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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.
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.
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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..
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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.
Just read about QQLauncher on www.reddit.com/r/android. It's a very nice launcher offering just what the default launcher misses. It's a shame so few widgets work. Try it out, especially the animations are slick.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tencent.qqlauncher
Had it before on my x10 thanks for sharing tho buddy
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festa20 said:
Had it before on my x10 thanks for sharing tho buddy
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Do you know where to find more working widgets? Only SiMi clock and simple calendar work in QQ.
I agree it does look good, but would like more widgets for it as well. Also pin codes don't work as you have to unlock the screen twice.
Yes it's blazing fast but many widget didn't work properly. Also if you use the custom lock you can't insert your pin as electric said. I will follow the development anyway, it looks very promising!
I'm using GO Launcher now but sometimes it slows down I think I will give ADW Launcher a try...
Yeah, it may improve and fix the bug with inserting a pin etc and more widgets etc, it has potential.
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Yes it's blazing fast but many widget didn't work properly. Also if you use the custom lock you can't insert your pin as electric said. I will follow the development anyway, it looks very promising!
I'm using GO Launcher now but sometimes it slows down I think I will give ADW Launcher a try...
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Tried ADWLauncher EX for two days. It does not offer so much more functions compared to the default launcher. Also, the default launcher has a easier and more intuitive UI and looks nice as well.
Worst part is that ADW EX lags as hell. Might be because the default launcher was still running with all wigets on it, but I was fed up with ADW anyway.
Launcher7 is till now the best replacement launcher for me, you should try it, even if you don't like WP7, change the tiles to transparent and choose a nice background and it wil look very different.
If I can share my experience I also tried GO Launcher EX and Launcher PRO in these days.
GO Launcher has a lot of way to customize your homescreen but feels a little choppy sometimes.
Now I'm running with Launcher PRO, it is very fast and has a good amount of customizations, but it's a little outdated (may 2011). I hope the developer will release a fresh version soon...
ingro said:
Yes it's blazing fast but many widget didn't work properly. Also if you use the custom lock you can't insert your pin as electric said. I will follow the development anyway, it looks very promising!
I'm using GO Launcher now but sometimes it slows down I think I will give ADW Launcher a try...
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ADW was just a row of lags on my phone, and I only had 4 homescreens with approximately 5 widgets in total. The only replacement launcher that does not suck is Launcher7 imo, but it has a totally different lay-out than other launchers, which you got to love or hate. The default launcher is not bad at all.
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ADW was just a row of lags on my phone, and I only had 4 homescreens with approximately 5 widgets in total. The only replacement launcher that does not suck is Launcher7 imo, but it has a totally different lay-out than other launchers, which you got to love or hate. The default launcher is not bad at all.
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For me is adw best, because there is swipe up and down function.
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Just tried SPB Shell 3D, it's very smooth with lots of 3D effects and all widgets for the stock launcher work perfect, except for Timescape obviously. There a texts widget that's like timescape, but smoother.
Only drawback is that it costs €10,45.
taaviu said:
For me is adw best, because there is swipe up and down function.
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GO launcher has that function too... I tried ADW yesterday but got 3 force close in a day, not so stable on my phone... I'm back with GO atm, it's a little lagged sometimes but it's stable and has all the customization I love...
sdk16420 said:
Just tried SPB Shell 3D, it's very smooth with lots of 3D effects and all widgets for the stock launcher work perfect, except for Timescape obviously. There a texts widget that's like timescape, but smoother.
Only drawback is that it costs €10,45. but...
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U can't put links up like that because it is a paid app plz delete it
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hello again recently i installed the ICS 4.0 theme(not launcher 2.4 i think launcher 2.4 is pathetic compared to the theme on GoLauncher).....and it made me have almost everything to look and function like the real ICS 4.0......but something happened it seems that my phone is a lot a lot faster and smoother than its ever been before it is rooted and it is gingerbread 2.3.4 KPH and i have not installed anything that can speed it up so why after installing this GoLauncher Theme is it sudenly become super fast and super smooth???
< sarcasm> I think your phone has thought u really installed ics < /sarcasm>
lol
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shreyasvb said:
< sarcasm> I think your phone has thought u really installed ics < /sarcasm>
lol
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hahhahahah that could be one reason for it because this theme is very realistic and phones do get confused easily lol
I guess you are feeling the difference between 2 different launchers.
They all do perform differently, so thats where your "sudden" smoothness and speed could come from.
Cheers
theres a word for it, "placebo"
well i dont think its the differnece between the two launchers because i downloaded ICS launcher 2.4 and it was so horrible that i uninstalled it after just about 1min of use.......but could it just be the this GoLauncher ICS 4.0 theme thingy has some sort of accelerator(dont know what you guys call it in this forum) that might speed up my phone?
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well i dont think its the differnece between the two launchers because i downloaded ICS launcher 2.4 and it was so horrible that i uninstalled it after just about 1min of use.......but could it just be the this GoLauncher ICS 4.0 theme thingy has some sort of accelerator(dont know what you guys call it in this forum) that might speed up my phone?
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No, it does not.
The only thing I can think of is that youre storing the theme inside your (class 4)SD-card. The theme is maybe lighter which makes it load up faster.
Just a theory.
If you want a fast launcher i could recommend ADW Launcher Ex. If I wasnt so damn used to GOlauncher I'd switch to it.
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If you want a fast launcher i could recommend ADW Launcher Ex
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+1
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but its not even how the theme loads its everything plus i forgot to mention it was its normal speed when i installed this golauncher theme and it was normal speed for like 2 days and then somehow all of the sudden out of nowwhere on day 3 it became super fast and super smooth that why i was concerned so i wanted to ask you guys if you have any ideas
ADW ex rocks!
+2!!! ADW Ex rocks. I tried out Go Launcher, and probably every launcher out there. If there's something that gives you almost every imaginable feature and yet doesn't slow down your phone. This has to be it.
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+1
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No, it does not.
.....................If you want a fast launcher i could recommend ADW Launcher Ex. ............................
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It's faster, I'll admit that. I just switched over from the Go Launcher. But I feel like the Go Launcher has way more customization than the ADW Launcher. I'll keep giving it a try though. Liking some themes I saw. If anything I'll just back it up with Titanium just like Go Launcher and keep both.
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It's faster, I'll admit that. I just switched over from the Go Launcher. But I feel like the Go Launcher has way more customization than the ADW Launcher. I'll keep giving it a try though. Liking some themes I saw. If anything I'll just back it up with Titanium just like Go Launcher and keep both.
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ADW Launcher =/= ADW Launcher Ex
Just so you know
For anyone experiencing lag on their home screens with ADWex, I've found a fix that worked perfect for me.
ADWsettings -> general behavior -> system preferences -> scrolling cache -> DISABLE
Everything runs super smooth for me since disabling scrolling cache.
Thanks, tried it and disabled the scrolling cache. It seems to be a little smoother if not more consistent with scrolling speed. Now my phone is extremely fast!
Mine was pretty smooth using a ICS theme and a nexus preset using a live ICS wallpaper. I'll try what you posted though.
I fixed ADW EX by replacing it with Launcher Pro.
Worked for me
This made a noticeable difference in scrolling between pages. With Saurom RCVI live wallpaper scrolling now works on ADW EX and Multi Picture Live Wallpaper. The transitions are almost seamless now with this adjustment. Thank you.
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I fixed ADW EX by replacing it with Launcher Pro.
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Funny, I did the opposite
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go launcher FTW
khaytsus said:
I fixed ADW EX by replacing it with Launcher Pro.
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I was using GO launcher for a little while until I installed a theme and it pretty much crippled my phone to a crawl. Multiple reboots and it was still messed up, therefore disabled GO launcher and went back to good old ADW (which is better to me).
Only thing I miss is the themed SMS and widgets.
Notice a difference thanks... I love adw i hated the lag and stuck with it but now this makes it much much better...
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khaytsus said:
I fixed ADW EX by replacing it with Launcher Pro.
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LMAO +1............
Coffinfeeder said:
For anyone experiencing lag on their home screens with ADWex, I've found a fix that worked perfect for me.
ADWsettings -> general behavior -> system preferences -> scrolling cache -> DISABLE
Everything runs super smooth for me since disabling scrolling cache.
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I finally got around to trying this again, nope, ADW EX is still jumpy and jaggy scrolling between desktops. Back to Launcher Pro.
here is a trick to make adw super fast and smooth...go to general behaviour>animation and effects>desktop scrolling speed....set it to around 134....it is super smooth when scrolling..i love it
I left my Scrolling speed at 715, and disabled the Scrolling Cache and ADW slowed to an absolute crawl. I then kept the scrolling speed and set the Cache to Low Quality and its completely smoothed out. So it seems like this isn't necessarily a consistent fix.
Weird setting my cache to disabled and speed to 150 my adw ruins great
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Weird setting my cache to disabled and speed to 150 my adw ruins great
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Agreed, I couldn't have said it better.
My scrolling speed is set at 300 and bounce at 0. I suppose if you make the scrolling speed less it could help but after tinkering with various speeds I settled on 300.
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khaytsus said:
I fixed ADW EX by replacing it with Launcher Pro.
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I did the same. Its the smoothest launcher out of the main 3. It uses less kb too. You can see for yourself. Download home manager.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
Bah. 1 homescreen is where its at.
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I had lag then I removed the social hub widget... now its smooth as butter
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I'm only getting lag in the app drawer and I've tried all the different settings
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