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Anyone try this yet 15 bucks is steeeep for a launcher, however its not showing up in my market
Works on my vibrant, no go on nook, though it was stated it'd wouldn't work on tablets. Painfully slow start up (even after reboot). Otherwise it's really smooth with a bit of eye candy. That price doesn't justify it though and I still feel as if nothing much changed from bet.
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Tryed it on my dell streak, nook no go to, however eye candy was there but wasent as smooth as adw pro so got a refund, def not worth 15 bucks there loss
I tried it while it was beta and was not impressed. Although it looks great I found the UI to be counterintuitive. The only thing I really found neat about SPB 3d is the morphing widgets. Although the 2-state morphing widgets look cool they do not really add any functionality (in fact they kind of defeat the purpose of widgets as they hide important info until you interact/open them).
In my opinion SPB is all eye-candy with no killer features. Even if it was really good I don't think I could justify $15 when there are plenty of great launchers out there for little to no cost.
Love it on my phone - hate it on my Nook.
It does not scale up well at all to the 7'' form factor. Save your $15 and buy ADW EX or LP+ instead.
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ok... i'm running MiUi.us Build Number 1.7.22 on my nook color. i took the risk and i paid for the SPB Shell 3D. and i'm very happy to say that it work's great. very few issues, smooth and very responsive. i know there really isn't a fully working tablet operating system out there yet. or at least none that i have came across on yet. but this launcher with the new tablet setting they added make's it feel way more like a tablet and not a clone operating phone system. only thing i would (REALLY) like to see is if someone could put one of these operating system's together (without) all the phone things it brings. other then that i say if you like to give this a try i don't think you would be disappointed.
I agree. I have been using it on my droid x and now for my rooted nook. The new "experimental" tablet view is perfect for the noon. Just saw a notice from the company (spb.com) that there is a UI Builder to allow devs to customize it. Not sure if this is just for WM or android OS as it doesn't clarify. Would allow for some nice widget and skin customization. Any devs out there want to give it a go if so?
Tablet mode does work quite well, but it's not nearly as smooth as launcher pro and all processes combined it needs close to 150 MB of RAM, which even with 512 MB of RAM is quite a lot.
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I actually dig it. Works well, although the transitions are just a bit choppy, but not that bad. For a honeycomb looking UI, I'll take it.
Lag when browsing, waiting on everything to load, pinch to zoom is not smooth but choppy, hitting a text field requires me to wait 2 seconds before the keyboard comes up...
i need to wait bloody everywhere?
is there something that can fix this?
i already installed a faster rom and im rooted.
and besides the complaints about the gps, my gps is instant. no need to wait here luckily. also no complains about the 3d screen or whatever hardware.
the battery could be alot better though.
Probably the rom(s) you're using.
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Why don't u get another phone?
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No lag here. Flash a Custom ROM. I didnt have lag running stock unrooted with sense either..
+1... No lag here.
borgqueenx said:
Lag when browsing, waiting on everything to load, pinch to zoom is not smooth but choppy, hitting a text field requires me to wait 2 seconds before the keyboard comes up...
i need to wait bloody everywhere?
is there something that can fix this?
i already installed a faster rom and im rooted.
and besides the complaints about the gps, my gps is instant. no need to wait here luckily. also no complains about the 3d screen or whatever hardware.
the battery could be alot better though.
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you must have something bogging your phone down. Ive never had any of those problems. Theres never any lag on this thing. The scrolling could be smoother of course, but thats one of the trade-offs having a phone with sense on it
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Why don't u get another phone?
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nothing will ever beat my iphone 4. i already seen that.
but i want something besides my iphone 4. i love the 3d capabilities of the evo 3d.
Maybe il wait for a senseless rom...i love sense but i HATE waiting.
on my iphone 4 everything's smooth. no lag anywhere, no waiting anywhere.
And no im not a fanboy of apple, im a fanboy of the best phone. and even with its lower specs i have the feeling my iphone 4 runs a 4ghz dual core compared with my evo 3d
to bad there are only 2 roms available for the evo 3d gsm
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nothing will ever beat my iphone 4. i already seen that.
but i want something besides my iphone 4. i love the 3d capabilities of the evo 3d.
Maybe il wait for a senseless rom...i love sense but i HATE waiting.
on my iphone 4 everything's smooth. no lag anywhere, no waiting anywhere.
And no im not a fanboy of apple, im a fanboy of the best phone. and even with its lower specs i have the feeling my iphone 4 runs a 4ghz dual core compared with my evo 3d
to bad there are only 2 roms available for the evo 3d gsm
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iOS is just a simpler and more clean operating system. My EVO 3D is also laggy, disappointing for a dual core processor. I usually tether and use my iPod touch which surprisingly runs faster and smoother than my EVO 3D. And yes I am running custom ROM's and overclocked and nothing is more laggy than web browsing, even on WiFi. Scrolling is so choppy... I am not a fanboy of either operating system. I like things about both OS and both need things improved on, but for now iOS just seems to run better in terms of CPU optimization.
Why dont you use your iPad to mop up your leaking vaj its leaked all over this damn page. On a more serious note you obviously are
A) a Trollolololololo
B) a Retard
C) a Retard with a defective evo 3d
D) a Retard who installed retarded bs apps with ****ty coding eating up resources
E) all of the above
PS your iPad can also be used to clean up your face after Steve BlowJobs is done with you.
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Why dont you use your iPad to mop up your leaking vaj its leaked all over this damn page. On a more serious note you obviously are
A) a Trollolololololo
B) a Retard
C) a Retard with a defective evo 3d
D) a Retard who installed retarded bs apps with ****ty coding eating up resources
E) all of the above
PS your iPad can also be used to clean up your face after Steve BlowJobs is done with you.
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LMFAO!!!
10char
Im pretty sure a EVO 3D has more things going on in it that any iphone, hence it not being "super fast". I just think you should know how to troubleshoot your phone at least if you are gonna have a Android. And are you getting the laggyness after a fresh ROM flash? Or are you throwing about 1231231423 apps in there and expecting it to not slow down? Give us more input so we can help you
Why do people get so offended why they point out a possible flaw with their phone and suggest an alternative? Isn't that how great things are created? Some people act like you just smacked their first born child in the face. Get over yourselves, its a phone. Most people that talk bad about iOS usually have never used any apple product and are just jumping on the Android v Apple bandwagon. I love Android, and I also love Apple. I am not a close-minded idiot that can't think for his own so I decide to be on one side of the fence on this whole apple v android issue. Again, I love android, but apple has figured out how to make more, with less power and in my personal opinion, is still slightly superior.
yea people get real butt hurt. but i dont bother commenting about that.
this article explains it pretty good
http://arstechnica.com/science/news...f-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars
No what we are telling you is that we are all running an Evo 3d and do not have the described lag. If you apply LOGIC you should not have lag either unless something is different i.e. your teeny brain. Your iPhone will get better reception if you drop it in a toilet preferably one with a fresh double S in it.
Just curious on other peoples opinions of it
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It's pricey so I bought it to test it. Refunded shortly after to play with some other launchers. Low ans behold, I went back to rebuy it. Lol. It's pretty unique and really damn smooth. Never thought I would pay that much for an app, but its pretty sweet
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I purchased it and got rid of it after about a week. Not worth the price in my eyes especially since I'm not using it. Regardless, still not worth the price. It really made the phone lag in my opinion and you don't have access to a lot of the stock widgets. It's unique but too buggy for me.
Bought it. Regretted it.
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I purchased it and got rid of it after about a week. Not worth the price in my eyes especially since I'm not using it. Regardless, still not worth the price. It really made the phone lag in my opinion and you don't have access to a lot of the stock widgets. It's unique but too buggy for me.
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No refund after that week I presume? Lol
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I'm not opposed to buying apps, I almost always get the paid version of ANY app just to support the developers.
I made an exception in this case however, the price is so out of line on this app I decided to try a cracked version first. After using it for one day I deleted it and decided the price was ridiculous.
give it time to be worked on. go launcher was great until ICS came. good alternative with similar widgets is adw ex with android perfect widgets. my only problem with spb is no scrollable widgets. once that's available it'll be my default launcher unless that new tsf project can out compete spb which I.doubt since spb was superior back in the winmo days
dyetheskin said:
give it time to be worked on. go launcher was great until ICS came. good alternative with similar widgets is adw ex with android perfect widgets. my only problem with spb is no scrollable widgets. once that's available it'll be my default launcher unless that new tsf project can out compete spb which I.doubt since spb was superior back in the winmo days
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It's been out for quite a while and most of the complaints have fallen on def ears from what I've seen. Bottom line, it's too expensive. If this app was $1.99 I wouldn't even bother bashing the app.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
I own both Shell and Time. Used both on my Dinc but Sense 3.6 works so well on my Rezy that l'm not compelled to install them now, but maybe someday I'll give them a look again.
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*3.5
Edit: Unless you're rooted lol
Double Edit: For the record I don't buy for a second that "ImageSense" won't run on our phones. They said the same thing about Sense 3.0 and single core CPU phones and Virtuous Fusion ran like a dream on my MT4G even in its beta stages.
P.S. Sorry for the possible thread hijack
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ew screw spd shell.
Stock Launcher or Nova Launcher.
The last time I checked it took SPB Shell 3d a long time to load. I don't know if this is the case anymore but on my Droid with only 256mb ram it couldn't handle it lol
works pretty well on the rezound. Phone definitely has the muscle to handle it. I was using it for about the last week when it started having errors and wanting to start in safe mode. Decided to just go back to sense.
Overall I like it, especially all you can add in tablet mode.
I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
If you are new to Android coming from the iPhone then you'll feel that way for a bit. I did miss my iPhone but once these awesome devs clear up some bugs you'll be really happy....if you like customizing. I couldn't stand iTunes so once I got around the noobness point, Android is so much nicer. The iPhone is more for people that just want to push an icon like my wife and kids.
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Thats wierd, im stock and i rarely get any force closes. Usually the only FC's i get are due to apps on their end. I love how everyone always says how the apple apps never crash, blah blah blah. I guess stupid tech will always have its place
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I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
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Yea if you are stock you shouldn't have too many problems. The beauty of the xda forum is you can tell us your problem and people get together to help solve it. Id rather use xda than talk to a genius any day.
Tell us what's wrong so we can help you.
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Most likely a bad device.
I have had mine since mid December...all stock, only updates via Kies.
It's been more stable than 2.2.2 on my Dell Streak.
As for a 5" iPhone, well, Jobs is gone so anything is possible.
You watch though...if Apple comes out with a screen anywhere near the
size of 5", the iphone fanbois will trumpet it out that it is an innovation and
the best thing in the world LOL.
lol you do realize stuff crashes consistantly on the iphone it just doesnt tell you right?
Force Closes are from improperly written apps. this happens, there are so many varients in the Android world it is hard to keep up with the changes.
Apple has a set screen size depending on the device, Android has many different screen sizes.
If you like to DUMB down then go back to the iPhone.
sunshines4u said:
I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
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First I was gonna tell you "see ya", but I guess I'll say that I have no, not one, force close and my device is closer to me than wrist watch or glasses... My device functions this way because I read about everyone else problems and solutions and either avoid the base situation, or utilize the communities experiences for the solution... Our Android family bought our grandfather an iPhone because of his age... Lmao. Does that tell you anything? If you must go then thanks for stopping by, but if you can stay, we will do our level best to match your enthusiasm and drive...
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i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
ferchope said:
i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
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Blasphemy
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ferchope said:
i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
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lol! you must not need apps at all
astang99 said:
Thats wierd, im stock and i rarely get any force closes. Usually the only FC's i get are due to apps on their end. I love how everyone always says how the apple apps never crash, blah blah blah. I guess stupid tech will always have its place
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There was actually a study published a few months ago that showed that major iPhone apps actually crash more often than their Android counterparts; however, since the iPhone doesn't display a message to the user when that happens, and it doesn't give the users an option to report the crash, most iPhone users perceive fewer crashes. (In other words, they simply think that they must have hit the Home or Close buttons since all the iPhone does is crash back to their homescreens).
The second theory on why this is the case is that it's much easier and faster to release app updates on Android markets. Android devs can easily roll out responsive updates while iPhone devs have to submit every single update to Apple's ridiculous approval process.
Story here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/02/02/does-ios-crash-more-than-android-a-data-dive/
The truth will set you free.
I've been running the I717 since day one and I've gotten exactly 1 FC from a weird app I downloaded. once I deleted it I was good. Try doing a factory reset and start fresh. download apps that have 4 or more stars. My phone has been a champ from day one with all the crap I throw at it (not even screen slowdowns like some are reporting). If you don't like it, you don't like it, there's no harm in that. All I know is my Ipod frustrates me something fierce when I use it so irritations go both ways. Hope you stick around, the stock ICS should be wandering through in the next couple of months. If you don't want to wait, I hear there's awesome Roms of ICS already. check it out.
I'm going back to iPhone as soon as someone trades me back on CL
What I've had from start to finish? Tilt, Touch Pro 2, G1, BB 8120, BB FLIP, G1, 3GS, Vibrant, EVO, Hero, Epic, EVO, Nexus S, the sprint WP7 can't recall name, EVO, Epic, EVO, EVO3D, 4S Sprint, 4S AT&T, Note AT&T.
I am the most unbiased person possible.
I switched from the iPhone back to Android because the screen was annoying for Draw Something, the edges on the phone are somewhat sharp & annoyed me in long typing sessions, no LTE.
What I've experienced on the Note, & why I said when I went back to the iPhone after the EVO3D that I would never go back to Android: LAG.
What good is customization if everything lags. What's the point of customization anyway? It's not like a computer that has incredible battery life & the customization is actually useful. It's just pretty widgets & UI mods.
I'm also shocked at how many ads are in the free apps compared to years ago.
Anyway, I'll go back to my sound app ecosystem with no lag. On top of that, the apps seem to run a lot smoother & take advantage of the A5 dual core vs the dual core in the Note.
+ I've spent way too much $$ on apps for iOS LOL. Sure I could get some for free on Android, but some simply aren't avail. Some I would have to buy again. Unfortunately, they all run better on iOS.
I will miss the s pen functions (and the Sammy cameras always seem better - I am disappointed by the 4S camera), but I'll survive. The only Android I want is the ASUS Padphone or an ASUS tablet (I had the Transformer #1 for a month, oh & of course I've had an iPad in the past, but prefer the Android tablet OS)
I haven't had an fc since i flashed team perfections latest pics rom. IPhones might be solid but they're so damn boring and plain
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Then Samsung should sue them for "copying"
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I feel like the microwave has screwed everything up. Of something takes a half second to open, we're screaming lag!!!
I like tech stuff but it's still a phone.
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I'm not talking about waiting for things to open.. I'm talking about stutter lag & multiple second to go back to the home screen lag. Legitimate lag.
reyderosquillas said:
I'm not talking about waiting for things to open.. I'm talking about stutter lag & multiple second to go back to the home screen lag. Legitimate lag.
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In my experience with android devices the major culprit for lag is on screen widgets that update. If you set up your device like ios with nothing but apps you will see no lag. If you use widgets and stuff you might redraw.
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reyderosquillas said:
I'm going back to iPhone as soon as someone trades me back on CL
What I've had from start to finish? Tilt, Touch Pro 2, G1, BB 8120, BB FLIP, G1, 3GS, Vibrant, EVO, Hero, Epic, EVO, Nexus S, the sprint WP7 can't recall name, EVO, Epic, EVO, EVO3D, 4S Sprint, 4S AT&T, Note AT&T.
I am the most unbiased person possible.
I switched from the iPhone back to Android because the screen was annoying for Draw Something, the edges on the phone are somewhat sharp & annoyed me in long typing sessions, no LTE.
What I've experienced on the Note, & why I said when I went back to the iPhone after the EVO3D that I would never go back to Android: LAG.
What good is customization if everything lags. What's the point of customization anyway? It's not like a computer that has incredible battery life & the customization is actually useful. It's just pretty widgets & UI mods.
I'm also shocked at how many ads are in the free apps compared to years ago.
Anyway, I'll go back to my sound app ecosystem with no lag. On top of that, the apps seem to run a lot smoother & take advantage of the A5 dual core vs the dual core in the Note.
+ I've spent way too much $$ on apps for iOS LOL. Sure I could get some for free on Android, but some simply aren't avail. Some I would have to buy again. Unfortunately, they all run better on iOS.
I will miss the s pen functions (and the Sammy cameras always seem better - I am disappointed by the 4S camera), but I'll survive. The only Android I want is the ASUS Padphone or an ASUS tablet (I had the Transformer #1 for a month, oh & of course I've had an iPad in the past, but prefer the Android tablet OS)
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Interesting observations. Honestly I see my Ipod lag a whole lot more than my note (or even my streak) with much much fewer apps. I mean I use my ipod for pandora, email and rage comics and running all three at once it lags something fierce. I can do all that with my note plus play temple run and not see a stutter. As for the in app adverts, apple is just as bad, but the funnier thing is, the ration of paid vs free apps in IOS is a lot higher in favor of paid apps than in android, which is probably why you see fewer ads in IOS. One thing I noticed with IOS is most apps, especially the free ones, rarely have over 3 stars, makes me wonder if they're really worth the time... All I know is, between IOS and android, I prefer android hands down, I can customize my UI how I want to, I can have widgets if I'd like and do virtually whatever I want with it. if you want I can talk with my buddy to see if he'll trade his 4S strait across for your note.
Anyone using one of the 3d launchers (TSF, Next, SPB) as their main launcher app on their HOX phones?
Obviously with the expense of them, most seem to be around £10 ($14usd) which is very expensive, it isn't really an option to try it for free for 15 minutes. I have tried both Next 3d and TSF Shell, played around for an hour or so then removed them as the apps were from a naughty source.
They certainly look cool enough, but us there really any advantage to them over the usual launchers such as Nova, Apex, Holo etc.
I found TSF shell the nicest and smoothest but had a bit of a learning curve, no fixed dock etc.
Apologies for the crappy topic, just wanted to get some thoughts on these launchers, gimmicky or not?
I love SPB, very polished and even nicer in tablet mode. But... way to much monies.
It's a lot of money for eye candy!
We androiders are a strange breed that like control. We also are restless types that change our launchers every six months or so.
So if you have the money Go for it but be aware that in a few months you will go back to an old favourite or move on to the next flashy launcher.
Dmwitz said:
It's a lot of money for eye candy!
We androiders are a strange breed that like control. We also are restless types that change our launchers every six months or so.
So if you have the money Go for it but be aware that in a few months you will go back to an old favourite or move on to the next flashy launcher.
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Well said sir
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SPB Shell looks really nice on the HOX+ and performs smoothly.