I've seen a few comments here and there about poor performance with Go Launcher EX on various ICS ROM's.
The symptom for me was very slow performance opening the app drawer (over 100 apps), as well as screen transition slow downs when I had lots of widgets on my seven home screens (I use several Android Pro widgets). Go Launcher appeared to reach a point where it needed to ask for more memory and I would see an su request (granted successfully) and then transitions between home screens would be painfully slow. Eventually, Go Launcher would typically crash and restart and things would be fast again temporarily.
What appears to have worked for me was to increase the dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit setting in build.prop from 48m to a larger value (I'm at 96m now, but I think 64m worked fine). I made the change using Rom Toolbox, rebooted and things have been silky smooth with Go Launcher since then.
No promises that it will work for anyone else, but thought I would share in case it does. FYI I'm using BAMF Rezound 0.6, but tried this on at least one other ROM as well with success.
I noticed this myself. Switched back to CleanROM GBE. Runs like butter.
I never really had a problem with it, but then again I had mine OC'd to 1.7 GHz and always on performance. I've recently switched to Nova Launcher since it's essentially the ICS launcher which is pretty damn smooth.
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I never really had a problem with it, but then again I had mine OC'd to 1.7 GHz and always on performance. I've recently switched to Nova Launcher since it's essentially the ICS launcher which is pretty damn smooth.
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+1 for nova launcher, silky smooth on any ICS rom!
same problems here with go launcher so i uninstalled it. launcher pro works good but the icon resolution is far too small. i also think nova is a bit on the buggy side yet.
Another +1 for nova launcher. It is smooth as silk and the aosp look is just awesome! Had it on my Inc, transformer, and now my rezound
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Another +1 for nova not one problem and everything is ridiculously smooth i love it
go launcher is super slow on gingerbread too. it's alot of lag when opening and closing the app drawer. any solutions for this?
If you're on ICS, why not take advantage of that and run NOVA launcher?
if you're into the widgets that come with golauncher then a better alternative for gb or ics is using adw ex with APW.the widgets with APW are far better than go widgets. this setup is so exquisite on Scott's newest 3.6 release.
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Does anyone have some insight on which one would be better an why? I started out with ADW.Launcher when I got the phone and am now trying out LauncherPro and have noticed a few differences as far as settings and features.
Other than features, is there anything that makes one better than the other? Like maybe performance or memory usage? I'm not really having trouble with either I just wondered.
LP seemed to run smoother on my old mt3g, but ADW seems to have more features and is more user-influenced IMO. I'll play with LP here and there but I always go back to ADW. On a higher-powered device like a Vibrant, ADW is gorgeous.
I much prefer LauncherPro. Not sure why but always disliked ADW.
Im using LP, but I havent tried ADW to compare.
They both have things that each other lacks in my opinion. I love adw and never tried LP but i have LP installed now and loving it also, mainly because it supports the 3D app drawer like the nexus 1 which runs incredibly smooth on the galaxy!! LP is smooth, but adw has got it on lock when it comes to launcher scrolling, speed, and desktop overshoot. adw has settings to make swiping the homescreen a hell of alot more fluid
After briefly trying both, I prefer adw. However, I'd still recommend trying both. As for battery drain, I haven't noticed any significant difference.
Launcher Pro is very snappy, I love it and the 3D drawer. Not sure of which to pick. TW or LP
I prefer adw, I like how customizable it is. I also hate the 3d drawer it gives me a headache.
I don't know why but the TW launcher seems sharper, I'm sticking with it for now
I used lp for a while, but once I started to use adw and got familiar with the different options,i have never gone back to lp,i even tried lp plus and still prefer adw. I think you just need to learn how to fully utilize it's options to truly appreciate it.
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never really had a problem with ADW Launcher and it always gets better and better when a new version is released.. never bothered with LauncherPro, so ill stick with adw launcher
I've been using ADW Launcher on my G1 since version 0.3 back when it was just a project to bring a Nexus One-style launcher to Donut-based roms on the G1 and myTouch, long before it was available in the market. I used the standard TouchWIZ for the first few days on my Vibrant, but once the newness wore off I went back to using ADW Launcher as my home replacement of choice. I've tried out Launcher Pro from time to time, but I always come back to ADW. Also, ADW is opensource and is the default launcher in the latest CyanogenMod versions.
I prefer ADW, simply because I can run only one screen, and place my most used apps in the dock. I don't run ANY widgets, or have any icons. As a result, I have no need for 2 or more screens. I asked, and a couple of revisions later, there it was: the option for only one screen.
LP is nice, but one screen with a dock ftw!
My phone is just so...VIBRANT
Launcher Pro Plus gets my vote .
which on is the default Launcher installed in the phone by default?
TouchWiz 3.0.
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TouchWiz 3.0.
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how is that one compared with the 2 (LauncherPro and ADW.Launcher) you guys are comparing??
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how is that one compared with the 2 (LauncherPro and ADW.Launcher) you guys are comparing??
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I tried both launchers out and i liked ADW a little better. but honestly i kept touchwiz. I didnt see any speed difference and like the layout. Probably because im so use to iOS.
I like TouchWiz 3.0, but it is pretty laggy compared to LauncherPro .
I agree that ADW has more options, but I prefer Launcher Pro because it feels so good and didn't require a ton of options to make it perfect if that makes sense.
Tried every rom and kernel since KG2 came out...
...On 2 different Galaxy s2's.
Tried stock touchwiz, touchwiz 4.5. It's just not butter smooth while scrolling between homescreens. It IS smooth, but it still twitches every now and then.
Go Launcher is extremely smooth and it wasn't even coded for this particular phone, but the lack of hardware acceleration makes custom launchers undesirable.
Which ROM/kernel combination would attain perfect butter smooth homescreen scrolling?
I'm currently on KI4 highly optimized and I still get the occasional twitch when scrolling through homescreens.
I haven't seen TW be anything but perfectly smooth, it's even one of the repeated advantages that reviewers have given it.
I'm in doubt though.. is your device running on stock 2.3.4 or 2.3.3? I just upgraded my SG2 to 2.3.4 and noticed that the homescreen shows a bit of stuttering when trying to perform the following:
1) "Menu button > Add"
2) also pinch to zoom out the homescreen.
Funny though when I downgraded back to 2.3.3 the delay is not there.
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I'm in doubt though.. is your device running on stock 2.3.4 or 2.3.3? I just upgraded my SG2 to 2.3.4 and noticed that the homescreen shows a bit of stuttering when trying to perform the following:
1) "Menu button > Add"
2) also pinch to zoom out the homescreen.
Funny though when I downgraded back to 2.3.3 the delay is lesser than the update. What about you?
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I'm on 2.3.5, tried 2.3.3 as well as 2.3.4.
Wow really? Cuz i stopped using go launcher cuz it wasn't smooth like tw.
Only launcher that comes close to TouchWIZ 4 launcher for performance and smoothness is Nemus Launcher and it's the only reason I've removed TouchWIZ Launcher from my personal ROM. OP is doing something wrong.
GO Launcher is smooth? Really? The last time I tried it it was very choppy and so I ended up back with TouchWiz.
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Only launcher that comes close to TouchWIZ 4 launcher for performance and smoothness is Nemus Launcher and it's the only reason I've removed TouchWIZ Launcher from my personal ROM. OP is doing something wrong.
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Wow. Nemus is smoooooth. I think I might finally make the switch to CyanogenMod as the only thing that was stopping me was the slowness of ADW and GO Launchers
I'm back on TW 4.5. I've tried every Launcher known to man. I wouldn't run a stock TW, but Fr0gger's version has just enough of what I want, only lacking in a couple of areas.
I found Go Launcher smooth outside of the app drawer. TW is by far the smoothest for me out of the 8+ Launchers I've tried. As mentioned Nemus is nice, and I like Zeam as well, they're both smooth and lightweight. You trade off customization however. If you took the best from both Zeam and Nemus and combined them, while still retaining the light weight, you'd have the ultimate launcher.
Will likely switch back/forth between TW and Go Launcher for the most part.
Has anyone noticed their homescreen has gone laggy when moving from screen to screen?
I like the default launcher, so I'm in no position to change it, but it's developed alot of lag since I first bought it exactly a week ago today.
Only plays up on the default launcher.
had mine over a month, and I find it to be the fastest android tablet in terms of switching screens...very smooth experience over here so far.
Thanks for the response - I wonder if a data reset would do the trick.
agreed that it is one of smoothest tablets on the market. I sometimes experience lag if I have a live wallpaper active. perhaps getting a task killer with a widget on the home screen could help quickly kill anything running in the background that could be the culprit of the lag.
Everything is running smoothly except the home screen and I don't really want to have to do a reset.... hmm
Have you loaded up your screens with tons of shortcuts? If I remember correctly it made my homescreen animations jerky but I then switched to Launcher Ex.
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theres nothing on my homescreens lol
I agree with the OP, the launcher's performance is sub-par. I don't have any live wallpapers, or hardly any icons, no widgets, and I can see it's not perfectly smooth. I installed ADW Launcher which is clearly significantly faster and what I would consider perfectly smooth and fluid. Anyone that thinks their launcher isn't choppy probably just needs to compare against a trial install of ADW.
I like the look of the default launcher though lol
I find this very strange that people are experiencing this lag. I am using the default launcher, a few incons on main screen, and at least one widget on every other screen, some 2 or 3 widgets, and still super smooth... way better than samsung tablets, asus, motorola, etc....
Should I do a reset in the short term?
Since most launchers are geared towards phones instead of tablets i was wondering what launche rs work well with the prime?
Stock launcher seems very laggy on the home screen, any fixes for this?
NOVA/Trebuchet and I've also heard ADW and SPB although SPB cost is a little on the insanely high side.
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I've used adw ex and it was pretty good but doesn't work nicely with wizz widget. Very laggy scrolling in Facebook and twitter Widgets.
I don't have any lag with stock launcher if I set to normal mode(3rd icon in power management options)
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i use Nova launcher, works great with root access and the only few problems I had with it were fixed in the last two updates (less than a week apart)
my main problem with the stock launcher is that with all my icons (like, close to 30 total) switching between screens laggs dramatically. to the point where switching is not smooth at all. I have continiously checked running processes to see whats eating my processor, nothing extra aside from the basic that i can see.... if anyone has ideas why my stock launcher is lagging please let me know :/
I just installed SlimRom and I am loving everything about the rom so far.
I just wish APEX wasn't as choppy as it currently is. Any suggestions on how it can be made to be smoother without switching to a different launcher?
I came from CleanRom Pro 4.5. with Sense. Very smooth scrolling with that. I've been hearing APEX on Nils is also smooth. I would like to stick to SlimRom due to its simplicity.
any inputs would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
set scroll speeds to 1 or 2
It's all about the settings and configurations, you can set the scroll speeds, set the animation and transition scaling in settings/development options, use something like spare parts plus to set some transition speeds and force 2D GPU rendering, things like that. But you can get it set up and dialed in to feel however you desire (well within reason) if you spend some time in there. About like having a girlfriend I guess.
Part of it if you're on is a desensed rom is that without the smooth rosie tweaks in a lot of the roms, the launcher graphics acceleration feels weird.
I've never had any choppy issues with Apex on SlimROM, or any other ROMs. Nova has always been choppier for me regardless of the ROM while scrolling though.
I usually keep my homescreens pretty simple, 4 widgets total, a few apps and a live wallpaper, so there's not a whole lot going on to lag things out. Plus I don't have a bunch of apps installed, so it doesn't have a lot to load up either.
I'm not sure why it's laggy for some people but not others...
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