guys my friend have s3 with the orginal sammy rom with latest update for our country and i used his phone played with it for like some hours but when opening any app launcher will closed wtf i feel its phone from like 2 or 3 yeras even my s1 never redraw launcher with opening many apps samsung what r u doing with ram management it sooooooooo ****y ram management now touch wiz become heavier than sense who said now touch wiz is so light on ram no its not the device have 780 ram as i know and wtf free ram only 190 or 200 my s1 with cm9 or aokp or sammy rom always have between 180 -150 with 5 apps on back ground
sorry guys but i'm really so sad for what sammy did on the software
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guys my friend have s3 with the orginal sammy rom with latest update for our country and i used his phone played with it for like some hours but when opening any app launcher will closed wtf i feel its phone from like 2 or 3 yeras even my s1 never redraw launcher with opening many apps samsung what r u doing with ram management it sooooooooo ****y ram management now touch wiz become heavier than sense who said now touch wiz is so light on ram no its not the device have 780 ram as i know and wtf free ram only 190 or 200 my s1 with cm9 or aokp or sammy rom always have between 180 -150 with 5 apps on back ground
sorry guys but i'm really so sad for what sammy did on the software
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I don't experience this. Running ADW Ex. Did not experience it on TouchWiz either (but maybe I didn't use TW long enough to encounter this issue). I boot at 370MB in use. After a couple hours and for days it will hover around 500MB in use... But I don't experience that issue. Nor do I have issues with force closes in apps or performance. I have lots of extras and services running too...
Maybe try a custom ROM?
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I noticed that if we have custom icons for apps , the homescreen reload time is too much, upto two seconds sometime...I had a homescreen like this:
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As you can see I have lot's of custom icons, and it would really have an impact on Home screen loading time ..I've changed them to default icons and it's instant now...
Any solutions?
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I noticed that if we have custom icons for apps , the homescreen reload time is too much, upto two seconds sometime...I had a homescreen like this:
As you can see I have lot's of custom icons, and it would really have an impact on Home screen loading time ..I've changed them to default icons and it's instant now...
Any solutions?
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same with the widgets..i`ve had a beautifull widget clock on my homescreen and it was lagging then i changed the widget with a stock digital clock and the problems are gone..
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same with the widgets..i`ve had a beautifull widget clock on my homescreen and it was lagging then i changed the widget with a stock digital clock and the problems are gone..
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Don't have that many widgets but 5*2 beautiful widgets super clock seems to run fine. Also have pure grid calender, with scrolling enabled and even scrolling is smooth. There are 3 other widgets as well..
I have random effects enabled too when changing desktop screens, and the effects are fluid...
I guess my launcher is helping with this...
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I don't experience this. Running ADW Ex. Did not experience it on TouchWiz either (but maybe I didn't use TW long enough to encounter this issue). I boot at 370MB in use. After a couple hours and for days it will hover around 500MB in use... But I don't experience that issue. Nor do I have issues with force closes in apps or performance. I have lots of extras and services running too...
Maybe try a custom ROM?
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Yup it never ever happens to me either unless I use a heavy application like going to a large desktop webpage with the browser or playing deadspace. Otherwise with just xda, facebook and email apps its fine. That isnt to say the problem don't exist. It depends on your usage.
Getting pretty much constant redraw too. Go launcher, some custom icons, couple of widgets. Feel as if apps aren't staying open in the background.
Stock rom, rooted, updated.
Reposted here in case you missed it in your original thread:
I have not run into problems with TouchWiz closing down on my U.S. variant. My first guess is that your friend installed some sort of app manager that kills background processes. This kind of program was absolutely necessary in Android 2.0, but the problem was mostly fixed in 2.1 and completely gone in 2.2. These days, it primarily results in poor user experience and, sometimes, noticeably lower battery life. I don't have proof that your friend did this, but the odds are very good.
Just go to android.mimic.ca and upload your services.jar and it will change the oom priority for your launcher stopping it from being killed off.
No more redraws.
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thank u for all replies but i think he will not root his phone any soon or install a non stock rom and he dont use any task killer and he use bw widget gmail widget and email widget only with every thing default + he wipe data from 2 days
btw he came from iphone world
I haven't got root. I set animation scale to 0.5x and using nova launcher and haven't got a single redraw since
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I haven't got root. I set animation scale to 0.5x and using nova launcher and haven't got a single redraw since
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ya because nova or apex are lighter on ram from touch wiz
lol i didnt use touch wiz on my s2 from like 6 months
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ya because nova or apex are lighter on ram from touch wiz
lol i didnt use touch wiz on my s2 from like 6 months
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Really don't see a difference in ram usage, I think it's a ****ty programing in launcher priority.. That way the browser could be light as f* but still closed because it priority to kill it before other..
You could be right, samsungs apps is pretty heavy and multitasking is a little meh with reloading Web pages and restarting apps
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Really don't see a difference in ram usage, I think it's a ****ty programing in launcher priority.. That way the browser could be light as f* but still closed because it priority to kill it before other..
You could be right, samsungs apps is pretty heavy and multitasking is a little meh with reloading Web pages and restarting apps
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ya u r right and s3 stock rom is the most bloated rom ever made
i've played now with my sis s3 opening many apps played some games no launcher redraw free ram about 200 -190 with 11 apps in ram :silly: and still no redraw so maybe my friend has instlled some apps cuz launcher to close
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Hello,
So I basically want to make a small survey that what launcher are you currently using and how is your battery life. I am trying to narrow down if some launchers are better for the battery life. I am currently using Touchwiz and get about 8 hours of moderate usage every day. Not good.
So how about you guys?
I used LauncherPro for a day but then removed it. It just hasn't evolved enough meanwhile TouchWiz, Sense UI and even MIUI have gone way ahead with their launchers. I don't think you will notice much difference in battery life between different launchers. LauncherPro renders stuff much faster but I don't like its appdrawer and dock.
Now I'm using TouchWiz until someone ports MIUI to SGS2.
GO, I prefer vertical scrolling to horizontal scolling in touchwiz and like that you can sort the apps alphabetically (who on earth tought it would be a good idea to make a horizontal scrolling app drawer and sort the apps by install time!?), also the running apps (+task killer) and recent apps tab are real handy
I'm gonna give Launcher Pro a go today. As for the scrolling, I quite like the horizontal scroll, but dislike it for seeming like the iPhone
By the way. How is the performance with some other launchers?
I used to have Go Launcher when using Desire. Now when I got this phone I first changed to Go Launcher also but then I noticed heavy battery usage and also some jerkiness with the scrolling, therefore I switched back to Touchwiz and still here. It is not THAT bad as everybody has been saying.
Launcher pro paid version.
Could have easily had 24hrs moderate use yesterday.
Tbh I don't think the launcher is one of the main factors affecting battery life though.
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By the way. How is the performance with some other launchers?
I used to have Go Launcher when using Desire. Now when I got this phone I first changed to Go Launcher also but then I noticed heavy battery usage and also some jerkiness with the scrolling, therefore I switched back to Touchwiz and still here. It is not THAT bad as everybody has been saying.
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I noticed the similar jerkiness with the go launcher initially and ended up switching over to launcher pro for a bit. When i reinstalled go launcher to use the notification addon, transition was much better and the battery usage was on par with touchwiz
Builtin widgets are better with launcher pro but i like the notification addon for go launcher more.
I have both go launcher ex and launcher pro installed but the default launcher is set to go launcher
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ADW Ex. Very pleased with it.
Currently 30% battery left after 2 days 3 hours, moderate use, but have removed or frozen a lot of bloat and/or stuff I don't use (Facebook, Twitter, games). Freezing TW launcher seems to have helped hugely wrt to battery life.
On KE2 stock.
I've got the following, adw launcher, go launcher ex,launcher 7, launcher pro, spb shell 3d and TW
Lol, for testing purposes
I usually use go launcher but have been trying regina 3d launcher, looks nice but i should imagine it would have more of a drain on the battery although im yet to confirm that.
ADW Launcher EX its the best choice for me, there are many themes you can use to customize it even more, the desktop scrolling efects are just great and i love the posibility to hide the main dock and the notifications bar, the screen just looks awesome then
Have had all the launchers mentioned already for a spin on the phone. I had been for the most part sticking with adw on the N1 but I was not able to get that to perform smoothly on this phone. Right now I'm actually using tw with most all of the wiz removed/frozen. I find I like it.
ADW EX. the only con is the no-bubbles on the dock. if I receive a message I can't see it in the dock, only in the notification bar.
I'm using Launcher Plus Pro. It's great, but it freezes on almost every boot. Have to wait a minute for force close to pop up, then it works beautifully. I suspect it's because the SGS2 is scanning the SD cards on every boot.
EDIT: Oh and I would have used TW4 if there was a way to alphabetically list apps.
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ADW EX. the only con is the no-bubbles on the dock. if I receive a message I can't see it in the dock, only in the notification bar.
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don't know what settings are you using, but the notification bubble works for me on every call / sms / gmail...
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don't know what settings are you using, but the notification bubble works for me on every call / sms / gmail...
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In settings bubbles are ON and also the catalogs in the app drawer won't work. Dunno why, weird things.
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ADW EX. the only con is the no-bubbles on the dock. if I receive a message I can't see it in the dock, only in the notification bar.
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You have installed ADW notifier from the market, yes?
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I'm using Launcher Plus Pro. It's great, but it freezes on almost every boot. Have to wait a minute for force close to pop up, then it works beautifully. I suspect it's because the SGS2 is scanning the SD cards on every boot.
EDIT: Oh and I would have used TW4 if there was a way to alphabetically list apps.
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There is an app on the market called sort apps that will sort the app drawer alphabetically. Requires root. Another thing I did was move the default home to center, instructions are available here. Hard to believe anyone thought that an unsorted app drawer was a good idea. lol
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There is an app on the market called sort apps that will sort the app drawer alphabetically. Requires root. Another thing I did was move the default home to center, instructions are available here. Hard to believe anyone thought that an unsorted app drawer was a good idea. lol
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Can't find it. I've searched for "sort apps", "sortapp", "sortapps" & "sort app".
It popped up on mine (eu generic) used in the states. It also pops up if I just use touch wiz for the search terms.
how does i can replace adw launcher ex in mini cm 2.1.9 with go launcher in the system app?
I already copy go launcher apk into system/data/ and installed it right away. (using root explorer). I also already deleted adw launcher.apk and its odex.
Rebooted the phone , find everything works just fine.. just one exception though, as we all know, the adw launcher in mini cm7 2.1.9 doesn't run in background (as shown by Settings>Manage Applications>Running ) while this go launcher runs in the background and eats RAM.
Is it normal? Or anyone care for an explanation? Or any way better to replace adw launcher ex with go launcher in system apps? TQ
Its normal.
Golauncher is really really RAM hungry.
why dont you try zeam launcher?? its in market too and its a minimalistic launcher which eats less ram and runs really smooth!! i've been using it for long time!!
or maybe other thing you can try to avoid that consumption is to install ram manager pro, and set in its different modes of managing ram "Balance(more free ram)", I use it combined with zeam launcher i mentioned and with opened apps like whatsapp, my favourite keyboard (swype, which eats a lot of ram), opera mini... I always have from 60 to 70 mb of free ram...
I suggest you to take a look to the thread "lets free up some memory" from the general threads... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512533 You will increase a lot your free ram memory to install go launcher if you want...
If you follow all this advices you'll see the highest free ram memory you've ever seen in your phone... and simply it will fly!!!
if I can help more just tell...
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Its normal.
Golauncher is really really RAM hungry.
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yeah, i suppose .. but how does Setting>Manage App>Running doesn't show adw launcher is running? Any explanation on that?
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yomiguy said:
why dont you try zeam launcher?? its in market too and its a minimalistic launcher which eats less ram and runs really smooth!! i've been using it for long time!!
or maybe other thing you can try to avoid that consumption is to install ram manager pro, and set in its different modes of managing ram "Balance(more free ram)", I use it combined with zeam launcher i mentioned and with opened apps like whatsapp, my favourite keyboard (swype, which eats a lot of ram), opera mini... I always have from 60 to 70 mb of free ram...
I suggest you to take a look to the thread "lets free up some memory" from the general threads... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512533 You will increase a lot your free ram memory to install go launcher if you want...
If you follow all this advices you'll see the highest free ram memory you've ever seen in your phone... and simply it will fly!!!
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Hy.. i od done the ram manager pro.. yeah it's quite good especially in gaming.. but; when using ram manager pro, i've checked Settings>Manage Applications>Running and still.. i only got around 20MB Free left.. along with Go Launcher Ex+Notification...
And i already deleted many of the system apps, and got a quite good internal memory around 60mb ..
i also already got v6 supercharger script on..
but the question is, running application still shows 20MB free RAM left... is what it had shown is innacurate? does the ram pro manager is really working? i can see the effects when i play games but it didn't change the number of my unused RAM
..still 20MB
anyway, thanks for d help, i'm glad to know somebody's is trying to help in here
when view running services, it shows setting 15mb ... this means when i opened settings to check how many RAM i got, this also consumes RAM right? if then, is there any other way to check my free RAM?(without consuming so much RAM)
getting more n more confuse ...
Anyway, just 4 d info.. this shows my running services .. ( right after rebooted)
Settings ..11MB
GO Launcher Ex..10MB
Go Launcher EX Notification..14MB
Default Input ..6.3MB
FREE ram left: 46MB
Normal usage ...(after txting,phone,browser,facebook,close all the apps n check for the ram)
The above service plus Google Service which has 2 service running and Music(i dun think i ever turn on that music thingy btw, does it restart itself?)
which leaves about.. 20MB free
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when view running services, it shows setting 15mb ... this means when i opened settings to check how many RAM i got, this also consumes RAM right? if then, is there any other way to check my free RAM?(without consuming so much RAM)
getting more n more confuse ...
Anyway, just 4 d info.. this shows my running services .. ( right after rebooted)
Settings ..11MB
GO Launcher Ex..10MB
Go Launcher EX Notification..14MB
Default Input ..6.3MB
FREE ram left: 46MB
Normal usage ...(after txting,phone,browser,facebook,close all the apps n check for the ram)
The above service plus Google Service which has 2 service running and Music(i dun think i ever turn on that music thingy btw, does it restart itself?)
which leaves about.. 20MB free
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hi! i tell u in general thread lets free up space what i did to get my newest optimal config... here u say u used supercharger... i suggest to unsupercharge before doing the whole process i mention in the other thread... u wont need suprcharger any more with my tips. i think it doesnt fit with ram manager... however as i told u other times aftdr doing the whole process i wouldnt use go,its killing ur memory,or at least dont use go notification,u can see ur notifications in notifications bar anyway... hope it works for u as it did gor me!
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hi! i tell u in general thread lets free up space what i did to get my newest optimal config... here u say u used supercharger... i suggest to unsupercharge before doing the whole process i mention in the other thread... u wont need suprcharger any more with my tips. i think it doesnt fit with ram manager... however as i told u other times aftdr doing the whole process i wouldnt use go,its killing ur memory,or at least dont use go notification,u can see ur notifications in notifications bar anyway... hope it works for u as it did gor me!
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Supercharger or RAM Manager? Can i have both
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Supercharger or RAM Manager? Can i have both
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i remember in both threads (supercharger and ram manager) was recommended not to be use with other tweaks or scripts... as they are designed to do their purpose alone... if i were u i would give a try to both and keep the one which gives u better results but not both. personally i prefer ram manager pro (remeber,always pro not free version because it had more options). but u can try both and u decide... i used superchsrger too but with previous roms... this last rom doesnt need to be superchatged any more. its my opinion... if anyone else want to ad something different is welcome
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i remember in both threads (supercharger and ram manager) was recommended not to be use with other tweaks or scripts... as they are designed to do their purpose alone... if i were u i would give a try to both and keep the one which gives u better results but not both. personally i prefer ram manager pro (remeber,always pro not free version because it had more options). but u can try both and u decide... i used superchsrger too but with previous roms... this last rom doesnt need to be superchatged any more. its my opinion... if anyone else want to ad something different is welcome
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I agree. I think we don't need supercharger. I'm using auto memory optimizer and it works perfect for me. Also try the 360 launcher, it's a very slim, fast and nice launcher, which is never in the "ram list". You can port the desktop settings from adw (i didn't try it from another launcher yet)
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is the default launcher in every rom are not in the running list? are they designed to be that way? i mean the devs are cooking the apks, make the odex, and they will running without being showed up in the running list?
i wonder if i can make go launcher as a default system/data/apps launcher in my mini cm7 2.1.9
Don't know. But i also using go launcher. And ram i solid around 40 50. Because i freeze dsp manager (using power amp - had great eq)
P.s. If some other launcher, adw or l.pro make posibility for make folders in app drawer than i will use them.
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is the default launcher in every rom are not in the running list? are they designed to be that way? i mean the devs are cooking the apks, make the odex, and they will running without being showed up in the running list?
i wonder if i can make go launcher as a default system/data/apps launcher in my mini cm7 2.1.9
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i dont see my zeam launcher in running app list.. what i did before installing it was untick the option allow move apps from cm settings/apps and tick move to internal..anyway it doesnt place it in system apps. if u want to do that a member of xda explained how to do it manually in the general thread lets free up memory. i think it was to place the go launcher apk(so u cant download from market because it would install automatically,look for it in google) in ur system folder where the others system apps are placed using root explorer,and u have to give it permissions (tick the three boxes onthe left and the one in the middle of the up row,the others unticked), then boot ur phone.
anyway check the thread i mention to see im right.
hope to help u
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P.s. If some other launcher, adw or l.pro make posibility for make folders in app drawer than i will use them.
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Hmm you can make folders with go launcher ADW launcher and 360 launcher . I don't remember about zeam and pro launcher. Anyone ?. All launcher have different options. So try and chose your favorite. Whats importent for you? Alot Options or free RAM
Ps: Nokia 3210 was my first one
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Hmm you can make folders with go launcher ADW launcher and 360 launcher . I don't remember about zeam and pro launcher. Anyone ?. All launcher have different options. So try and chose your favorite. Whats importent for you? Alot Options or free RAM
Ps: Nokia 3210 was my first one
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Zeam launcher also allows you to make folders... They are not as cute or beautiful as go's ones but make their function to keep all your things in 7 screens
Furthermore, I have tried all of them and I keep using Zeam due to smooth scrolling, transition, free Ram...
Lol. Only go launncher and 360 can make folders in APP DRAWER!
NOT ON HOMESCREEN
if i am wrong post screenshot ans tell me how to make folder in app drawer in adw launcher or zeam launcher.
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Lol. Only go launncher and 360 can make folders in APP DRAWER!
NOT ON HOMESCREEN
if i am wrong post screenshot ans tell me how to make folder in app drawer in adw launcher or zeam launcher.
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Sorry man! I didn't notice the"app drawer"detail :O you are right...in zeam launcher i can't do folders inn app drawer, but yes in home screen, but i didn't notice that since i hardly use app drawer because i have all my apps well organized along the 7 screens i can't tell in adw since i don't have it any more and i didn't try when i had it... So if it's so important for you zeam definitely is not your launcher
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/03/go-launcher-hd-v1-0-beta/
I use Go Launcher EX on my phone and liked it alot, but on TPF it was rather disappointing. Glad to see they are working on a tablet version! Trying it out now.
oh man - I love it too on my phone.
And I just got my hubs set up on adw - have to do it all again...
Looks pretty good so far. Still missing a lot of the customization features (transition animations and themes for example), though.
This launcher isn't smooth like stock or apex, trebuchet, nova.
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At work atm. Anyone have any screen shots?
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looks good, but lot of work on it
I really hope this turns out well with all the customization that adw has. There are some things I've just always really liked about go launchers (even though I use adw) such as the way you set up folders(its so much faster) and other small things. As long as I can make a nice hubs layout with this and its smooth i'll definitely switch
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This launcher isn't smooth like stock or apex, trebuchet, nova.
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Yes you are right. Compare to stock, even at 1.6 GHz, the scrolling animation isn't very smooth. Hopefully they'll get that fixed in future updates.
A step in the right direction. Definitely missing a lot of features tho.
It's a good start. Obviously still a lot of work to do and features to add but I see potential.
Not feeling it yet. On all of my tabs I have stuck with the stock launcher. On gingerbread I was adwex and nothing else whether it was sense, tw, or mb. But hc and ICS I've been sticking with stock..... feels like they got it right.
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Not feeling it yet. On all of my tabs I have stuck with the stock launcher. On gingerbread I was adwex and nothing else whether it was sense, tw, or mb. But hc and ICS I've been sticking with stock..... feels like they got it right.
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same here stock is the only one that don't have some issue...tried every other big name launcher....sucks
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i agree with you guys in that stock is doing what it needs to do for me. i moved to this for 3 reasons...
1) Go Launcher has done some great things with my phone so i was optimistic that i'd eventually switch to this on my tablet.
2) the dock bar is cool as it stays there via all the homescreens. i have access to gmail, the market, touchdown, and my browser from any any homescreen.
3) this was the main reason. i feel they've gone leaps and bounds with the widget/folder/shortcut/app adding section. instead of going to the app drawer and dragging icons one at a time doing the same steps it allows you to select your apps first via a top scrolling area, then organize after. if you want to add a folder, you can select the apps you want to add and then it gets added after you're done.
reason 3 is a path i hope and imagine all other launchers would go through. makes restoring a lot easier, aside from the obvious backup and restore.
cool im going to try this!
Installed and using it for an hour. First impression "Excellent" and welcome step by Go Launcher. The Go Launcher Ex was not for tablets. I am using it for ~2 hours. Smooth and clean. I especially liked the edit mode. In just one edit mode you can modify wallpaper, add app shortcuts on all desktops & add widget. This feature is definitely better than the stock and ADW EX. I believe Sony has similar UI for tablet S. I liked it when I researching tablets. Waiting for more features.
+ 1.
can anyone confirm that this is hardware accelerated?
hi at all,
thanks for the great app "go launcher hd".
it's run perfect on my prime, very good speed and stable but with some faults...
i found the following bug:
1. no more apps/games than 24 in 1 directory
- if i create a directory in app drawer like "SPIELE" and i move in this directory 24 games i have a problem.
after a short time or reboot the directory "SPIELE" is not exist anymore, so all my apps/games are normally selectable through app drawer without the created directory, becouse is missing.
2. max 24 apps/games in one directory
when i post more than 24 apps/games in one directoy, the new added app is not listed. on the app drawer the app is missing to. only when i make a new sort the app will be listed, but not in the directory itself.
3. app drawer directory link and desktop directory link are not the same
when i create a directory and make a link to my desktop quick start list, all ok, but when i add more apps/games with app drawer to this directory, the apps/games are not listed in my desktop, so i must delete first the icon on the desktop and add the new changed directory link to the desktop.
4. no oppinion to add apps/games from app drawer to quick start list.
add apps/games are only possible from app drawer to desktop and than from desktop to quick start list, but not from app drawer to quick start list.
5. running apps listed are not correct?
in app drawer category "running apps" are not correct, many apps listed for allways run, like
some root apps like "samba filesharing" (is definite status "stopped") and some asus standard apps like "mpe notice, mail, messenger, facebook, navigation, talk -> they are listed as always run, but i found no process for it.
tested:
version beta 2 go launcher hd
os: asus transformer prime 9.4.2.15 DE
Nova
I have to say Nova launcher is still my fav, lets me use as much landscape possible...
I should qualify that.... it is Nova Launcher Prime....
I'm wondering what the best launcher is for tablet mode. I know touchwiz doesn't like 213dpi. I have used apex before and its nice, not real familiar with nova launcher. Are there any other launchers that work with tablet mode? What about go launcher ex or go launcher HD?
Also what is your favorite rom for running tablet mode?
I'm using adw ex and happy with it
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mike208 said:
I'm wondering what the best launcher is for tablet mode. I know touchwiz doesn't like 213dpi. I have used apex before and its nice, not real familiar with nova launcher. Are there any other launchers that work with tablet mode? What about go launcher ex or go launcher HD?
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Adwex and nova prime are my two go to launchers. Adwex hasn't been updated forever so it doesn't have a strong ics feel to it like nova can.
Nova prime seemed to keep icon sizing better on homescreen as well. But it seems to also limit your grid size. I'm at 213 and can only do 7x7, it may be dpi dependent but I don't usually rock tablet mode so haven't tested. Adwex will let me do 10x10 if I want.
I also like that nova puts the menu at the bottom of the screen while adwex puts it up top which can be out of reach maybe for some.
Here are two quick screens to show stuff I'm talking about. Since I primarily use phone mode I still prefer adwex for some reason lol, I think because I can change the dock icons size in adwex and not nova.
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Also, I know some people will say apex is best, but I bought it, used it, and at the time it was pretty lacking. I don't think I could even set the drawer to transparent. I've never gone back to it and don't see a need. I've also run go, tsf, spb3d, ez, hi, and pretty much everything. So I've bought some I don't even really use anymore lol. But if I had to recommend one to buy, I'd probably say nova prime.
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As a Cyanogenmod fan I have to recommend Trebuchet. It's just an improved version of AOSP's stock ICS launcher but it supports both tablet and phone. I haven't used it on my Note (which is 240dpi phone mode) but it works well on my HP TouchPad (160dpi tablet mode).
I wish you could use tablet mode for apps but keep the phone notification bar. The Note has capacitive buttons so it seems stupid to waste a bunch of screen real-estate for on-screen tablet buttons that are redundant.
yollasho said:
Adwex and nova prime are my two go to launchers. Adwex hasn't been updated forever so it doesn't have a strong ics feel to it like nova can.
Nova prime seemed to keep icon sizing better on homescreen as well. But it seems to also limit your grid size. I'm at 213 and can only do 7x7, it may be dpi dependent but I don't usually rock tablet mode so haven't tested. Adwex will let me do 10x10 if I want.
I also like that nova puts the menu at the bottom of the screen while adwex puts it up top which can be out of reach maybe for some.
Here are two quick screens to show stuff I'm talking about. Since I primarily use phone mode I still prefer adwex for some reason lol, I think because I can change the dock icons size in adwex and not nova.
Nova prime
Adwex
Also, I know some people will say apex is best, but I bought it, used it, and at the time it was pretty lacking. I don't think I could even set the drawer to transparent. I've never gone back to it and don't see a need. I've also run go, tsf, spb3d, ez, hi, and pretty much everything. So I've bought some I don't even really use anymore lol. But if I had to recommend one to buy, I'd probably say nova prime.
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Awesome information. I will definitely check those out. I was never a fan of the default adw look, but admit that because I that, I never really gave it a chance to make it look any better lol.
CalcProgrammer1 said:
As a Cyanogenmod fan I have to recommend Trebuchet. It's just an improved version of AOSP's stock ICS launcher but it supports both tablet and phone. I haven't used it on my Note (which is 240dpi phone mode) but it works well on my HP TouchPad (160dpi tablet mode).
I wish you could use tablet mode for apps but keep the phone notification bar. The Note has capacitive buttons so it seems stupid to waste a bunch of screen real-estate for on-screen tablet buttons that are redundant.
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Yeah I heard ya on the redundant buttons. What is the benefit of running at 240dpi as opposed to 320?
I am adding a second question to this post. What is the best rom for running tablet mode? I know rom choice is subjective and can depend on your phone hardware, what works for one might not work for another. But I don't feel like spending hours and hours setting up multiple roms the way I like in tablet mode. I mean I will if I have to, but I am wondering if there are 1 or 2 that are way better then the rest. So far I am leaning towards either Hybrid rom or the collective mesosphere remix.
Here's mine with adw ex. Still messing with it.
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Here's mine with adw ex. Still messing with it.
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Man I love slightly stoopid. Bandelero baby!
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mike208 said:
I'm wondering what the best launcher is for tablet mode. I know touchwiz doesn't like 213dpi. I have used apex before and its nice, not real familiar with nova launcher. Are there any other launchers that work with tablet mode? What about go launcher ex or go launcher HD?
Also what is your favorite rom for running tablet mode?
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I have used Go Launcher Ex for several weeks after getting my Note and it works really well in tablet mode, widgets scale nicely.
But right now I am using the h0tw1r3 ICS rom and it works great in tablet mode as well
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I have used Go Launcher Ex for several weeks after getting my Note and it works really well in tablet mode, widgets scale nicely.
But right now I am using the h0tw1r3 ICS rom and it works great in tablet mode as well
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Well maybe I will try h0tw1r3 then. Having trouble finding a rom I like that will do tablet mode. Starting to wonder if tablet mode is worth all the hassle. Wish it just worked and I could try it out to see if its worth it, lol.
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Yeah I heard ya on the redundant buttons. What is the benefit of running at 240dpi as opposed to 320?
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you'll be able to see more things on the screen, for example there will be more stuff to swipe in the notification bar, more icons in the app drawer and icons/widgets will be a little smaller. be careful though because you'll have problems with the Play Store at certain dpi's.
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you'll be able to see more things on the screen, for example there will be more stuff to swipe in the notification bar, more icons in the app drawer and icons/widgets will be a little smaller. be careful though because you'll have problems with the Play Store at certain dpi's.
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It's sort of like taking your computer resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768.
SGH-i717 mesosphere-remix
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I tried leaked S Voice APK and just like Samsung confirmed, it is only a test app and has many bugs. You can actually hear the difference since leaked test voice sound garbled. Latest one below is one that cam with S3 Rom leak and more up-to-date.
HOW DO YOU INSTALL?
1. Download ZIP on link below(Extract on your desktop). If you download to phone directly, you still need to extract to a normal folder.
2. Contained within is 2 files.(voicetalk.apk & libsvoxtts.so)
3. Place voicetalk.apk in system/app with "Root Explorer" or like(Use Mount R/W and set permissions by holding voicetalk.apk to see sub-menu). Make sure to make permissions as "rw-r--r--".
4. Now place libsvoxtts.so on /system/lib.
5. Reboot *****NO NEED TO CHANGE build.prop such as with others.
6. ENJOY, then ask funny questions to it.
__* IF YOU HEAR NO FEEDBACK, try turning media volume up by opening phone dialer or on youtube video, or a music song and such.
LNK: w w w .filedropper.com/svoiceextracted_1
***NOTE: I did limited testing, if you try on other roms and does not work, just delete both files.
***Warning, Try at own risk...Let me know if it works on other Roms not mentioned on Title...
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Here is where to get it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661772
[ROM][Unofficial][CM9] h0tw1r3 Release 7 (6/19)
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Do a lot of launchers support tablet as well as phone mode?
I never liked touchwiz when I bought my vibrant and couldn't wait to throw a pure manilla AOSP build.
I skipped the G2 and waited and bought a Galaxy nexus that I've been using for 7-8 months so far. I love the features of jelly bean and this is where Google leaves them far behind in the dust.
I've been very impressed with Samsung's TW on my T-Mobile G3. It seems they listened to the masses and implemented many useful mods that we shoot straight for after root and recovery. I'm surprised many drop it for ICS CM9 builds. I feel its going backwards. I can understand jelly bean because Google search works perfect and the keyboard is great along with the build and everything also JB brings.
I love this TW and for the first time of my Android experience I'm going to stay on stock based roms.
Just my opinion but this is the beautiful thing about android. There is no right or wrong roms there's user choice. This just happens to be my view. I'm really looking for opinions. With android you get what you want and this awesome community drives the innovation forward.
Take care community
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I love T.W......
I'm new to android coming form iPhone's. I very much like the change. I like this version of TW on the SIII. My only gripe is that one cannot use auto rotation to landscape the home screens. I loaded Apex launcher to be able to have landscape on my home screens. If TW provided this feature, I'd probably still be using TW. I do like the ability to resize widgets that Apex provides though.
i hate touchwiz. it looks like crap and there is nothing i like about it. i like stock android but i got this phone for its hardware and screen. since touchwiz can be removed.
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I'm new to android coming form iPhone's. I very much like the change. I like this version of TW on the SIII. My only gripe is that one cannot use auto rotation to landscape the home screens. I loaded Apex launcher to be able to have landscape on my home screens. If TW provided this feature, I'd probably still be using TW. I do like the ability to resize widgets that Apex provides though.
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Use apex launcher. Its great and problem solved
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I know im in the minority and I will most likely get flamed but....I think..I kinda prefer tw over stock 0_0
Why get flammed, it's all about what you like and this was my point also
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TouchWiz is great, just wish it showed in the app drawer on NFC Task Manager so my phone would kick to the homescreen when it touches the tag by my night stand charger.
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TouchWiz is great, just wish it showed in the app drawer on NFC Task Manager so my phone would kick to the homescreen when it touches the tag by my night stand charger.
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I looked in my box and couldn't find any of those cool tags? Damn t-mobile
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sailindawg said:
I'm new to android coming form iPhone's. I very much like the change. I like this version of TW on the SIII. My only gripe is that one cannot use auto rotation to landscape the home screens. I loaded Apex launcher to be able to have landscape on my home screens. If TW provided this feature, I'd probably still be using TW. I do like the ability to resize widgets that Apex provides though.
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This sums up my reasons for not using TW. I definitely prefer Apex. It is very sharp and feature-filled. It's never "cartoony" or missing something that other launchers leave out.
Apex is wonderful. Looks good and has many useful features while retaining the good things of Touchwiz, but it just isn't as smooth as Samsung's launcher. My biggest gripe with TW is the inability to increase rows/columns on the homescreen. I might give stock ICS another shot though I didn't like it at all the first time I tried it.
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I looked in my box and couldn't find any of those cool tags? Damn t-mobile
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Neither did my Verizon device, I grabbed these for a little over $5 w/ shipping for 5. Work great and are good for fiddling with http://www.buynfctags.com/nfc-tags/stickers/nfc-sticker-ntag.html
Also I just figured out that you can quick - swipe to other screens by sliding across the page indicator with TouchWiz. Pretty cool. For some reason whenever I use Apex Instagram and Seesmic force close. Weird.
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To each his/her own. That's what makes android so great. Personally I don't mind TW at the moment, but I'll probably play around with other stuff once i get bored of it.
This Touchwiz is WAY better than previous versions. I actually always use a launxher, but yet to on mine. Touchwiz is plenty fast and clean to me.
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Touchwiz has a lot of neat features but I don't like their design. The green toggle icons look terrible for me and its just too colorful for me taste. To each his own.
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I do like TW, many cool features.
I'll be keeping TW.
I think touchwiz would be better if they had themes like aokp/cm9(tmobile theme chooser) and will definitely make it much better, sens has something like it but not enough customization, tmobile theme chooser is the best that's why I always like aokp and cm9
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I like the scrolling dock so my screen doesn't look cluttered like the above. Custom home screen/app drawer transitions are really cool. Gestures to hide dock and notification bars are very nice. The ability to rotate home screens to landscape when the phone is in car cradle is essential.
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I like the scrolling dock so my screen doesn't look cluttered like the above. Custom home screen/app drawer transitions are really cool. Gestures to hide dock and notification bars are very nice. The ability to rotate home screens to landscape when the phone is in car cradle is essential.
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Definitely. I don't like having too many icons and Widgets cluttering my screen so a scrollable dock where I put media player shortcuts on are a must. And believe it or not, that ugly manilla folder TW uses is the real reason I can't stick with it!
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