I have used GO Launcher for Prime and love it as much as I love it on my phone. I am being turned off since I read that GO Launcher is a battery hog on the phone. Personally I had not paid much attention to the difference in battery consumption between different launchers. I wonder if anyone has used GO launcher on the Prime and what they think of it? Is there a noticeable difference in power consumption between GO Launcher and the stock launcher?
when i used golauncher for a bit i didn't notice any extra battery usage from it.
i only used it for about a week before going back to the stock launcher and then to nova launcher, which is what i'm currently using.
i did like the go widgets that were offered, but didn't like the app scaling button that was added since it wasn't natively made for tablet resolutions.
is that still there? i'd give it a whirl again if it was gone now.
Hmm, I've always used ADW specifically because it improved by phone's battery life drastically.
I can't say the same for my tablet because I didn't install ADW on the Prime until after ICS, and ICS seems to have increased battery consumption.
No difference for me. Still getting 13-20 hrs of use with Go laucher. I use it on my EVO I'm gettin a full day.
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adiliyo said:
when i used golauncher for a bit i didn't notice any extra battery usage from it.
i only used it for about a week before going back to the stock launcher and then to nova launcher, which is what i'm currently using.
i did like the go widgets that were offered, but didn't like the app scaling button that was added since it wasn't natively made for tablet resolutions.
is that still there? i'd give it a whirl again if it was gone now.
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If you are taking about the button on the status bar for ZOOM or STRETCH, yeah, it's still there. I searched on the market fr Nova Launcher with no result. how do you get it?
Wendemixda said:
If you are taking about the button on the status bar for ZOOM or STRETCH, yeah, it's still there. I searched on the market fr Nova Launcher with no result. how do you get it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
I use Golauncher, love it, My prime does not seem to have any issues with battery life, I use it ALOT, and get a full days use out of it.
how to disable the dock in go launcher?
it's stuck on the left side of the screen and appdrawer remains phone oriented.
sunwee said:
how to disable the dock in go launcher?
it's stuck on the left side of the screen and appdrawer remains phone oriented.
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i just made all the shortcuts invisible, couldn't find a way to disable it completely.
also, i think if you make the orientation fixed to landscape the drawer works right...
Can sm1 get go launcher prime fr free?
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It seems like LP bogs down SO much after a while.. to the point where everything hangs. I revert to the TouchWiz Launcher and it's like night and day, with the same widgets + feeds and updates.
What gives? Anyone else notice the same?
Yeah I notice it for sure. I haven't noticed it since the lag fix, but it has only been a couple days.
Launcher pro is way quicker than touch wiz for me. Before and after I applied the lag fix. I also try and reset my phone every other day our so.
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Yeah I notice it for sure. I haven't noticed it since the lag fix, but it has only been a couple days.
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I did one of the lagfixes but I undid it and decided to do a factory format. I don't notice much difference, except for when LP lags up the whole phone. I've gone back to the TWL and things are snappy again.
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Launcher pro is way quicker than touch wiz for me. Before and after I applied the lag fix. I also try and reset my phone every other day our so.
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I've never seen the need to reset every other day. But I do notice LP seems really fast with transitions.. but there are some bugs here and there like the preview cards getting jumbled together and such.
Uh. use ADW Launcher? no problems with it with lagfix, I don't know why so many users of the Vibrant community dislike ADW Launcher and is mainly biased towards Launcher Pro.
the only thing i liked about ADW was the option to make more icons fit on the screen. other than that i think TWlauncher is smoother and less buggy. plus the multicons app does what i liked from ADW anyway
Lp is the best! I hate that adw replaces the menu> settings with its own preferences....stupid. Plus lp is faster than anything else
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Uh. use ADW Launcher? no problems with it with lagfix, I don't know why so many users of the Vibrant community dislike ADW Launcher and is mainly biased towards Launcher Pro.
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I have nothing against ADW, but I'm using LP right now so that's why I posed the question.
I use launcher pro for one reason. I love the calendar widget. I do notice that it gets a little laggy every once and a while and most of the time a reboot takes care of it.
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I have nothing against ADW, but I'm using LP right now so that's why I posed the question.
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Seems like you have a pretty big grudge against ADW Launcher. Using another launcher would "solve" your problem. What does LP have to offer that is making you stick with LP? Both are great launchers and the winner depends on the users' personality.
@disturk: It replaces the notifications button on the menu. Is notifications on your menu really necessary? Plus. I believe LP also replaces one button with Settings.
@bromat80: There are other alternatives to the widget, and if a launcher is lagging me then to my opinion it wouldn't be worth having if it lags. At least not until the developer fixes the problem. Try CalWidget as a alternative if you were to experiment with another launcher.
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Seems like you have a pretty big grudge against ADW Launcher.
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What are you talking about? Seriously though. Yeah, I've got it out for ADW launcher!
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@disturk: It replaces the notifications button on the menu. Is notifications on your menu really necessary? Plus. I believe LP also replaces one button with Settings.
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I was referring to being on the home screen..stock is menu, bottom right is settings for phone...lp keeps this whereas adw puts adw settings on the bottom right and moves phone settings to the bottom middle...(unless they've changed it..haven't used adw in a month)
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@bromat80: There are other alternatives to the widget, and if a launcher is lagging me then to my opinion it wouldn't be worth having if it lags. At least not until the developer fixes the problem. Try CalWidget as a alternative if you were to experiment with another launcher.
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I guess what I was getting to is that I like both ADW and Launcher Pro equally and what makes me choose LP is the calendar widget. The lag doesn't bother me. I was just pointing out that I do notice that it does get laggy and normally a reboot takes care of it.
I personally find Launcher Pro more elegant.
No lag that I notice.
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Seems like you have a pretty big grudge against ADW Launcher. Using another launcher would "solve" your problem. What does LP have to offer that is making you stick with LP? Both are great launchers and the winner depends on the users' personality.
@disturk: It replaces the notifications button on the menu. Is notifications on your menu really necessary? Plus. I believe LP also replaces one button with Settings.
@bromat80: There are other alternatives to the widget, and if a launcher is lagging me then to my opinion it wouldn't be worth having if it lags. At least not until the developer fixes the problem. Try CalWidget as a alternative if you were to experiment with another launcher.
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Whoa whoa, whats with the attitude bro? if the OP likes a certain product and want to support it, he can do whatever he wants. It sounds like you are the one with the grudge against LP. I personally like LP because it does 3D App Drawer and 5 icons columns on desktop. AND it's fast as **** on my phone.
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Launcher pro is way quicker than touch wiz for me. Before and after I applied the lag fix. I also try and reset my phone every other day our so.
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Yea, launcher pro all the way, my phone used to lag with touch wiz all the time.
LP here. Absolutely no issues at all. Incredible.
Hands down TouchWiz is most definitely the fastest launcher of them all. I see no reason to use third party launcher other than to customize a few things. Does TouchWiz look like the iPhone? Yes! Does the Vibrant overall look like a better version of the iPhone clone? Yes!! lol. Do I love my Vibrant with all of my hear? *$#@ YES!!! but that is besides the point I am trying to get at
Launcher Pro sucks in my opinion, and is much much slower than TW. You can tell by that it takes a few seconds longer to initially load the icons when going into Applications. Transitions just aren't as fast either.
ADW is probably a tad bit faster, but you still can not compare it to TW. I do wish that I had an option to go back and forth between stock and TW. Hopefully that will be made available in 2.2.
I would say stick with TW, make life easy
You can change the speed at which the applications load in the drawer on lp. I don't think anything is farr than instantaneous
I prefer lp because I don't like the side to side scroll in the app tray. I have my speed set higher than the default values for lp and experience no lag.
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Just wanted to spread the word about this new launcher.It's called Go Launcher. Has some pretty nice features. I would say it's about on the same level as LP and ADW.
http://androidspin.com/2010/12/16/go-launcher-another-home-launcher-replacement/
Thanks bud, looks promising!
Looks very good for customization and whatnot
This seems kinda interesting. I think I may give it a shot.
i am a big big fan of touchwiz. i tried the other launchers and i always went back to touchwiz.
except this time. kinda.
literally, the only thing that is keeping me from using this launcher as my main launcher is that the weather channel wide widget is not generating every time i try. i like this thing that much. it is so much snappier on obsidian 4.2 (yes i know there are other versions out there, but i feel safer using the version on their website as i figure its the finished version) than the modded tw launcher in use there. like noticably faster and more responsive. i will definitely be keeping my eye on its development.
I have tried the Go Launcher for a while. It's pretty good and it's faster than ADW.
In addition, it uses less memory than the ADW and LP. One thing I'd like to see
is the capability to hide the Dock as in ADW. And apparently, ADW has so many
themes which is really attractive.
But overall, Go launcher is a good choice.
zeam launcher
Go launcher is aight, takes up a lot of memory and causes phone to lag after a while. Honestly, try the zeam launcher. Way way better. The app drawer can hold a lot of apps. you'll love it!
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Go launcher is aight, takes up a lot of memory and causes phone to lag after a while. Honestly, try the zeam launcher. Way way better. The app drawer can hold a lot of apps. you'll love it!
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i agree i use zeam and love it
Speaking of go, the sms app is the best I've used thus far. Maybe I'll give the launcher a try.
I'd pass on go launcher if I were you. I tried it for 2 days last week and ended up hating it.
If I spent too much time in an app or just away from the home screen, the launcher would have to reload all of the apps onto the home and app screens. Screen orientation was always buggy as well. Half the time I flipped the screen, the dock bar wouldn't turn with it. I'd have to move to another screen or flip and flip back to get the dock to move. The dock bar email/messaging unread count wouldn't clear after reading either. The app menu scrolling was very choppy, regardless of how long I let it sit to load.
It's a decent looking launcher, but has a ton of bugs still.
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I noticed my battery doesn't last as long as some of the other users on here and I was wondering if those with 20+ hrs of battery life are using any other launchers aside from stock?
I have come to exclusively rely on Go Launcher EX
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I have used Go Launcher since day one and get around 28-32 hours of battery life, but I would recommend zeam if you wanna try another to test it yourself.
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I have used Go Launcher since day one and get around 28-32 hours of battery life, but I would recommend zeam if you wanna try another to test it yourself.
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Can you share your secrets? I am getting about 18-22hrs.
thats not the first time I've read about weak battery life while using go launcher.
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I have used Go Launcher since day one and get around 28-32 hours of battery life, but I would recommend zeam if you wanna try another to test it yourself.
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I took your advise too and tried ZEAM and find it pretty nice so far. Very small foot print on the system resources I beleive too.
I had LauncherPro Plus, but all the features (I couldn't resist them) seem to use up more CPU thus shortening battery life. I only need the battery to last me from when I wake up until I go to bed since I charge it each night, but it's nice to know i could go longer if I happen to forget my charger.
i'll try Zeam again. I had it on my captivate but I had a problem where the launcher seemed to "reload" every time I went back to the homescreen. The icons took a good 5 seconds to appear each time. It got annoying fast. Maybe its not a problem anymore, though.
I'll give zeam a shot too and see how it goes. thanks.
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I'll give zeam a shot too and see how it goes. thanks.
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so far, its working much better on this phone than on my captivate. We'll see about battery life over the next 24 hours
I tried it out and it felt a little clunky compared to go launcher, plus I lacked a few features I've come to rely heavily one *Vertical scrolling app drawer for one.* So I am going to stick it out with Go launcher and try to optimize and conserve as much as I can. I removed the TW launcher. We'll see how that affects things if at all. Should boost battery by not having that doing things in the background that I don' want or need.
I removed the TW launcher. We'll see how that affects things if at all. Should boost battery by not having that doing things in the background that I don' want or need.
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How did you remove the TW Launcher? I have not rooted my phone and don't plan to for now.
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How did you remove the TW Launcher? I have not rooted my phone and don't plan to for now.
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That's the only way to remove it...root and uninstall
I noticed extra battery drain while using go launcher. i love that launcher though for the gestures it has but it ate too much battery. im using launcher 7 now and getting WAY better battery life
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I tried it out and it felt a little clunky compared to go launcher, plus I lacked a few features I've come to rely heavily one *Vertical scrolling app drawer for one.* So I am going to stick it out with Go launcher and try to optimize and conserve as much as I can. I removed the TW launcher. We'll see how that affects things if at all. Should boost battery by not having that doing things in the background that I don' want or need.
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Zeam:
Preferences > Applications grid > Type > Vertical scrolling
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Zeam:
Preferences > Applications grid > Type > Vertical scrolling
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Must have missed it. I'll experiment some more with it later.
I have used Go Launcher for a while now. Love it! However LAST UPDATE KILLED MY BATTERY. Seriously used 65% of my battery in 7 hours! I uninstalled battery life is fine now. Thank God!
It's disappointing to know that its eats up that much battery. hope they come out with updates to fix it.
after using zeam launcher for a day, i dont notice any additional (or less) battery drain compared to Launcher Pro. At idle, my phone dies about 3% per hour on each launcher.
Don't notice any drain with Go either. Tried Zeam but couldn't find a way to make folders (is that true?), and love the gestures and other Go products so pretty happy ATM.
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Don't notice any drain with Go either. Tried Zeam but couldn't find a way to make folders (is that true?), and love the gestures and other Go products so pretty happy ATM.
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I have folders on my zeam launcher homescreen. long press the screen > add > folders.
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I have folders on my zeam launcher homescreen. long press the screen > add > folders.
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Sorry, meant in the App Drawer. That possible?
Looking for opinions and advice here.
I'm currently running the stock TW launcher. I would like to use a custom launcher, but my experience is that every time I do, I get a bad battery drain. Most recently, I put Go Launcher on my Skyrocket and it resulted in an extra 3-5% drain/hour. I have used most of the launchers on the market at one time or another and I have a premium license for Launcher Pro.
Anyone running a custom launcher? If so, have you noticed any extra battery drain? Any recommendation for one that works best on the Note? I'm afraid to try Go again, since this phone is pretty much the same hardware as my Skyrocket and I'm sure the battery drain will be the same.
Its going to be hard to estimate battery drain for the first few days. I'm using ADW Laucher Ex, and it seems to have improved performance a notch.
I use Go Launcher EX exclusivly....so many cutomization options and i have never had any lag or issues. The themes are endless.
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I use Go Launcher EX exclusivly....so many cutomization options and i have never had any lag or issues. The themes are endless.
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Yeah, I'm familiar with Go Launcher and I like it. The problem is, every Samsung phone I have installed it on started having a noticeable battery drain. I tested it on the GS2 and Skyrocket. I confirmed that the drain went away as soon as I uninstalled it. Since the Note is basically a bigger Skyrocket, I'm almost positive I'll get the same results.
Ive always used launcher pro on all my devices, better performance, and never noticed any extra battery drain. If u try it, go into settings and make this change. Preferences/ Advanced/Memory Usage Settings/ Homescreen Cache Type/ Light. Without doing this, the home screen transitions were very laggy.
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Looking for opinions and advice here.
I'm currently running the stock TW launcher. I would like to use a custom launcher, but my experience is that every time I do, I get a bad battery drain. Most recently, I put Go Launcher on my Skyrocket and it resulted in an extra 3-5% drain/hour. I have used most of the launchers on the market at one time or another and I have a premium license for Launcher Pro.
Anyone running a custom launcher? If so, have you noticed any extra battery drain? Any recommendation for one that works best on the Note? I'm afraid to try Go again, since this phone is pretty much the same hardware as my Skyrocket and I'm sure the battery drain will be the same.
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I like a very minimalistic phone, so I prefer Zeam launcher. Its very basic and easy to use.
Here's another one that works pretty well. Home screen works only in portrait mode though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
My first impression
After using the phone for about 2 full days now I can say that I am sticking to the default TW Launcher for now. I tried Launcher Pro, Go Launcher EX, ADW EX, and found that none of them run as smooth as the default launcher. There is a thread in the International Galaxy Note section about this as well. I actually like the TW launcher so I don't mind it.
Anyone tried SPB 3D launcher yet??
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Anyone tried SPB 3D launcher yet??
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Yes. My experience is: Its fun for about 10 minutes. Doesnt have enough integrated widgets and is otherwise slow and after a short while; annoying. I prefer GoLauncher or Native TW
Go Launcher is the only one I fool with anymore... it's got good performance and easily change anything on it.
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Go Launcher is the only one I fool with anymore... it's got good performance and easily change anything on it.
Posted using AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note
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And you're not seeing a noticeable battery drain?
None, I've always used it so used to battery life but battery life on this phone is awesome
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try VTL launcher
I used Launcher 7 (Windows Phone 7 clone) in the Skyrocket, but it doesn't work in the Galaxy note. Had great battery life with it, and it's crazy fast.
Trebuchet launcher! CyanogenMod 9
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I love GoLauncher but I have to agree, it really drains the battery fast.
VTL launcher might be nice but it costs $3.00. Do not want to pay for a launcher before I try it.
I have been trying the stock launcher but the killer for me is I can't change the dock icons (I don't think) If someone can tell me how to do this that would be great!
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I have been trying the stock launcher but the killer for me is I can't change the dock icons (I don't think) If someone can tell me how to do this that would be great!
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I don't have the phone, so I can't test it, but check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503988&highlight=sticky
Hey thanks. That works but go launcher really spoils you!
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I use Go Launcher EX exclusivly....so many cutomization options and i have never had any lag or issues. The themes are endless.
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Go Launcher EX lags when scrolling home screens for me, where as the default touchwiz launcher doesn't. Which is too bad, because I'd really like to use GO Launcher... especially for the scrollable/resizable widget support. I might give ADW EX/Launcher Pro another go, I purchased both a while back.
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deserthi said:
I love GoLauncher but I have to agree, it really drains the battery fast.
VTL launcher might be nice but it costs $3.00. Do not want to pay for a launcher before I try it.
I have been trying the stock launcher but the killer for me is I can't change the dock icons (I don't think) If someone can tell me how to do this that would be great!
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Go into applications, and hit menu -> edit and then drag icons off and on the dock.
they either don't let me resize my widgets or ignore and try to force the widget to the centre of the homescreen with a massive border of space all around.
going to try zeam again but i think after that - there's no more h/w accelerated launchers right?
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they either don't let me resize my widgets or ignore and try to force the widget to the centre of the homescreen with a massive border of space all around.
going to try zeam again but i think after that - there's no more h/w accelerated launchers right?
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I am not sure about h/w acceleration, but try (free) Nemus launcher from the Market.
It has got a nice group/folder feature for the homescreen.
thanks, i'll see if it does the trick. i need something accelerated though since every other launcher lags. zeam is quick but doesn't do scrollable widgets
Go launcher works well as does Zeam launcher
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I think I heard launcher2 is quite good... Not sure though..
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nemus launcher seems to be the best i've tried so far. zeam doesn't support scrollable widgets anymore so that's not an option.
i used go launcher till a few hours ago and it's laggy as hell once you add widgets etc. it's widgets were nice though. launcher pro is dead now with the author claiming something new is coming out to (i assume) get people to buy the old version
i'm using my old pure messenger for fbook and sms widgets. gmail now includes a decent full screen widget. i just need a decent scrollable calendar one.
Found SS launcher the other day and I'm hooked. Man, it is so different I love it. Can even add things below the screen and scroll vertically on a page. It lags a bit sometimes but with updates it will get better.
Also, 360 launcher. Top stuff. Heaps of themes available from the launcher like go launcher.
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Found SS launcher the other day and I'm hooked. Man, it is so different I love it. Can even add things below the screen and scroll vertically on a page. It lags a bit sometimes but with updates it will get better
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+1. Bought the pro version, ridiculously customisable, have hardly scratched the surface yet. Had some bootloops and lag, but they seem to have disappeared today.
My current setup with it is intensely boring, but I'm into lists at the mo, and my battery time is huge.
Only downside is centring widgets - a PITA.
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+1. Bought the pro version, ridiculously customisable, have hardly scratched the surface yet. Had some bootloops and lag, but they seem to have disappeared today.
My current setup with it is intensely boring, but I'm into lists at the mo, and my battery time is huge.
Only downside is centring widgets - a PITA.
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Nice! I did notice it on the desktop thread earlier. The beauty of it are the endless possibilities.
As for widgets, yeah they can be tricky to centre. Sometimes they are a bit small as well so I drag half to the next page, enlarge then centre. I have a few hidden out of view like the power and music widgets.
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guys how can we use nova and apex launcher..wen i try to install it is showing there is problem in parsing the package..any ideas??
p.s sory my bad it was a corrupted file..
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guys how can we use nova and apex launcher..wen i try to install it is showing there is problem in parsing the package..any ideas??
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They are only compatible with ics.
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Nova allows you to resize widgets on the ics beta. Works quite well too.
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after changing the density to 160 (from 240) there was something up with all the stock launchers (mentioned in the subject). some wouldn't allow the resize option at all, another did but i couldn't move widgets to the top or sides. there was this big border where i couldn't have any shortcuts or widgets.
h/w acceleration...
So, I don't get is Go Launcher h/w accelerated? If not which are?
go definetely isn't. zeam feels like it is but has no scrolling support so not worth looking at.
ok, trying nova again. for some reason it works properly now i've installed it off the market.
Zeam is too simple and minimalistic for me, I really like the "TSF Shell" but it's not complete yet, a lot of things to do... and it's EXPENSIVE... But it has H/W acceleration and it has a lot of interesting functions... just watch on youtube. It's nice and smooth!
Didn't try NOVA because I'm still on GingerBread (LA4), and as far as I know it's only for ICS...
I wonder why GO developers are ignoring H/W acceleration =(
me too. go launcher with hw accel would be worth a go again. at this point, anything without that isn't worth looking at IMO. far too laggy in comparison. nova now (even with 7 screens full of widgets) is nice and fast. like the stock samsung browser