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Hi guys,
I'm just waiting 2 receive my new mini and I don't have much experience yet with it since I have been using HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 so far.
Could you share your experience with various launchers, i.e. which one do you prefer and why?
I would need something simple with most important widgets like contacts, browser, weather etc.
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ADW is best.... Have many options and costomization
Helix is also good
Helix is very Stable and good
I have had many Force Stops with ADW
I use Helix. Simple and fast (And they say it increases your battery life).
BTW, Anyone knew how to make the app drawer transparent? The black background? I still want to see my wallpaper when I'm opening the app drawer (my wallpaper is Droid eating apple)
i tried EVERY launcher out there...the conclusion: ADW is the best for me;
astonishing customization, very good speed, stability and battery consumption and the only one so far with the ability to turn every application or widget in a useful icon; for example you can put a "smart search" icon on your bottom dock bar...indispensable for me.
maybe not to many themes for now though
Try Zeam 1.5.1 (for Donut).
It's simple, fast, efficient and just does the job
ADW Launcher and Helix!
@pulpoff, can you please pm me that version I cant find it anywhere, thanks
ADW! let your creativity takes you!
Get my apps folder from black theme thread, its included in it.
Manny- said:
@pulpoff, can you please pm me that version I cant find it anywhere, thanks
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pulpoff,can we change zeam bottom dock manually like launcher pro does? And does zeam has icon stretch like on ADW?
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I use Zeam too -> Infopage: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
Download: slideme.org/application/zeam
But the infopage above says that it is only available for android 2.1 and there has been no update yet. Right?
I liked ahome 4 beta. but it got expired
Is it necessary to delete the default launcher after you installed a custom one, and if yes, how is it performed?
thanx
There is no need to remove it.
Simply restart your phone and a pop-up will appear to choose the launcher you want.
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But the infopage above says that it is only available for android 2.1 and there has been no update yet. Right?
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man, did you read the page to the end?
"Cupcake version (1.5.1) still available on *slideme.org/application/zeam"
anyone tried GDE?
Yes tried both GDE and ADW , Zeam is still the best.
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pulpoff said:
Yes tried both GDE and ADW , Zeam is still the best.
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i cant find zeam on market?
I found go launcher ex to be the fastest ...
I don't believe this belongs in development.
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curti.nogg said:
I don't believe this belongs in development.
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Agreed. I think the right one is "Themes and Apps"
I use 'launcher pro'.
Launcher pro ftw smooth and nice
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Zeam FTW! woot woot!
Another vote for Launcher Pro...
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golauncher and launcher pro i have both
Another vote for launcher pro
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I have to give ADW love... Have used all. Go Launcher was my favorite until I got ADW.. Launcher Pro is nice as well, but ADW is all-around better for my needs. I would suggest trying all three with Home Switcher and see which one you like the best.
Adwex all the way. By far the best with the most options
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Here is what I've found with launchers
Most graphic effects and home screen customization: Regina Launcher
Lightest most efficient most customizable options : Launcher Pro and/or ADW
Best themed launcher: Launcher7
other good launchers: Sony Xperia Arc Launcher ($1.99), honeycomb launcher (a lot of bugs but very nice otherwise), and SPB Shell 3D Launcher ($14.99, I think).
Hope this helps I have personally tested all of these launcher and currently have all but the SPB launcher installed
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+1 for Launcher Pro...
And I have tried ALL OF THEM!
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Launcher pro upgraded to plus so I can resize widgets (the lg 2x todaybriefing one mostly.find it intuitive fast and stable.
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I don't know if they've fixed it yet, but I found that Go Launcher was causing my internal sdcard to get wiped at least daily. As soon as I uninstalled it, the wiping stopped.
I moved to LauncherPro and haven't looked back since.
Im a fan of go launcher ex but now I Luke the stock launcher in alien rom
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I find all are laggy at least on some occasions, which is slightly disappointing considering the hardware.
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I find all are laggy at least on some occasions, which is slightly disappointing considering the hardware.
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I've never had that happen with either Go Launcher or LauncherPro - however, I also don't use much in the way of widgets. If someone uses a lot of them, there may be no way around some occasional lag, no matter what launcher you use.
I'm currently using Go Launcher. It's running more stable than ADW for me.
Hi people! What's in your opinion best home replacement app for Wildfire? Except LauncherPro (it is smooth and fast but got old :/). Thanks.
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Although most will say Launcher Pro, I personally am a fan of ADW more than that. And, I bought EX a few weeks back, and, its far more amazing.
Other alternatives are GO Launcher, Zeam, and the upcoming SPB Shell (Although I dont know whether it will work on the WIldfire or not)
@3xeno I got ADW EX. Thanks man, it's awesome! I used ADW free version too but the EX version is WAY more customizable. Again, thanks!
No issues. Enjoy.
I change launchers like my underwear, just to keep the experiences a little different and also because some go better with certain themes.
Right now I have GO Launcher because I like the themes, the classic them goes well with the UI look I'm after. Maybe later I'll restore my Launcher Pro or the launcher from Sony Ericsson because that had a nice glassy look too.
ADW isn't bad either but I can't buy the themes I would want to I don't bother.
I tried Panda Home too and it wasn't all that bad either.
So for looks, I'd say GO Launcher. For functionality and customisability I would say LauncherPro or ADW.
I like Zeam best, it's really fast! I've still got launcherpro plus though and occasional use it because of the cool widgets it has.
I recently tried Launcher 7, a Windows phone 7 looking launcher. It had some great animations which ran smoothly on the Wildfire. This was great because it was highly customisable which I believe not all Windows phone 7 style launchers can do(?).
A new update for LauncherPro came out today, I'm using the pro version, it just added some widget improvements and a new Gmail widget.
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I like Zeam best, it's really fast! I've still got launcherpro plus though and occasional use it because of the cool widgets it has.
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I would vouch for this, i use Zeam a lot of the time however it does not have as much functionality as the other launchers but is extremely fast.
I have adw ex, it used almost 5 minutes to loaded up my 900mb (250apps) apps, but launcher pro plus only use 45seconds to load it, with a lot of widgets, after my phone reboot.
How about launcher pro plus?
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I would use Go Launcher if it supported better our qvga resolution...
Because I think its app drawer is the best for usability, but it looks so bad on the Wildfire screen: I would pay for a modded version.
Anyway I'm using LPro+ which is very fast and smooth.
Yeah, GO Launcher sucks on this screen... But if you hide app names in drawer, it looks good. Anyway, I tried all of launchers people listed and they are great but I'm always going back to Sense.
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Can I use themes on launcher pro plus although I don't have root? I'm using adw ex atm coz of the themes and think that the app drawer is cooler.
hey, whats about sbp shell 3d? its released ... does it work on wildfire???
I already try spb 3d.. not works on wildfire.. stock 2.2..
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I tried launcher pro, but always end up using Sense again, mostly because of the widgets, they are just so useful.
Ig you want widgets that look nice buy lancher pro plus then follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427 to get nice themed one which look 100% better than the standard grey
I recently also downloaded launcher 7.
I ditched ADW for it.
Kinda like the little customizations for launcher 7, bring a newer look from other launchers which basically look the same.
Only downside is, the widgets all look tiny, so I have to live without widgets (which I dont normally use anyways).
GO Launcher in my opinion is the best. It has many functions such as closing running applications.
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Hate to say it, but I LOVE Launcher PRO! ADW Launcher is a pretty good 2nd-bet, however Launcher Pro, IMO has much better options!
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Hate to say it, but I LOVE Launcher PRO! ADW Launcher is a pretty good 2nd-bet, however Launcher Pro, IMO has much better options!
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Why would you hate to say it? To each his own.
Anyone tried Nemus Launcher from the Market? Just found it & it's pretty smooth. What launchers work best for you?
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LauncherPro Plus With 3D Icon Pack.
I've run them all and I am using ADW Launcher EX right now. It seems to be the most flexible of the bunch and there is a ton of support for it. Launcher Pro is awesome too and has notifications built in. GoLauncher is great too with tons of theming options. Zeam is really fast and clean. Launcher 7 rules if you like the wp7 look (and I do).
Just experiment for a while and freeze what you don't like at the moment. Get home switcher too. It took me 2 months of switching a few times a day to finally land on ADW Launcher.
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I like LauncherPro, its smooth with alot of options.
I was looking for new launchers to try, and ended up making a pretty big list of them. There ended up being tons more than I thought I could find. So I posted them with links to the Phandroid forums @ Android Forums > Android Discussion > Android Applications > The Big List of Home Launchers. Still a newb here, can't post links yet.
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I was looking for new launchers to try, and ended up making a pretty big list of them. There ended up being tons more than I thought I could find. So I posted them with links to the Phandroid forums @ Android Forums > Android Discussion > Android Applications > The Big List of Home Launchers. Still a newb here, can't post links yet.
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Thanks man, I'll check it out. I'm basically looking for performance & resource usage in a launcher. Lean & mean with a few customizations. I've tried adw, launcherpro, zeam, go launcher, launcher2 & blurhome. So far, I'm pretty impressed with Nemus. Today.
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I use go Launcher, I like how I can add as many pages as I like and the Go widgets are nice especially the calendar one.
I have used LauncherPro, ADW, Launcher 7 and Zeam. I really liked how light and fluid Zeam was but am rocking Launcher 7 for the time being.
Go launcher ex. Most features of the bunch, and it's free.
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I dl'ed spb shell 3d v1.2.2. And w/ frozen mkt and airplane on did a diy trial.
Liked it so much I did the email buy off the dev.s webpage. Dx is supported while Dx2 is not(yet) so there is no mkt support. Mine is V122 bld 20139
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Anyone tried Nemus Launcher from the Market? Just found it & it's pretty smooth. What launchers work best for you?
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I just tried it and it's promising, but the lack of options hurt it. It's pretty smooth though.
Meticode said:
I just tried it and it's promising, but the lack of options hurt it. It's pretty smooth though.
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I'm a little too ocd for a slew of options so leaner is better for me. My all-time favorite has been launcher2.
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garywojdan81 said:
I'm a little too ocd for a slew of options so leaner is better for me. My all-time favorite has been launcher2.
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+1 For OCD!
I currently am using the Go launcher with the tron theme and I'm liking it so far. I would like to find a launcher that has some nice HD themes. The qHD screen we have goes to waste with some of these low resolution themes.
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singlesword said:
I currently am using the Go launcher with the tron theme and I'm liking it so far. I would like to find a launcher that has some nice HD themes. The qHD screen we have goes to waste with some of these low resolution themes.
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+1 Go launcher is pretty good. Just tried out one called DX Launcher earlier today. Seemed pretty smooth and has some really cool screen transitions
rp076 said:
+1 Go launcher is pretty good. Just tried out one called DX Launcher earlier today. Seemed pretty smooth and has some really cool screen transitions
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Only issue I had with Go Launcher is when I would try to open the App Drawer or press the phone icon, I would have to do it several times for it to register. But no problems with LauncherPro.
Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
SwiftLegend said:
Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
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Sometimes less IS more...
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I've tried them all, and still keep going back to lpp ........
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Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
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Yeah me too. I really like the minimalistic feel of L7, but it's reeaaally slow compared to ADW launcher EX. I still use launcher 7, but it needs a bit of polish imo.
I've used GO Launcher, but I liked the more customizable aspect of ADW. Also used Launcher Pro, that didn't stay long.
ADW and Launcher 7 are the best bets so far.
For you which best launcher for the XT720?
I liked the Sony's Arc Launcher
But currently the best for me is the ADW launcher.
The Go Launcher is great, but in my XT720 always gave problem and restart the cellphone.
I prefer Zeam Launcher. Although it doesn't support scrollable widgets, it is fast, lightweight and stable.
MilestoneXT720 - CM 6.3.0 RC3 [FroYo - 2.2.1]
Hi
I think the go launcher would be a good choice
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Have tried many, nothing but launcher pro does it for me
I use ADWex bc that is what I used from the start, but I have a LPP backup bc I once got in a home loop and it sucked-big-time. Had to restored via TB in between loops. When I say it sucked, believe me, I'm not lying.
Launcher Pro Plus for sure. Aldo ADW and Go are pretty good too. Depends on personal preference I guess.
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Launcher Pro Plus for sure. Aldo ADW and Go are pretty good too. Depends on personal preference I guess.
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LPP is good but you need to purchase Plus version to use Widgets.
Go Launcher EX is the best and it is totally free. with widgets more than LPP. And also totally customizable.
i'm too using GO Launcher EX, very smooth and fast, lots of good FREE themes to choose from
I like try new launchers I'm now useing nemus launcher low memery use fast and the best thing its free.
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You guys should also try qqlauncher.
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You guys should also try qqlauncher.
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good suggestion
i didn't even know that thing existed
i though they only made the IM chat software
I'm using Launcher pro for a while but, trying Go Launcher ex now.. it looks great and potential to my next default launcher
My favourite Go Launcher
just trying go launcher and here's my thought:
Go Launcher EX eats much more ram than launcher pro... 24 mb compare to launcher pro only 13 I think. what a pity since Go launcher has a lot of themes and customization, but no option to lower the ram comsumption.
Can we tweak Go launcher to use less ram?
Go Launcher Notification seems to be a good feature at first.. but after lot of FCs and a reboot, I realize that it takes 23-24mb to operate... so i needto turn it off.
so... maybe I go back to LP soon..
QQLauncher? It looks nice and I'll try it next
hmm... is there a way to use GO Calendar Widget with other launchers ?