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So, in peoples opinion. What is the best home launcher and why?
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When using a Sense rom I prefer to just keep using the Sense launcher. When I had my Evo and primarily ran AOSP roms I like Launcher Pro Plus. I liked the customization it offered along with the Widgets. The Widgets are what I think seperates LPP from say ADW and others.
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I'm pretty much like the person above me.
When I'm on a Sense ROM, I prefer the stock launcher.
But when I'm on an AOSP, I like LauncherPro.
Ditto. LPP FTW.
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I gotta give it to ADW EX. LPP was "laggy" for me for some reason. ADW is user friendly and highly customizable. Props to Anders...
I personally use LPP as well.
I've tried ADW but like LPP better.
Only complaint with LPP is that after a reboot it lags to start, but that's it.
It's all up to personal choice.
You can have more than one launcher installed.
Install a few that interest you, try them, and stick to the one(s) you like.
Adw ex ftw
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I'm a noob mostly so I'm just getting going. Any suggestions for my Evo Shift would be appreciated...
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Adw ex is my choice as well
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doratheconquistadora said:
I personally use LPP as well.
I've tried ADW but like LPP better.
Only complaint with LPP is that after a reboot it lags to start, but that's it.
It's all up to personal choice.
You can have more than one launcher installed.
Install a few that interest you, try them, and stick to the one(s) you like.
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On cm7 nightlies it always fc on first boot for me but is fine after that.
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Dread 7us said:
On cm7 nightlies it always fc on first boot for me but is fine after that.
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Got the same issue on kushdeck.
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I've come to enjoy the sense weather animations too much. I used to be a LPP junkie, but now I find myself using Sense more and more. Now, if only we could put 5 rows of icons on the home screens in sense
Sense can be edited for five rows with a smali edit. A little deep of a mod, but I remember it from my hero days.
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danaff37 said:
Sense can be edited for five rows with a smali edit. A little deep of a mod, but I remember it from my hero days.
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If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. I did a google search, and I couldn't find anything, other than someone mentioning to edit the rosie.apk. There were no instructions beyond that.
ii used to like the stock launcher, then got bored. Switched to LauncherPro Plus, and it was freakin awesome.. except it tended to lag. Then ii switched to ADW Plus. It doesn't have the widgets from the sense ui or Launcher Pro, but it looks beautiful, works pretty seamlessly, and has a few extra perks perfect for me.
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Whats up with the transitions for the amaze? Where can you turns those off? I mean I've looked just about everywhere; the square transition from page to page is annoying. Any way to turn it off or change it? Thanks
You can't change the page transitions on Sense, if it's too much to put up with, you could always use a third party launcher such as Go Launcher Ex or ADW Launcher Ex
adslee said:
You can't change the page transitions on Sense, if it's too much to put up with, you could always use a third party launcher such as Go Launcher Ex or ADW Launcher Ex
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Meh...this is one of the things i hate about sense...
HTC needs to step it up with sense. yeah they got sense 4.0 now but thats probably exclusive to the V X and S from the One series, until someone ports the roms over...I don't like the lockscreen, the app page, transitions, bland everything..its so bad. it's aosp for me or 4.0...but since i like ics ill deal with it for now... but it doesnt even feel like ics ;\
knifeproz said:
Meh...this is one of the things i hate about sense...
HTC needs to step it up with sense. yeah they got sense 4.0 now but thats probably exclusive to the V X and S from the One series, until someone ports the roms over...I don't like the lockscreen, the app page, transitions, bland everything..its so bad. it's aosp for me or 4.0...but since i like ics ill deal with it for now... but it doesnt even feel like ics ;\
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Dude the transition cool and they won't change it just for you but I do think they should ad choices
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What else do you want? software that makes your phone invisible? Might as well go for other brands.
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Just use a different launcher...
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I don't know if this is what you're talking about.
Go to
Settings > Develop Option scroll down and find Transition Animation Scale and Window Animation Scale. Turn them off.
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Please keep all question based threads in the Q&A section.
Thread Moved.
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The launcher seems limited, and even worse, has some pretty big performance issues. It seems fast *for the most part*, but relatively frequently, when I go to close or launch an app there is a pause or delay. Anyone else experience this?
So who else has ditched the Sense 4 launcher for Nova or something else?
I, personally, like some of the widgets offered through Sense, however I do not like the limitations. The things that pushed me to switch primarily are 4x5 rows/columns for icons and such along with a superior dock setup. Stock sense with an app drawer and 4 options is just too limited. I made the jump for Nova launcher when my OG Evo was running ICS and purchased the paid app and have not regretted it once. 3 sets of dock bars, refined folders nestled within them, along with my 4x5 screens. I miss a very few of the sense widgets, but most of them I have replaced with Android Pro Widgets (free version is enough for me on this one).
Just my overall 2 cents. Plus some of the stutters with sense seem to be absent on Nova
Other than the inexplicable restarts after some applications, I think it's being locked into the 4x4 grid that will be the end of the Sense 4 launcher for me. If it was just 4x5 I could look past a lot more of the other things.
I've been using Nova. It's like butter.
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Been using Nova and I love it too. Shame I can't use some of the Sense widgets though. I was really starting to like the calendar and the people widget. Not worth the hassle of using the launcher, though.
vulcZ said:
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Been using Nova and I love it too. Shame I can't use some of the Sense widgets though. I was really starting to like the calendar and the people widget. Not worth the hassle of using the launcher, though.
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I am not sure of the calendar, but the people widget in Android Pro Widgets i *think* is very very similar to the sense ones. Check it out, may be worth your time!
If Sense 4.0 had landscape mode for the home screen, it would be PERFECT. I am addicted to the calendar widget which is what is keeping me stuck on Sense. I tried NOVA and think it is the best launcher I have tried. Nova is super fast and has landscape mode. If it could use Sense widgets it would be a no brainer to switch.
Do any of you know if ANY launcher out there supports sense widgets?
I have used Go Launcher EX since the beginning of time, and love it
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Launcher Pro maybe?
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I use Go Launcher and loving it. Here is my home screen...
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Apex pro is top dog for ics roms. Much better than nova. After U install, go into settings, advanced, and change update to betas so U get the newest.
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PaulHBK said:
I use Go Launcher and loving it. Here is my home screen...
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What clock widget are you using?
touch_rules said:
What clock widget are you using?
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Its from Beautiful Widgets and its called "Roboto Clock"
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I like sense 4 too, along with some of the widgets, but I leave my phone on the kickstand all day at work so having a landscape desktop is more important to me.
I tried both Apex and Nova. I'm currently using Nova (free version so far) and it's working great for me. I like that you can customize the rows/columns in both of those launchers.
Title says it all. I've been cycling between sense, apex, go, and nova, but can't decide which one to stick with. I'm leaning towards nova. What do you guys think about your launchers?
fachadick said:
Title says it all. I've been cycling between sense, apex, go, and nova, but can't decide which one to stick with. I'm leaning towards nova. What do you guys think about your launchers?
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Apex. Smoothness period
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I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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Nova for the drawer tabs.
Apex
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Nova. Been using it since ICS launched.
rawdikrik said:
I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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I agree...they made some quality improvements to it.
I normally switch the launcher quick but this time I'm still on Sense...not bad!
HTC Sense 4.
Mainly because I'm a Sense fan, I don't have a legit reason why .vs other launchers but it's what drew me to HTC.
Before it was just because they made the best WinMo phones.
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aliwho said:
Nova. Been using it since ICS launched.
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Yup. Same here. I suppose mist of the things I like about it could probably be found in other launchers. Familiarity, I suppose. I like the adjustable transparency in app drawer, and resize all Widgets, and changing desktop grid (which i know is available in other launchers, well,...except sense)
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Sense 4.
Since PPC days.
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Nova. I'd go Sense if they would add 1 more row to the screens and give me a larger / scrolling dock
I used to be a huge fan of LauncherPro until the developer dedicated all his time and effort to a music app and abandoned the launcher replacement that everyone loved. I just stick with Sense because I know I won't have to worry about any issues.
I like apex, up to seven customizable icons in the dock and landscape homescreen.
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Oh, I almost forgot. Nova allows for vertical scroll in app drawer, which I love. I don't like having my desktop and drawer scroll the same way. Confused my muscle memory. Or I'm just that thick lol.
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I like both Apex and Nova. Just wish one of them would add the ability to customize the app drawer grids (5x6, 6x6, etc.) and icon resizing.
I am using stock sense for now but have used Apex mostly on my tablet. I will probably use Apex once I get bored of stock or if I try out CM9 at some point.
I am not a huge fan of the rotating screen transition HTC uses so I may change a little early just to get the normal slide transition back.
I might also try Nova or whatever launcher allows the vertical scrolling app drawer. I'm not a fan of the paginated style. I feel like it was done to hide lack of smoothness of the phones in the past.
i am using apex and cant use anything else. now that themes are there too. there is a free black theme that gets rid of most of the blue. very nice
i use adwpro
rawdikrik said:
I'm pretty impressed with Sense 4.0. My OG Evo was senseless 100% of the time, but I don't feel bogged down by it this time around.
I still have Apex installed and use it too... But find that I don't mind using sense.
Honestly, if someone modified sense to
A) accept gestures and b) added one more row to the home screen
I don't think I would really leave it.
The "frequent" tab in the app drawer and native folder support makes all the difference.
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I don't know a way to make Sense rotate and since the charger/usb for these phones is on the side, a dock with Sense seems useless. I use APEX usually.
sense on all HTC phones is my pick because it ties in with everything else so much. if it was a nexus or aosp i would use apex
I know it's an EVO 3D and that is supposed to be the '3d' effect but out of everything. the thing that I have never liked about evo 3d Sense ROMS is that all of them have the 'cube' scroll effect for the home screen. is there any that don't or any of them that can be changed? a tweak? let me know. thanks.
You could try a different launcher like Apex Launcher.
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coal686 said:
You could try a different launcher like Apex Launcher.
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I'm on AOKP right now so I have classic scroll but I kinda wanted it on a Sense ROM ill check around though.
Go launcher has a sense 4 launcher, as far as getting a sense rom without the cube effect, if your gsm? All the roms have the cube effect.
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I'm CDMA I'll check the launcher out I didn't know that I've never been big fan of Go launcher
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DroidManIc said:
I'm CDMA I'll check the launcher out I didn't know that I've never been big fan of Go launcher
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Me neither, but apex and nova are both really nice for ics. ADW ex is an oldie but a goodie.
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I also dislike that Sense cube effect. I think Go Launcher is superior to both Apex and Nova and that's what I use.