Hi,
What would you recommend?
I see in older threads people are recommending adw, go launcher and zeam (if I remember the name correctly).
It's y2013 now. Maybe there're some other recommendations?
Zeam launcher
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LOL
I see all launchers look like my Nova on my monstder Nexus screen.
Maybe there's a launcher which is super for those small small screens like Mini has?
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Xperia Active launcher. Sooooo gooood!
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munlicar97 said:
Xperia Active launcher. Sooooo gooood!
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Get it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190098
Looks just like the Eclair stock launcher with 4 corners but more widgets on each homescreen instead of one on each.
LAUNCHER8 -----> WP8 home interface + lock screen {my current :beer:}
Light launcher ----> really light!
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jay-z-s said:
LAUNCHER8 -----> WP8 home interface + lock screen {my current :beer:}
Light launcher ----> really light!
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Which one? There are two launcher 8 in the playstore.
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Which one? There are two launcher 8 in the playstore.
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Hey guys..
I was just wondering whats the BEST android launcher in your opinion?
My personal favorite is Zeam Launcher. I like its minimalistic look and its blazing fast too. It does not have any fancy features and it works great.
I also like Holo Launcher. I am still on Gingerbread so the Holo Launcher is a very appealing choice for me to try out because it is an ICS launcher. Holo Launcher works great and is one of my favorite. It has a lot of cool features but for some reason.. I keep finding myself going back to Zeam.
So guys... Whats your favorite android launcher?
You guys should also check out my review of the best android launchers here:
Best Application Launcher for Android
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There won't be a vest launcher. You have to look for your preferences
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I am sorry but what are you talking about?
ArcticFish said:
Once u get ics, get apex
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Yeah.. A lot of people have told me to get Apex because its the "best" launcher for android if you have ICS. Unfortunately, I don't have ICS like most people. I hope to get a new phone though then I will be able to review ICS apps as well
If you like minimal and fast, try lightning launcher. I've been using it for months on all my devices now. It's great and let's you do loads of things that are just impossible on other launchers, like freely placing and rotating widgets and icons
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If you like minimal and fast, try lightning launcher. I've been using it for months on all my devices now. It's great and let's you do loads of things that are just impossible on other launchers, like freely placing and rotating widgets and icons
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Hey mate... I have actually tried this and I would agree with you that it is probaly the fastest launcher I have ever seen. However, it is not for everyone because their is only ONE home screen.
It may be fast but with only one home screen... its severely limited and putting apps on the home screen can sometimes screw up the grid. You just have to a little bit careful when you are placing or moving apps. Otherwise, its a great launcher.
Thanks for reminding me about this app mate...
Why does it look like your just promoting your review whenever you can? Besides, the best launcher question has been done a thousand times.
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Hey mate... I have actually tried this and I would agree with you that it is probaly the fastest launcher I have ever seen. However, it is not for everyone because their is only ONE home screen.
It may be fast but with only one home screen... its severely limited and putting apps on the home screen can sometimes screw up the grid. You just have to a little bit careful when you are placing or moving apps. Otherwise, its a great launcher.
Thanks for reminding me about this app mate...
I think I am going to add it to my review:
Best Android Launcher Review
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I was just wondering if anybody has tried out the FTL Launcher? and is it really faster than lightening launcher?
Both are kind of same.. but i like lightning since it is more customizable.
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I use apex launcher. It's a good launcher.
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Go launcher if you have a higher end phone, i prefer miui
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Tsf ui for high end phones
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HTC sense 4)) lol.
And best in play store: nova only 4.+ or go ex and they are free
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Go launcher if you have a higher end phone, i prefer miui
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This would make a lot of sense because Go Launcher slows down your phone and if you have a higher end phone... it should be able to handle it fine. But still... Go Launcher is a battery whore.
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Tsf ui for high end phones
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Hmm... it seems like an impressive app but it seems more like a homescreen customizer. It is a also a whopping $16.80 in the Google Play store... hopefully its a typo but if its not... it seems awfully high for an app.
I have been recently wondering...
What's the fastest launcher?
Lightening Launcher is blazing fast but is there anything faster??
I have purchased tsf ui .. awesomely fast but take huge amount of ram. Nearly 45mb while others take 10-15mbs.
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This would make a lot of sense because Go Launcher slows down your phone and if you have a higher end phone... it should be able to handle it fine. But still... Go Launcher is a battery whore.
Hmm... it seems like an impressive app but it seems more like a homescreen customizer. It is a also a whopping $16.80 in the Google Play store... hopefully its a typo but if its not... it seems awfully high for an app.
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Its a quality app. We need to be willing to pay for quality apps if we want android to evolve more. That's just a couple of coffee drinks.
And 45mb is low for an eye candy app.
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Its a quality app. We need to be willing to pay for quality apps if we want android to evolve more. That's just a couple of coffee drinks.
And 45mb is low for an eye candy app.
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45 MB is the size of the app once installed?
Thats HUGE!!! ... I am on a Nexus One and thats like a 1/3 of all the space available on my phone.
Zeam is light, minimal and yet lots of customization, very good.
Apex is also great. Go Launcher is falling behind from my point of view in comparison.
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Hi there,
I am just curious, what launcher do you like most. I actually prefer the stock launcher and the most.
Launchers listed in the poll:
Stock Launcher (Xperia Home)
Apex Launcher
Nova Launcher
Launcher Pro
ADW Launcher
GO Launcher EX
Launcher 7
Holo Launcher
Zeam Launcher
Regina 3D Launcher
Nemus Launcher
Hi Launcher
SPB Shell 3D
Jelly Bean Launcher
ICS Launcher
Excuse me, can you make your sign bigger please? I have 3 monitor on my pc and i cannot read it, it's too small.
Thanks
Btw i still use the stock launcher. I really like the sony widgets. Sometimes i try a different launcher but after some minutes i switch back to the default one.
denaz said:
Excuse me, can you make your sign bigger please? I have 3 monitor on my pc and i cannot read it, it's too small.
Thanks
Btw i still use the stock launcher. I really like the sony widgets. Sometimes i try a different launcher but after some minutes i switch back to the default one.
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Sorry, I will reduce the size of it. :good:
denaz said:
Excuse me, can you make your sign bigger please? I have 3 monitor on my pc and i cannot read it, it's too small.
Thanks
Btw i still use the stock launcher. I really like the sony widgets. Sometimes i try a different launcher but after some minutes i switch back to the default one.
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XPERIA Home
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XPERIA Home
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Yeah, I must say, that I DO LOVE the animation of Xperia Home. :laugh:
i used the pro version of launcher pro for quite some time but it never gets updated and is pretty poor these days so i use Go Launcher EX now.
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i used the pro version of launcher pro for quite some time but it never gets updated and is pretty poor these days so i use Go Launcher EX now.
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Yeah, 2 years ago, when I was using it, Launcher Pro was one of the best launchers. But now, it is still the same because it has not been updated for 1 year.
Still with stock launcher after 3 years and 3 Xperias
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Still like Xperia Home.. Simple but Beautiful launcher with sony widgets..
Yep sticking with the xperia stock launcher. It really is a nice looking one and I've tried others but always gone back to it.
Stock for sure! Love the theme, the distiction!
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Stock Xperia!!:highfive:
Yeah, I love Xperia Home, too. It is probably the nicest launcher out there and it is also pretty fast with no lags.
In my view, Sony makes the most beautiful interface among all Android manufactures, while they keep the feel of the vanilla Android. Maybe their updates take a little bit longer but they are very well optimized and bring some additional features unlike Samsung, who keep the interface same and just update it to the newer version.
Xperia home. I think timescape ui wins
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Tank you for launcher
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Nothing can beat cosmic flow. Uniqueness for Sony mobiles
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PrakashGD said:
Xperia home. I think timescape ui wins
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Yeah, absolutelly.
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Nothing can beat cosmic flow. Uniqueness for Sony mobiles
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Sony is very original (design, ui, apps, Cosmic Flow, Floating Touch, White Magic etc.) and yet everything is absolutelly beautiful unlike Samsung, who copies almost everything from Apple (design, ui-touchwiz, s voice.....) and guess what....everything is ugly and worse. Sony also updated all of its 2011 phones, when tried to offer all of their features. Samsung offers new features only to their new Galaxy S series, when you have lower end phone and get update for GB to ICS it still looks the same. It is sad that they still hold most of the market, I wish Sony had more market share than Samsung because they try hard and they really deserve it.
Also what no one seems to notice but sony was the first to use the look of the notification draw icon in the middle with two apps either side of it. This interface was then adopted my google in the stock version of ICS and now other manufacturers have skinned their ICS skin to this look as well (HTC one series for example)
Hi! I have a question What is best launcher for mini pro? Stable, nice and fast? For me it's "Go Launcher EX".
Very customizable, a lot of themes and fast
Sorry for my bad English
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Give a try for Next launcher.
I used to use Go Launcher EX before. But after some times, I rather use the launcher comes with custom roms. Just simpler and neater.
FritoPl said:
Hi! I have a question What is best launcher for mini pro? Stable, nice and fast? For me it's "Go Launcher EX".
Very customizable, a lot of themes and fast
Sorry for my bad English
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Using such launchers consumes more ram... I use stock roms.... try to replace your home.apk with some other launcher. I like Xperia s home screen...
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m4nz said:
Using such launchers consumes more ram... I use stock roms.... try to replace your home.apk with some other launcher. I like Xperia s home screen...
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What this person saying is right,3rd party launcher consumes more RAM...well,stock home launcher is the best fyi,even I don't change my Xperia ion stock launcher,because it is beautiful...
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What this person saying is right,3rd party launcher consumes more RAM...well,stock home launcher is the best fyi,even I don't change my Xperia ion stock launcher,because it is beautiful...
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Exactly..
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What you guys are saying is true onl for some launchers, and the one mentioned in this post certinly isn't famous for being light and fast and is probably one of he heaviest around. I made comparisons on actual data, with nova or apex installed as system apps i alwas get around 18-20mb of ram. xperia gx home i tried recently was shooting at around 25-28 which is about the same i got with go...Imo nova has best speed to options ratio available atm
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What you guys are saying is true onl for some launchers, and the one mentioned in this post certinly isn't famous for being light and fast and is probably one of he heaviest around. I made comparisons on actual data, with nova or apex installed as system apps i alwas get around 18-20mb of ram. xperia gx home i tried recently was shooting at around 25-28 which is about the same i got with go...Imo nova has best speed to options ratio available atm
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I replaced the home.apk with the home.apk and himepreference.apk from xperia s.. Then set the permissions... . And it was using very less ram... around 6 to 7 MB only...
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DIdn't see a thread like this, or maybe I missed it and search didn't show it.
What launcher are you guys using with your note 2 ?
I made a poll with the ones i think are most commonly used.
Nova
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Holo
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+1 Nova
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Nova launcher
I initially installed CleanRom 3.5 with the Nova launcher option, but felt that visually it seemed slower to open the app drawer and switch screens, probably because of the animation? So I stuck to TouchWiz, and am pretty happy with it. I could be completely off base; I feel like TouchWiz is one of the better android skins, definitely better than sense.
Apex
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I use Nova. Got the Prime for 25 cents awhile back :victory:
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I initially installed CleanRom 3.5 with the Nova launcher option, but felt that visually it seemed slower to open the app drawer and switch screens, probably because of the animation? So I stuck to TouchWiz, and am pretty happy with it. I could be completely off base; I feel like TouchWiz is one of the better android skins, definitely better than sense.
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Did you try changing the settings in Nova? You can change the speed of the animations. :good:
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I use Nova. Got the Prime for 25 cents awhile back :victory:
Did you try changing the settings in Nova? You can change the speed of the animations. :good:
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I'll give it a shot. I love trying out launchers . I do wish somebody would try something radically different when it comes to launchers (not just an iOS-esque type layout).
I switch between Nova and SPB Shell 3D. This beast can definitely handle the graphics, even with live wallpapers.
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Stock
Nova with a custom icon pack.
TouchWiz. It feels smoother to me than Nova and Apex on Beans' ROM.
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Nova with a custom icon pack.
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What icon pack do you use
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Holo
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I'll give it a shot. I love trying out launchers . I do wish somebody would try something radically different when it comes to launchers (not just an iOS-esque type layout).
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Try lightning launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pierrox.lightning_launcher
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1+ nova
Touchwiz plus beans rom v4. Smooth animations.
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What icon pack do you use
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Digital Soul red icons (my entire phone is themed in red and black)
I find Nova to be BY FAR the smoothest/fastest launcher there is.
I have the paid versions of both Nova and Apex. I don't even bother installing Apex anymore.
TW is OK if you don't want any of the custom options that a launcher like Nova gives you, but Nova is every bit as smooth as TW after you play with the options a little (on any ROM)
I think the new ADX launcher is amazing, a lot of cool features like widget previews, fast and all the customization. It's won me over.
This is also the first device I've used that TSF Shell is great on. Perfect size for it.
Just curious if people prefer stock or a replacement launcher?
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Nova.
I used ROM Cleaner to remove the sense launcher.
Ha I was also wondering this. Was just about to ask and saw this thread. I was wanting to make a sleek simple homescreen and someone said I couldn't change icons with stock launcher.
How easy is it to switch back and forth between launchers?
As easy as installing from the play store and running it.
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But would it keep all the settings. Like could you set up two different launchers and have them set the way you want. Then just feel like going to a different look one day just because you feel like it lol.
Yes. A launcher is just an app like any other app. Settings get saved.
Nova, have used it since I got my Galaxy S2. Love it easy backup/restore change icons individually, and more!
Just installed Nova Launcher and gotta say its pretty cool. Here's what I created. Just two questions. Can nova launcher make the status bar clear? And I used simple text to change icons on the dock but it has black background behind the words. Can I make that clear somehow.
I use apex launcher and as nova
It's amazing, I had no trouble changing plenty of phones while keeping my layout
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ive been a nova user for quite sometime , however ive been using stock on the one.
Guess im the only one who actually likes and uses blinkfeed =]
I'm using Next Launcher with custom apps and live cube wallpaper very cool!
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I like the sense clock, so I'm on stock. Used apex pro on my gs3
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HTCTX said:
I'm using Next Launcher with custom apps and live cube wallpaper very cool!
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Action Launcher - allows minimalist approach, very fast to select apps. And Blink Feed app from appstore switches back into sense launcher so I can go back and forth.
Apex
This may be the perfect place to post this:
Does anyone know of a launcher (or can creat one) that is JUST the Sense 5 app drawer?
i.e: unlock your phone, and hit the app drawer button: THAT is ALL I want to see.
aimetti said:
ive been a nova user for quite sometime , however ive been using stock on the one.
Guess im the only one who actually likes and uses blinkfeed =]
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I've always liked the stock launchers over Nova, Apex, etc. Although I did enjoy them on CM roms on the One X when I had it. Usually I'm not a fan of stock Android. I've always much preferred the manufacturer skins.
I love sense 5 too much to switch
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Stock and love it
oddfuturejoey said:
This may be the perfect place to post this:
Does anyone know of a launcher (or can creat one) that is JUST the Sense 5 app drawer?
i.e: unlock your phone, and hit the app drawer button: THAT is ALL I want to see.
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yeah its called iOS lol
Seggzy said:
Stock and love it
yeah its called iOS lol
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Or miui launcher
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I'm using Next Launcher with custom apps and live cube wallpaper very cool!
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Man, $15 seems kinda steep for that.