the 'Friends' widget (LPP version of Friendstream) is super quick to post, while Friendstream looked cool but was SOOOOO slow. You don't get ALL the sense widgets, but you get most of the big very useful ones.
Just my $.02 - if you like sense widgets but hate other aspects of the sense launcher, give it a try.
Pure Calendar by Coxx
+1 for Pure Calendar even if it is not free.
--> koxx3.wordpress.com/pure-widgets-descriptions/pure-grid-calendar
And a good alternative app to "Launcher Plus Pro" is "Go Launcher Ex" with Free widget like calendar, clock..
Anyone recommend a good launcher with Sense caliber widgets? I am using Go right now and they have pretty impressive options, but I am not sure it's as good as others. I was using Launcher PRO PLUS and that has some pretty good widget support. My favorite launcher is ADW, but I cannot live without widgets.
In particular, the bookmarks and stock market widgets are the hardest to find.
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genuser said:
Anyone recommend a good launcher with Sense caliber widgets? I am using Go right now and they have pretty impressive options, but I am not sure it's as good as others. I was using Launcher PRO PLUS and that has some pretty good widget support. My favorite launcher is ADW, but I cannot live without widgets.
In particular, the bookmarks and stock market widgets are the hardest to find.
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well as far as launcher I do believe your stuck with GO or Launcherpro that has widgets however if you like ADW I would check out widgets called "android pro widgets" that I think would compliment ADW nicely...
market link... https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&hl=en
edit: as far as a stock market widget i'm not sure, good luck on that one lol
Just unzip your Fav. Rom and add the apk file to the system apps then rezip it and flash like normal. This is what I do to add the radio to fresh roms
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Just unzip your Fav. Rom and add the apk file to the system apps then rezip it and flash like normal. This is what I do to add the radio to fresh roms
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That will put an HTC widget that Flipz removed back in to Sense, but those widgets won't work with 3rd party launchers such as ADW.
Thanks though
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Colorize widgets is a good app.
Supra-charged 3D
Is there any way to get the Sense clock & weather widget on the home screen of any other launcher such as Go Launcher?
dwl99 said:
Is there any way to get the Sense clock & weather widget on the home screen of any other launcher such as Go Launcher?
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Not likely since Sense is essentially a launcher. You would have to use something like Fancy Widgets or Beautiful Widgets to get similar clocks.
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Not likely since Sense is essentially a launcher. You would have to use something like Fancy Widgets or Beautiful Widgets to get similar clocks.
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Shame - I used both of these with my last phone but the Sense widget is much nicer.
it's pretty much impossible. would be very nice though.
tell HTC to make it possible .
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Which is better?
Go. Hands down the smoothest. Although battery sucker.
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I would say Nova,but the new Beta version.
It's crazy fast (Set the Scroll Speed and Animation speed to "faster then light"),transparent statusbar support (the only launcher that actually made my statusbar transparent ) and has a Kit Kat look. Tons of customization. What more do you need ?
I have 2 launchers for you. First of all is Apex Launcher it's smooth and faster and the second is KitKat Launcher it's great to live KitKat experience.
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For me the best is Action Laucher
gagangera said:
Which is better?
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Haha oh dear here we go again... just go with Apex its light on memory and has all the functions you need.
Plus this belongs in Q&A (just for future reference)
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I can't believe you're discussing this...it's all matter of taste, and that's very individual. After all, all of them are free on GPlay, so try it, only you know what suits you best, and it cost nothing.
waking the dead is my thing!
any way....I have been using go launcher. found on accident. It is really neat and I am just starting to understand it fully. Now Im seeing here that apex may take up less memory?
dhangejr said:
waking the dead is my thing!
any way....I have been using go launcher. found on accident. It is really neat and I am just starting to understand it fully. Now Im seeing here that apex may take up less memory?
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I had Apex.. Once. Then I downloaded Nova Launcher beta and I´m still using it No regrets about it, pretty smooth and easy launcher.
Just my opinion
You should try adw launcher. It is the only one I found that has a categorized app drawer. Makes things soo much more organized. And you can just put folder-like category shortcuts on your homescreen for easy access.
Beautyful transition-effects, great dock customisations... Gove it a try, if you are looking for a new favorite launcher.
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You should try adw launcher. It is the only one I found that has a categorized app drawer. Makes things soo much more organized. And you can just put folder-like category shortcuts on your homescreen for easy access.
Beautyful transition-effects, great dock customisations... Gove it a try, if you are looking for a new favorite launcher.
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Alot of users still see ADW as the boring launcher they used whilst on Froyo or gingerbread, as apex is for ICS
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Is there a launcher that allows alphabetical listing in the app drawer like in the samsung touchwiz?
I just installed holo laucher as the first since I bought my GN3 last year. it looks smooth and very customizable as I can finally change the grid's density from 4x4 to more icons in the home screen but I miss that one column list like app drawer from touchwiz
ADW .
ADW launcher EX pro is the best launcher i found for me
it is really awesome , just try it
fast , easy , have a lot of customizations
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Is there a launcher that allows alphabetical listing in the app drawer like in the samsung touchwiz?
I just installed holo laucher as the first since I bought my GN3 last year. it looks smooth and very customizable as I can finally change the grid's density from 4x4 to more icons in the home screen but I miss that one column list like app drawer from touchwiz
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I installed Nova and I must say I'm pretty impressed so far. I can configure the apps drawer in an alphabetical list style and much more.
One thing I find a little disappointing but that seems to be the same problem for all launchers is that the non resizable widgets are screwed up if I add them to the home screen when the grid size is changed to 5x5 or more