Im looking for the fastest launcher.
I already have ftl,zeam,tsf, SPB launcers.
For now the tsf is the fastest launcher but it takes a lot of ram that i need so the games will run smoothly.
zeam and ftl are fast but not enough when i exit from app with the home button it takes time to this launchers to load the widgets and the menu.
So i will be glad if u will recommend me launcher that is fast as tsf launcher but takes much less ram.
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Have you tried Holo? Its based off the ICS launcher.
+1 for Holo. It's extremely tiny and much faster than the others, but looks great and is quite customizable.
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OdinHome is super light for me, a little bare right now but it's getting better.
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I always back to adw launcher ex ..
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Try LauncherPro. My Galaxy looks nice now after I finished it. This is a customized version of Jellybean. Just get the icons from the Internet and you're set. The dock icons I mean. The other icons are from the ROM I use.
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I always back to adw launcher ex ..
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Me too! Anything with gingerbread I use adw ex.
Edit. I also use the Holo launcher
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Go with holo. It's lightweight on RAM
I believe Holo Launcher and Launcher Pro are the fastest performance wise. However, it's hard to find themes for them for some reason. I know Holo Launcher is pretty much the newest of the bunch. But Launcher Pro has been out for a while.
Try Adw laucher,GO launcher or Android 7 launcher.
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Try atom launcher if you are on ics
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SPB SHELL 3D is the best
Holo takes minimum 9 mb of ram but spb shell 3d takes 3-4 mb of ram . But spb is the most stylish launcher ever cool:
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spb is very cool..i use it on my phone but it loads slow
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I use mihome, everything depends on sense of style.
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lightning launcher
lightning launcher is fast and very light and very customizable. however, it is not for everyone because it has a learning curve and some widgets doesn't play nice with it depending on your layout
Goto play store and look up jellybean launcher. Also add the status bar app if you wanna make it a decoy to a real ROM of Android 4.1
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Opera is perfect
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Dylan_B. said:
Goto play store and look up jellybean launcher. Also add the status bar app if you wanna make it a decoy to a real ROM of Android 4.1
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It ls good but it has lots of bugs I really like holo launcher and jelly bean launcher they are fast and takes small memory
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Opera is perfect
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Opera is a browser not a launcher
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testing JB launcher. It seems to be alright, although it's got that adware that has push ads.
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I think it's safe to say that my favorite is Holo launcher, with GoLauncherEx coming in second.
If your on froyo or gingerbread use adw is quite fast
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Related
Hey,
Was just wondering what was the best launcher to use other than the stock TW Launcher? VTL.Launcher is REALLY laggy for me.
Haven't tried any other Launcher yet.
Let me know.
Adw ex...worth the $ to upgrade to pro version, also liked launcher pro until adw ex had its latest update
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Adw ex...worth the $ to upgrade to pro version, also liked launcher pro until adw ex had its latest update
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Cool, thanks. Any clock widgets you recomend? Trying to spice up my homescreen
try the honeycomb clock..
Got it free and payed....
Another vote for ADWex. Use it on both my Vibrant and Tab.
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stock is full of lag and framerate drops. Adw is much much smoother.
Make your own clock is nice
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Cool, thanks. Any clock widgets you recomend? Trying to spice up my homescreen
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You can get beautiful widgets free from getjar.
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Another vote for ADWex. Use it on both my Vibrant and Tab.
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Is that a theme you're running, with the trays on the side? Like the looks of that weather widget, too! My ADWex setup looks pretty dang bland in comparison. :\
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No theme, just a tabbed wallpaper using blank icons and screen shortcuts in adw. Made the wallpaper. Tapping on each "tab" takes you to its respective screen. The weather widget is HD Widgets.
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ADWex is well worth the change, I've been using it on my eVo4g for over a year now. It was one of the first Apps I installed when I got my Tab. Super smooth and completely customizable.
With a little time you can get some kewl setups.
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Wow your screens are cool! How do you get the tabs on the side like that? Is it minimal text just made more transparent than the others?
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Guitarfreak26 said:
Wow your screens are cool! How do you get the tabs on the side like that? Is it minimal text just made more transparent than the others?
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Go to this thread here on xda... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16935458 it'll explain exactly how to do it.
And yes the side tabs are minimal text.
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I strongly suggest using ADW Ex. Its the fastest speed-wise, and the most customizable.
I was using Launcher Pro but now am using Go Launcher EX. It has all LP had and more - more screens, resizable widgets, 3 docks with gesture launching, very configurable. And free.
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I was using Launcher Pro but now am using Go Launcher EX. It has all LP had and more - more screens, resizable widgets, 3 docks with gesture launching, very configurable. And free.
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Go Launcher works on our Tabs, didn't know that. I'll have to check it out. Used it for a bit on my eVo. Loved the app drawer.
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Go Launcher...
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Go Launcher works on our Tabs, didn't know that. I'll have to check it out. Used it for a bit on my eVo. Loved the app drawer.
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Love Go Launcher on the tab, only issue is the app drawer icon labels are all compressed and hard to read so I just disable them. Other than that no issues. I love scrolling sidebar as the dock.
I still suggest that you all drop Launcher Pro and switch to ADW Launcher Ex. It runs faster and is more customizable.
Anything by the launcher pro guy should be dropped. He never has long term plans and abandons things for extended periods. Uber music has been stagnant as well as LP.
Haven't seen very many, post yours here!
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It looks almost exactly the same as gingerbread
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Here's my setup.
Apex Launcher
Mood ICS Live Wallpaper
Blue ICS Status Bar
280 DPI
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Does the Gmail app finally offer a split view in landscape mode?
Love ICS
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xaml said:
Does the Gmail app finally offer a split view in landscape mode?
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No it doesn't. But it offers push notifications which makes it superior to the stock Email app IMO.
zer0nine said:
No it doesn't. But it offers push notifications which makes it superior to the stock Email app IMO.
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So much screen space and such lackluster use of it...
zer0nine said:
Here's my setup.
Apex Launcher
Mood ICS Live Wallpaper
Blue ICS Status Bar
280 DPI
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Kudos on inspector dubplate!
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ICS is sweet.
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Here's mine on Apex Launcher with AOSP ICS Icons, Hd widgets @ 260dpi and I love it.
RoloRacer on ICS Galaxy Note!
mark1s said:
Love ICS
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what's the gadget's name?
Reclaim said:
Kudos on inspector dubplate!
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I love me some dubstep.
Where do you get the asop icons from
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Where do you get the asop icons from
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Use apex launcher to change icons on the home screen if you have an ADW ICS icon theme installed.
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Where do you get the asop icons from
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Just like zer0nine said, go to the market and search "adw ics". Download the ICS theme by kovdev. Then just long press on the icons you want to change and edit -> click on picture -> adw icon pack.
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Coffinfeeder said:
Just like zer0nine said, go to the market and search "adw ics". Download the ICS theme by kovdev. Then just long press on the icons you want to change and edit -> click on picture -> adw icon pack.
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You can do that but since I didn't have adw, I just found a set of icons on the web and put on sd card and edited the stock ones in apex.
RoloRacer on ICS Galaxy Note!
roloracer said:
You can do that but since I didn't have adw, I just found a set of icons on the web and put on sd card and edited the stock ones in apex.
RoloRacer on ICS Galaxy Note!
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The screen shot I posted on Page 1 was also non-adw icons. I was just giving him an easy route to stock ICS icons.
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Coffinfeeder said:
The screen shot I posted on Page 1 was also non-adw icons. I was just giving him an easy route to stock ICS icons.
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I understand, I was going to go that route but found an icon pack for ICS and went that way instead.
RoloRacer on ICS Galaxy Note!
Post your screenshots here, it's nice to have new ideas and how it looks.
-rc4 fully working
-inverted aosp fully working
-running at 192dpi, and app between 213 and 260dpi
-typoclock pro
-apex launcher pro
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I'll play -- RC4 running Apex Pro at 192, most other apps are at a custom dpi between 240 and 320.
Homescreen: Clockr, Asus Weather, Asus Time, Widgetsoid, ScreenFilter.
ROM is fully working - no FCs. But I don't have anything installed to the SD card either.
-RC4 running great
-Apex Pro
-196 DPI for system and most apps
-bobclock 3D
-hd widgets 2x1 weather
seriously love this rom!
what do you use to get your icons that big? I'm at 213 dpi and they look smaller than yours do at 192. Also your text looks bigger.
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How did you get the asus weather widget to show Fahrenheit? And also how do I check to see if any apps are installed on my sdcard?
Edit: I look at the first two posts and the pics in it the status bars are different sizes. Sorry for all the questions, in addition to those first two questions, how are you guys customizing all those things? (status bar, icons, text, etc.)
Hmmm how do I make my apps look smaller?
I'm loving the ROM aside from the SD annoyance.
Nothing really exciting about my setup, it just works.
Apex @ 213dpi
OverSkreen @ 192 makes for a damn fancy browsing experience if you ask me.
Good stuff!
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Day 3... Really enjoying the Note
VonLaserface said:
I'm loving the ROM aside from the SD annoyance.
Nothing really exciting about my setup, it just works.
Apex @ 213dpi
OverSkreen @ 192 makes for a damn fancy browsing experience if you ask me.
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Whats the sd annoyance?
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hegemytouch said:
Whats the sd annoyance?
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you will get acore fc's out the wazoo if your apps install to the external SD card.
Is the apex launcher only available on rooted notes? If not where can i get it since not in play store
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it is definitely in the store, you just have to be on ICS to see it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...uncher&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
e30andrew said:
it is definitely in the store, you just have to be on ICS to see it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...uncher&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Ok i havent rooted my phone yet. Any other launcher like that, that will work on stock gb
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My homescreen
Beautiful widgets, Starfield 2.0, asus weather, widgetzoid
the Asus weather widget and the widgetzoid I got from looking at the screenshots on here thanks for showing those!
Justinfedor said:
Ok i havent rooted my phone yet. Any other launcher like that, that will work on stock gb
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Go launcher with ics theme is what I used to use on gb
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VonLaserface said:
I'm loving the ROM aside from the SD annoyance.
Nothing really exciting about my setup, it just works.
Apex @ 213dpi
OverSkreen @ 192 makes for a damn fancy browsing experience if you ask me.
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What Calendar widget is that?
Whoa!
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Will hybrid mode be available in any official capacity once we get ICS?
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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Adw i think
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dogger2001 said:
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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I am sure someone will disagree with me but, in my opinion, Nova, Apex and ADW are the top three.
Personally, I am using Apex.
A better idea would be to install Home Manager and several launchers. Home Manager will let you switch among them anytime soon you can keep them all at the same time.
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dogger2001 said:
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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Tsf shell launcher is AWESOME! Dont know bout d pages tho.i keep mine as simple as possible to avoid lag.
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I think u might try go launcher ..
But tsf shell is good
dont forget hitting thanks......
my launcher
for me it is laucher ex !! - very fast - and most: it dont need many battery
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex
has his own store
How could you live with 9+ pages :0 just use the app drawer ha.
http://db.tt/qL0IJkM5
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dogger2001 said:
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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SPB Shell 3D is the best launcher ever. Only its very costly.
This could be battery costly as well. I always recommend Apex for best battery. SPB shell looks amazing though
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dogger2001 said:
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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You can create folders on each page to hold more apps. Just drag one icon on top of another, and the launcher will create a new folder and ask you to name it. That way you can have all your apps on your launcher desktop, organized in folders.
MIUI ... With MIUI you can add too many pages
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NYLimited said:
I am sure someone will disagree with me but, in my opinion, Nova, Apex and ADW are the top three.
Personally, I am using Apex.
A better idea would be to install Home Manager and several launchers. Home Manager will let you switch among them anytime soon you can keep them all at the same time.
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I think the same. But the Nova Launcher is the better. Test these three launchers and use the one you think is best.
I prefer nova launcher due to speed but if you want customization you should go for apex launcher.
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I tried several launchers (almost every launcher which is not completely unknown)
For now im quite satisfied with Solo Launcher, which looks very nice and is pretty smooth. If you like it simple you should check out Smart Launcher.
dont have to mention Nova, etc. as they are most known (for a reason).
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Does anyone know of a free launcher where you can hide apps in the dock, trying to sort out a phone for a technologically incompetent relative but the phone rooted so full of apps that could potentially destroy the phone. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Go launcher
GO launcher is very good at stuffs but it also good at killing battery too, nova prime is better i think
Go launcher,android windows7,launcher 8,spb shell 3d and one the best n my favorite tsf launcher
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dogger2001 said:
I use Nova Launcher, but I can only get up to 9 pages, and now I'm out of pages, any launchers that get over 9? Thanks!
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Holo launcher is , fastest and light weight launcher
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geronphillips said:
Does anyone know of a free launcher where you can hide apps in the dock, trying to sort out a phone for a technologically incompetent relative but the phone rooted so full of apps that could potentially destroy the phone. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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I am using free version of nova launcher. You can hide apps in app drawer, just go to Nova settings>App drawer>Hiden apps and then select apps which you want to hide
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TSF Shell...
Brillient launcher.
Only $/£/¢/€10(?)
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Hello guys I'm new to the forums, any way im looking for a cool home launcher and lock screen, something like go launcher but free and less clutter, also my device is not rooted or anything of that makes a difference. Thank you
Mahmood02 said:
Hello guys I'm new to the forums, any way im looking for a cool home launcher and lock screen, something like go launcher but free and less clutter, also my device is not rooted or anything of that makes a difference. Thank you
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I highly recommend Smart Launcher
and
For lockscreen if you want a JB look, go with Holo Locker
leolawliet said:
I highly recommend Smart Launcher
and
For lockscreen if you want a JB look, go with Holo Locker
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Holo locker have some issues... I wouldn't recommend it.
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geeshiet said:
Holo locker have some issues... I wouldn't recommend it.
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Do you know any other good ones?
Mahmood02 said:
Do you know any other good ones?
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LockerPro?
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I read some of the reviews on Google play and a good amount of people said it's not all that great
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Mahmood02 said:
I read some of the reviews on Google play and a good amount of people said it's not all that great
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them use san google to find a one that suit your complains
Mahmood02 said:
Hello guys I'm new to the forums, any way im looking for a cool home launcher and lock screen, something like go launcher but free and less clutter, also my device is not rooted or anything of that makes a difference. Thank you
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You can get Nova for free minus some of the bells and whistles which is really resource light and is basic Nexus 7 design.
As far as lock screen I can't recommend as I pattern lock my screen.
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I tried smart launcher out and in pretty happy with it I'll look into nova though
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I get better battery using nova or launcher 8
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Launcher and Locker
I have used many launchers in the past including Launcher 8 and Smart Launcher. However I prefer Apex Launcher over the latter because of the simplicity of the applications UI and the ability to customize down to the size of icons. I am currently running Apex Launcher and it doesn't seem to drain battery more than other launchers I have tested. Here are some of my home screens.
I went for a minimalistic look and used the option to disable the notification bar and dock. The notification bar can be accessed by a fast swipe down and the app drawer (also customizable) can be accessed by a fast swipe up. I used ZooperWidget for many of my widgets and SMPL White icons for ditching the colored app icons.
As for the locker I installed Holo Locker which gives a very clean look to the phone.
The paid version can be customized to show SMS and call notifications and I believe you need it to change to shortcuts as well.
All these apps can be found on the Play Store SMPL White icons and Holo Locker being the only paid ones. Using these two together gives the device a very sleek look. I would recommend them to anyone who is looking to improve upon stock UI without rooting!
I prefer Holo Launcher HD, Nova and Apex are too... Feature filled for me. Also I find that Holo HD uses less RAM and is smoother with less redraws on my P769
If you want somerhing a bit different, you can have a look at Atom launcher, it's one of my favourites
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I use Nova Launcher and for the lockscreen, I purchased Widgetlocker.
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This Droid world is filled with many choices, so many that i feel spoiled.
Sony Xperia Z, MiHome, MiSpace, SoHo, Nova, Apex, Holo... these are the launchers I have used, and most of the times return to Xperia Z's home launcher, I wont tell you to go and install it, but I would rather tell you to "Explore to find out what suits your taste most!"
Happy Exploring!!
Xperia Z launcher has many features.....i prefer nova....saves battery.
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Right now using Huawei Emotion Launcher, kind of modified MiHome launcher and feels slick and fluid, and the weather live wallpaper with auto wedgie sync is pretty sick!!
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Subjecttoreply, where did you get your wallpaper from? Can you provide me the link?
Techgod said:
Xperia Z launcher has many features.....i prefer nova....saves battery.
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I am enjoying Nova myself but how do you download the Xperia Z launcher?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102397
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