Has anybody else tried using live wallpapers? What was a smooth animation when switching home pages is now an irritating jerky mess.
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Hi,
I tried them yes, the Hyperspace Wormhole one seems to lag a bit sometimes, a few others were smoother - when you say the experience is bad, is it anything like in the link below?
IMHO I think usage is uncompromised, in spite of the lag in the background...
(please replace with youtube domain, forum rules won't allow me to post full links just yet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beJNFCMtYfk
Had a try with a few different wallpapers and they all seemed jumpy - until I reorganised the app shortcuts on the homescreens, maybe I had a few too many. After organising them with separators in the app drawer I deleted them from the screens and all is good.
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Depends on which live wallpaper you are using. Some pretty well.
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I tried lots of different weather apparently, paid / free.
Last night I found out the GO team have a weather app IT'S FREE!.
The weather animations are AMAZING, (download the HD ones) clock widget is nice also.
It is by far the best weather app I've found. It's on marketplace. Try it.
So OK no geolocation at mo.. normally that would bother me but as I said it's a really great weather app.
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That is pretty good.
It is unfortunate that the application does not work in landscape mode. The widget does.
Yes that's true it doesn't work in landscape but to be honest only really use landscape for the web or watching vids.
To be fair most of the weather apps don't work in landscape either N even if they did would have this one everytime
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Is it possible to make different types of window animations?
If it is, and if someone would like to make it, here are some suggestions...
An animation...
with a "3D" sense to it.
where the first window dissolves from a side to the other and the second window appears directly after
that fades from one to the other (like the dropbox app intro)
that looks like a page turning
that is random to many different animations
Thanks!
I downloaded an app called "Anim Mod *Root*" from the Market. Obviously it only works on rooted phones. It offers several animations to choose from like;
bounce,flip,fly-in,fold etc. It works quite well on my phone with no glitches or random reboots or force closures.
Hope this helps?
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Da Baron
That's exactly what I am looking for, but I'm not looking to buy unfortunately, I can live without...
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Here you go use this in metamorph free version. Its all the animations mixed in one. http://db.tt/rk9K0pe
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This is an awesome app!!!!
Free and features:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/multipicture-live-wallpaper/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
Fullscreen Wallpaper... no zommed-pictures etc. Different Walls for each screen etc...
Perfect for tablets...
i love it!
Using it now.nice one!!!!which one effect u like the most?3D
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I've a problem with 10.1 wallpaper too and this app can fix that!
but i've a little lag when i slice my screen.
Wow cool find, thanks for posting
yea this app is awesome. wallpaper doesn't look pixelated in any picture size.
doesn't seem to work with lockscreen though
Problem I have with this is when rotating the tab, I get black screen with spinning timer in the middle for a couple of seconds and then the wallpaper appears
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mrbubba999 said:
Problem I have with this is when rotating the tab, I get black screen with spinning timer in the middle for a couple of seconds and then the wallpaper appears
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yea i'm guessing it's like that because it's a live wallpaper. not really a big deal
Sorry in advance for the necromancy..
But don't want to start a new thread if possible.
This app is the only app that I cant seem to make work right, or figure out how to use properly.
ANyone know of (or want to write out) a good tutorial on how to use this confusing thing? lol
I feel like such an incompetent turd for having to ask..
But Im seriously more confused with this than any other app ive found. soo annoying.
Hi
Im just wondering...how come such a powerfull phone
Cannot "multi task" with live wallpaper..
When i put LWP the phone become very slow and laggy.
I have here galaxy s and he doing fine with heavy multi task and LWP
As well.
Even with another launchers the problem remains.
does anyone else having the same problem?
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Nope, I run an lwp ..several ones actually. I jump between xda, twitter, facebook, gplus, gmail, corp email and browser all day long and don't have any issues with slow downs. In fact the only time I have ever seen this phone slow down is with the keyboard on occasion in landscape mode.
What lwp are you using. Could just be a crappy coder.
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GUARDIANBD said:
Hi
Im just wondering...how come such a powerfull phone
Cannot "multi task" with live wallpaper..
When i put LWP the phone become very slow and laggy.
I have here galaxy s and he doing fine with heavy multi task and LWP
As well.
Even with another launchers the problem remains.
does anyone else having the same problem?
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No problem here.
Extremely fast!
What do you have installed? Stock? Unlocked? Rooted?
Fast on mine too and smooth!
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Run a memory optimization app, problem solved.
thanks for the replay's m8's
same...the phone become slow when put an Live wallpaper
using stock rom 154_6 rooted.
used the Memory optimization tools but no go...
I have the same issues. I just don't run a lwp any more. I use launcher pro and when.I.open.the app drawer with a lwp, its pretty bad. Same on go launcher.
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I noticed this on my EVO 3d as well but not on my nexus s. So I'm assuming it has to do with the memory hog called sense and blur.
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phyba said:
I have the same issues. I just don't run a lwp any more. I use launcher pro and when.I.open.the app drawer with a lwp, its pretty bad. Same on go launcher.
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Same problem as i have..
By the way have 412mb ram free.
GUARDIANBD said:
Same problem as i have..
By the way have 412mb ram free.
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Either the people in this thread don't know what silky smooth is or their phones are better than ours for some reason. But the display at the sprint store dis the same thing. The stock launcher is already laggy as hell so a lwp makes it non issue on stock launcher. But on any other launcher, there are issues.
My EVO 3d was the same way. Pure vanilla phones seem to do better with lwp...like the LG g2x and nexus s
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And this happens with the stock lwp
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I'm running launcher pro, stock rom, rooted with some build.prop tweaks and I have the same laggy opening of the app drawer. I never contributed it to lwp. After a quick test its only laggy with lwp as the op said. Its not terrible but its not silky smooth either. Everything else is fine.
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GUARDIANBD said:
Hi
Im just wondering...how come such a powerfull phone
Cannot "multi task" with live wallpaper..
When i put LWP the phone become very slow and laggy.
I have here galaxy s and he doing fine with heavy multi task and LWP
As well.
Even with another launchers the problem remains.
does anyone else having the same problem?
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Here's a tip: STOP USING LIVE WALLPAPERS THEY KILL YOUR BATTERY. Also LWP shouldnt slow your phone down if anything it should be faster since lwp keep your cpu clock speed a bit higher.
kennypow3rs said:
Here's a tip: STOP USING LIVE WALLPAPERS THEY KILL YOUR BATTERY. Also LWP shouldnt slow your phone down if anything it should be faster since lwp keep your cpu clock speed a bit higher.
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Anything that requires resources and CPU cycles should slow things down. Albeit how much depends on many factors. Video based apps like live wallpaper especially could be resource intensive.
kennypow3rs said:
Here's a tip: STOP USING LIVE WALLPAPERS THEY KILL YOUR BATTERY. Also LWP shouldnt slow your phone down if anything it should be faster since lwp keep your cpu clock speed a bit higher.
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Dont you mean lower? Higher, in theory, would make it slower because it needs that power to multi-task for whatever reason? But then again, some of my servers run well over 200% and no one complains? Oh well............
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Dont you mean lower? Higher, in theory, would make it slower because it needs that power to multi-task for whatever reason? But then again, some of my servers run well over 200% and no one complains? Oh well............
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I mean live wallpapers keep the cpu active, you fire up the screen so its already faster than the phone with regular wallpaper because it needs to continuously keep the lwp going? Idk maybe im seeing this wrong......seems like the phone using lwp should be more responsive and able to multitask over the phone with regular wallpaper since the cores have to fire up upon the screen wake.
I use adw ex with no issues.
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cornelious2 said:
I use adw ex with no issues.
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Same here and not had any problems
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Using seeds of life and stock launcher with no problems as of yet other than having to apply the lwp twice to show all the..."seeds"
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You see this phone is just great from the start. The moment you fire it up you just know its a great phone. How the **** anyone can say its slow is behond me. The only phone where I'm not tempted to install a custom rom, on stock with root and I tell you what its a ****ing beauty, end of, final, its just ****ing great
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GO Launcher v2.87 Beta.. just came out.. highly recommended!
The last one was great.. but this one takes the smoothness level to a whole new level.
My home screen is cluttered with icons.. but is finally stutter free !
Link: h t tp://golauncher.goforandroid. com/2012/04/go-launcher-v2-87-beta/
V8RWD said:
GO Launcher v2.87 Beta.. just came out.. highly recommended!
The last one was great.. but this one takes the smoothness level to a whole new level.
My home screen is cluttered with icons.. but is finally stutter free !
Link: http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/04/go-launcher-v2-87-beta/
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Just installed. Very smooth indeed.
Do a long press on home screen ... menus are now more GUI as well.
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Super flipping fast!
I still prefer ADW for gingerbread and Apex for ICS roms. Seems like go launcher always sucked extra battery on my devices.
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Love the newest update soooo smooth.
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Wow its definitely a LOT faster on my Note.
The only thing that bugs me is the smooth/slow transition when launching apps. Compared to Apex in which the apps launch very quickly. It's like Go launcher is almost toooo smooth in that respect.
I'll also monitor battery use via "bad assbattery monitor" since the last version definitely used more battery than other launchers.
It is my favorite launcher even though I switched to Apex the last week. I'll give Go another try
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I just installed the beta and I don't notice any difference at all. That being said, go launcher is my favorite Gab launcher and definitely smoother than all of them except touchwiz.
EvoXOhio said:
I just installed the beta and I don't notice any difference at all. That being said, go launcher is my favorite Gab launcher and definitely smoother than all of them except touchwiz.
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Take a read thru the description on the blog, all the changes are there.
Namely, the major change I like is the new method for adding shortcuts, widgets, etc. Long press any empty area on the screen and instead of the ugly menu, a list is displayed at the bottom.
Also, the app drawer (the screen that shows the list of apps) is also much better.
Is it more fluid/smooth/faster? Eh...
It could still be better but its never going to be as smooth as IOS due to how Android works vs IOS. Android physically moves each pixel around on the screen using 'math' to determine where each pixel should be drawn, one pixel at a time, then draws the frame, repeating frame by frame where as IOS uses pre-processed pictures in rapid succession similar to how film on a projector works.
Downloading now can't wait to try it.
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It is smooth. I have noticed some lag coming back to the home screen from go SMS. It takes awhile to populate the icons then its fine.
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Just downloaded beta2 and it seems better. Will see.
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Anyone get choppiness when going into the App Drawer on this? Is there a way to turn off the transition animation altogether?
Don't wanna appear to be hatin on Go launcher, cuz I've used it well over a year. I've got a new fav- SS launcher. Very smooth, highly customizable. Give it a shot!
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Pretty smooth but hate the indicator on the top of screen. Has a gap when removing indicator.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
SKyRocKeting727 said:
Pretty smooth but hate the indicator on the top of screen. Has a gap when removing indicator.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
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There an option to hide or even auto hide the indicator.
Great launcher and extremely smooth.
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Had to go to the beta 2.....beta 1 was a battery HOG
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Anyone get choppiness when going into the App Drawer on this? Is there a way to turn off the transition animation altogether?
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The app drawer is just as choppy as it ever was. Mine is mostly slow entering the app drawer. I would also be in favor of cutting off the animation all together.
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The app drawer is just as choppy as it ever was. Mine is mostly slow entering the app drawer. I would also be in favor of cutting off the animation all together.
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I am experiencing no lag on the home screen. The app drawer has a tiny delay opening it but other than that I think it works great. Still waiting for second day of battery testing.
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No Go. After random nonsense with their apps, including dragging phones down to their knees with running logcat hundreds of times in an apparent public debug release, no. Avoid all Go junk.
Plus... ios look? really?
Beta 3 is up. Beta 2 I had no battery issues. Actually go has never given me battery problems to over a year and two phones.
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