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Just curious about people's general view of which is better? I rarely see any roms with launcher pro instead usually use adw...is there a reason for this?
Excessiveidling said:
Just curious about people's general view of which is better? I rarely see any roms with launcher pro instead usually use adw...is there a reason for this?
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I personally like launcherpro better. It has all the features adw has (minus themes) and i find it faster. Just my opinion.
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I'm using Tazz's froyo build it uses ADW as default. I have grown to like it, before while I had 2.1 I was always running Launcher PRO. They both have there plusses but Launcher Pro is the king.
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launcher pro shows missed calls and emails for icons in the dock. i like that little touch. adw has the themes and really like that.
kinda go back and forth for now.
Launcherpro.
What I've come to understand is that while LauncherPro packs more features, ADW has the advantage of being open source. I've seen differing opinions on which one is "better" in terms of resources and performance, but I think the open source versus closed source bit is why so many roms include ADW.
The open source really just leads to a million themes for it lol, launcherpro's dev is pretty great. He's quick to respond to tweets/ emails and he's managed to get sense/ blur widgets. Plus it's incredibly fast... smoothest I've had by far.
LPP for life yo
Launcher pro is all I use.
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I've used both, but truly prefer LauncherPro Plus. Resizing widgets, notifications in the dock, and smooth fast performance makes for a happy Eris
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Launcher pro, 3d app drawer and scrollable dock. Must have.
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Excessiveidling said:
I rarely see any roms with launcher pro instead usually use adw...is there a reason for this?
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It's my understanding that ADW and Cyanogen are closely tied in some way (??).
I purchased LauncherPro. Everyone here likes LauncherPro, ROM developers need to use it instead of ADW. I usually install LauncherPro first thing after a fresh ROM install.
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The reason I love ADW is for the swyping option on the home screens. I can swype up and the notification bar disappears and I can swype down and the dock disappears. pretty slick.....
Rossco_Pee said:
The reason I love ADW is for the swyping option on the home screens. I can swype up and the notification bar disappears and I can swype down and the dock disappears. pretty slick.....
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God I couldn't stand the notification bar disappearing when I swyped up but if you like it then sweet
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orkillakilla said:
God I couldn't stand the notification bar disappearing when I swyped up but if you like it then sweet
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It can be disabled FYI. It scared me the first time I accidentally swipe down and lost my thing. I freaked out and rebooted my phone. Lol. I still like LauncherPro =)
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Rossco_Pee said:
The reason I love ADW is for the swyping option on the home screens. I can swype up and the notification bar disappears and I can swype down and the dock disappears. pretty slick.....
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This is one of the few features that I really miss when using LP. They are both great programs. LP always seems faster and and smoother. The notifications on the icons is another great feature.
dEris said:
It can be disabled FYI. It scared me the first time I accidentally swipe down and lost my thing. I freaked out and rebooted my phone. Lol. I still like LauncherPro =)
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Yeah I figured that out after a while lol. Still prefer lp cause its so much faster and smoother
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Keep in mind there is a couple versions of adw. There's the system integrated that's on ROMs from the get go, then there's the standalone from the market. Launcher pro is great. My wife uses it on her droid. Both are good I think it all comes down to features.
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Fresh updates
Can anyone send the link to the most recent Launcher Pro, and ADW?
Thanks guys
For those using a launcher other than stock MotoBlur (ADW Ex, Launcher Pro, etc), any problems, bugs that you have experienced?
Thought this thread may help some of our fellow Razr owners avoid some problems before they begin. Certainly feel free to report any bugs/other issues with the stock launcher as well.
I'm still using stock for the moment, but thinking of installing an alternative launcher while waiting for some custom ROM's. Thanks everyone.
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Launcher Pro - works just great. No problems so far. Seems to be more responsive than the stock...
Go Launcher EX!
I also have both ADW EX and LauncherPro Plus, but I'm settled with the Go Launcher EX (free!). Go Launcher EX = ADW EX + LauncherPro Plus.
Go Launcher EX here also,it runs very smoothly on the razr
Overall quality and the feel of the stock launcher is completely enough for me.
stock, first time ever!
Go launcher ex here. Love the scrolling dock. No issues!
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LauncherPro Plus 0.8.6 No dock icons, swipe gesture up to open app drawer, and no widgets to save battery. And the full screen is visible. Froze stock launcher
Stock launcher. I wish it had scrollable widgets like lpp and go :/
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RyanTX said:
Stock launcher. I wish it had scrollable widgets like lpp and go :/
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Some of the stock Widgets scroll.
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garywojdan81 said:
Some of the stock Widgets scroll.
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I'm wanting a scrollable twitter widget. Android pro widgets scrolled on my Incredible with MIUI. But it won't on my stock razr.
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Semseddin said:
Overall quality and the feel of the stock launcher is completely enough for me.
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This ^. Sure the app drawer is a little jerky, but I'm sure that'll improve with updates. Moto is getting their UI together quite nicely.
Using stock launcher as well, pretty much my first time too. I believe this one is pretty well done!
I use the stock launcher as well. Very smooth and responsive. No need to go (back) to GoLauncher which, in my opinion, has become more laggy lately.
stock for me. don't see the need to switch or try any other launcher.. I might after a while just to test them out but for now, after only having the phone for 3 days I'll stick with stock.
I tried the stock launcher, but with a lot of apps it started to choke and stutter.
Now using Go Launcher EX.
I previously favored Launcher Plus Pro, but I also found it to start becoming more laggy recently. I've not found the Go Launcher EX home replacement to have this problem.
Also not sure what happens when ICS drops, but my honeycomb tablet doesn't allow any other launcher- ICS may do the same.
Go launcher EX here
apparently like many of others i'm really considering using the stock launcher for the first time it's well themed and the functionality is good. i used Launcher Pro on my Milestone and then ADW Launcher on Flipout, both had great features. when i installed ADW launcher on RAZR, it looked i don't know.. too simple, uninteresting compare to the stock launcher and some of the blur widgets had trouble with scrolling when i put them in ADW so i decided to get back to the stock launcher.
ADW EX here. No issues to report so far. I'm just waiting for the Gnex and this gets returned, but so far it's an ok device. I used the MT4G before this and was running the MIUI Rom with TDJ's DemonSpeed kernel and honestly it ran better than this RAZR.
As an example, this phone comes with 1GB of Ram. My former MT4G came with 768. With the RAZR I have roughly 350MB free at any given time. With the MIUI Rom I always had at least 430MB free at any given time and it ran so smooth at a clock speed of 1017/230. I could get 24+ hours with moderate use.
Anyway, just waiting for the Gnex but ADW EX works great on the RAZR.
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ADW EX here. No issues to report so far. I'm just waiting for the Gnex and this gets returned, but so far it's an ok device. I used the MT4G before this and was running the MIUI Rom with TDJ's DemonSpeed kernel and honestly it ran better than this RAZR.
As an example, this phone comes with 1GB of Ram. My former MT4G came with 768. With the RAZR I have roughly 350MB free at any given time. With the MIUI Rom I always had at least 430MB free at any given time and it ran so smooth at a clock speed of 1017/230. I could get 24+ hours with moderate use.
Anyway, just waiting for the Gnex but ADW EX works great on the RAZR.
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Gnex doesn't come out till 12/8 now apparently. GG Verizon GG.
I hate the lag on the phone, sometimes it feels like my dell streak all over again! Go launcher seems to clear a lot of the lag out. I can't wait for an update.
Unless theres a kernel that can fix this lag now? Should I root?
uh, what new version? The latest I see is Feb. 29th.
andrawer said:
uh, what new version? The latest I see is Feb. 29th.
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Yeah.... that one lol
Yes i ran go launcher on my skyrocket so i installed it on my note and it did indeed improve the lag but skyrocket is still smoother.
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Instead of using the go launcher is there a way i can just use the same launcher that was on my nexus one? I liked it and it was faster on a less powerful phone.
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You probably just want Zeam launcher. Its pretty close to stock Gingerbread and runs smooth on the Note. Alternatively, ADE Ex is also running great.
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andrawer said:
uh, what new version? The latest I see is Feb. 29th.
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Another update for Go just came out this morning, I still have lag tho!!
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I updated GoLauncher yesterday and it does seem a little less laggy. Still not as snappy as the Skyrocket. I noticed that if you change the scrolling speed under Screen Settings to 100 and decrease the elasticity to 0 it makes it much more responsive on the homescreen. BTW ADW launcher runs much faster IMO but the ICS theme doesn't look as good as with GoLauncher.
what phone did u use cus i cant get my ubdate for hd2
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Yep still laggy. Nothing beats TW quite yet with this resolution.
Definitely not confirmed!
are all you guys running stock ROMs/Kernels?
I noticed that after flashing the overclock 1.9ghz kernel by Da_G + SauROM + V6 supercharger my go launcher is pretty smooth. I think the twLauncher may be SLIGHTLY better... but not much
BigBison420 said:
are all you guys running stock ROMs/Kernels?
I noticed that after flashing the overclock 1.9ghz kernel by Da_G + SauROM + V6 supercharger my go launcher is pretty smooth. I think the twLauncher may be SLIGHTLY better... but not much
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Running on DaGs v2 at the moment. Any launcher besides TW is still laggy for me.
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I'm running stock rooted from Mashi's exploit. I stayed with GoLauncher on an ICS theme. It's pretty smooth, less lag than stock TouchWiz. I noticed that newest version of ICS Launcher from the market (v1.4) is super laggy, but v1.2 is very smooth.
I had lag on all launchers until I rooted and got rid of all the bloat apps. Using go launcher now which is smoothest for me.
Plexicle said:
Running on DaGs v2 at the moment. Any launcher besides TW is still laggy for me.
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Same here, I've tried many launchers and they all lag except TW.
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Thremix said:
I hate the lag on the phone, sometimes it feels like my dell streak all over again! Go launcher seems to clear a lot of the lag out. I can't wait for an update.
Unless theres a kernel that can fix this lag now? Should I root?
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What lagg are you referring to? Mine lagged when I first got it but I quickly found that the "power saving mode" was causing the lagg. Without it turned on, smooth as silk.
Mine doesn't lag either. I found it to be quite the opposite...faster than my SGS2.
Punchatron said:
I had lag on all launchers until I rooted and got rid of all the bloat apps. Using go launcher now which is smoothest for me.
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Hmmm, maybe thats part of my problem I need to get rid of all that bloatware. Thanks I will try that..
mrscaligirl said:
Hmmm, maybe thats part of my problem I need to get rid of all that bloatware. Thanks I will try that..
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Here's my list of frozen apps via Titanium Backup:
Accuweather weather daemon
Accuweather.com
Allshare
Email 3.0
Email 1.0
Home screen tips
Kies Air 2.0
Kies via wifi
Kobo
Live TV
Media Hub
Mini Diary
My Files
News & Weather
Polaris Office
Pressreader
Samsung Apps
SNS
SNS Disclaimer
SnsImageCache
Snsaccountfb
snsaccountli
snsaccounttw
Social Hub
TetheringManager
Yahoo Finance
YPMobile
Zinio
Edit: removed my comments, they were stupid.
does anyone use Go Launcher on the Rezound?
The only reason I use it is because I like having
a lot of icons on one home screen. (6x7 to be
precise) HTC Sense doesn't seem to allow this,
or did I miss something?
THanks!
i tired and it lagged like hell on both ics and gingerbread. try adw ex, thing is smooth as butter.
Kiersten_Kress said:
does anyone use Go Launcher on the Rezound?
The only reason I use it is because I like having
a lot of icons on one home screen. (6x7 to be
precise) HTC Sense doesn't seem to allow this,
or did I miss something?
THanks!
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I use go launcher and have no lag or anything, it runs smooth as smooth can be for me.
hardfallen87 said:
I use go launcher and have no lag or anything, it runs smooth as smooth can be for me.
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Ditto. Runs great for me.
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I'm surprised it works fine on ics for you since I read a lot of compatibility complaints. I know it works fine on gb
I've used Sense, ADW, Go, Trebuchet, Nova, and now Apex. Out of all of them, only Go gave me a feeling of slow responsiveness. All custom launchers have lots of tweaks now (including grid size), so I go with whatever is in my current flavor of ICS unless I get issues.
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Have used on cleanrom DE 1.2 with no problems and no lag. Now using mx launcher. Works pretty good.
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Running GoLauncherEX myself. No lag at all
Have ran it on the following:
Ineffabilis Dues v1.01 and v1.4
CleanROM GBE, DE and SE
Still on old firmware as well. No problems
I use go everything. Rocks Widgets, keyboard, etc, it's super handy.
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I do and I really like it.
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i'm using it on stock/unrooted....no issues whatsoever.
I had some lag on stock. Maybe I should give it another try...
im running it on CR 4.3 without lag or slugishness
I used goLauncher. However, I noticed the icons were very tiny, and widgets didn't take up the correct size of the screen. I'm using Apex Launcher now, so far no problems.
I absolutely love go launcher. It had all the options I need plus amazing themes. Rotation, gestures, custom fonts despite ics, and phenomenal updates, nothing even comes close. Sadly it only ran smooth on aosp or cm7 on tbolt. It runs like **** on rezound, after debloating and desensing , specially on ics. Ppl suggested other launchers but none come close in terms of themes maybe in options..
I just deal with the lags and hick ups and thank my god for their phenomenal dev team they came a long way on ics
Ask not what your developer can do for you, ask what you can do for your developer.
Used it for awhile and then noticed in my proxy logs that it was calling to china randomly throughout the day. adw ex now.
alphabets said:
i'm using it on stock/unrooted....no issues whatsoever.
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Same here.
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I tried go launcher when I was completely stock and it did lag so I decided I would try out sense for awhile. I ran go launcher on my Droid x running miui. I ended up not liking the sense launcher at all. Yesterday I rooted and tried out a couple of roms. Go launcher works great on cleanrom 1.7.5 and ineffabilis 1.4(currently on).
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Used it for awhile and then noticed in my proxy logs that it was calling to china randomly throughout the day. adw ex now.
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O.O
I'd love to see those logs.
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I use go launcher myself. I started using it real close to it's initial release and it definitely offers the most complete package among it's competitors in my opinion.
Based on XPERIA™ Home 2.2.A.0.14 from Sony XPERIA S with settings. It runs very fast & smooth on my Atrix. i love the simplicity of this Launcher!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557091
Very unsmooth, idk how to say jajaja, but is not fast :/
Tried out on both Gingerbread and ICS, quite laggy on Gingerbread (Stock 2.3.4) but scrolling is much smoother in ICS (jokersax CM9)
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Velcis Ribeiro said:
Very unsmooth, idk how to say jajaja, but is not fast :/
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which ROM are u in?...i m using Nottachtrix..n it runs super smooth here!
I don't know about everyone else, but it was smooth as butter, when I was running neutrino. Best launcher for gingerbread.
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For me more smoothly is Touchwiz 5, Go Launcher and Espier Launcher. Im on ICS, runin CM9 by Turl.
Very nice and smooth launcher on Nottachtrix last build. I think i will keep this one after touchwiz 4. Can someone post a link to touchwiz 5,i wanna try it out...aaaand is it ginger compatible?
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Nice launcher, i want to know about this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25534826&postcount=587 if is has to be done in our ROMS too. Im using Paranoid Android ICS. Thanks for the info in advance!
Thanks for the info, ill try it out...
Very smooth here on Cm 7.2 stable :good:
Niiiice
Smooth on cm9
Very smooth & Simple. I guess this will replace my Go Launcher for now