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Why should I buy it? Besides resize widgets, what else can I do? Thanks.
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GreggoryD502 said:
Why should I buy it? Besides resize widgets, what else can I do? Thanks.
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It has its own calendar and contacts widgets that might interest people.
What else? I think it is a good useful product and I will support a dev that comes up with a good useful product.
Fair enough. Anybody else have anything? Im going to buy it, I.just wanted some input first.
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Idk why but I have the full version and I didn't even pay.... I think I got it from some rom then titanium backup saved it
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So does it do.anything really cool?
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Widget Resizing? Give me a break. GO Launcher and Zeam both give you widget resizing for FREE! Plus, GO LAUNCHer and and ZEAM have swipe gestures, such as simply swiping up on your screen to open an app, which LP does NOT have. The only good thing of LP is it's 3d launcher, which still isn't that clean.
Being able to customize the size of widgets has made me use them even though they kill battery my screen is setup just the way I want it which makes pro awesome
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I've tried zeam and go launcher, and awe. None of.them run as smooth as LP on my phone. So other then supporting the dev, resizable widgets and a calendar that's it?
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Widget Resizing? Give me a break. GO Launcher and Zeam both give you widget resizing for FREE! Plus, GO LAUNCHer and and ZEAM have swipe gestures, such as simply swiping up on your screen to open an app, which LP does NOT have. The only good thing of LP is it's 3d launcher, which still isn't that clean.
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I am swyping on my screen all the time, does it mean I will be overwhelmed with launching apps? LP has swype gestures you can tie to icons on the home screen, like see the missed calls if you swype on the phone icon, unread msg if you do so on a messaging icon, etc.
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Widget Resizing? Give me a break. GO Launcher and Zeam both give you widget resizing for FREE! Plus, GO LAUNCHer and and ZEAM have swipe gestures, such as simply swiping up on your screen to open an app, which LP does NOT have. The only good thing of LP is it's 3d launcher, which still isn't that clean.
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LP allows you to have up to 15 apps on the bottom dock... those 15 apps can have a dual swipe feature, so technically you can have up to 30 apps/activities/etc without even opening your appdrawer or moving from your home screen.
Also, how is the 3d drawer not "clean"... that makes no sense. It's okay to like other launchers, but you are just bashing this one when you sound ignorant to it.
LP+ is primarily to support the developer... people often mention the resizing widgets... I think the MAIN reason to get it though are the amazing widgets included. He has done a very good job with those and they look sexy.
s15274n said:
LP allows you to have up to 15 apps on the bottom dock... those 15 apps can have a dual swipe feature, so technically you can have up to 30 apps/activities/etc without even opening your appdrawer or moving from your home screen.
Also, how is the 3d drawer not "clean"... that makes no sense. It's okay to like other launchers, but you are just bashing this one when you sound ignorant to it.
LP+ is primarily to support the developer... people often mention the resizing widgets... I think the MAIN reason to get it though are the amazing widgets included. He has done a very good job with those and they look sexy.
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Totally agree!
The swype gestures are plus version feature as well.
Widgets...
Ahh, didnt realize the swipe was a + feature, just always had it
That was one of my fav discoveries!
Custom docks, icons, resizeable widgets, all this for free. For $2.99 you get the extras, give the man his dues...you won't regret it.
Vibrant
OK I forked over the 2.99. I will post back tomorrow after Ive had time to play around with it. Thanks for the input guys!!
Wish you could buy it via the market.
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Wish you could buy it via the market.
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+1 on this. Its been said already but ill add. I bought it mainly for the support of the dev. I don't use one feature + has extra. $2.99 is probably the cheapest daily use item I own lol.
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blizzard1017 said:
+1 on this. Its been said already but ill add. I bought it mainly for the support of the dev. I don't use one feature + has extra. $2.99 is probably the cheapest daily use item I own lol.
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Its looking like this is going to be the case for me to. The widgets don't really interest me much. But its ok LP runs so much more smooth on my phone then anything else. Glad to support the dev. Has anybody tried the icon pack for LP. Its a 1.99 in the market?
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Feel free to release your hate for touchwiz, i know we can use other apps to "fix" our phones but there's not an easy solution for everythin, gwhat are the things that you hate the most about it? In my opinion:
1.The lockscreen: Even tough i like the slider for received sms or missed calls i find it ridiculous, its slow and unpractical, you have to drag the wallpaper through 70% to unlock the phone
2.The launcher: its not that bad, but it is NOT smooth while flicking through the homescreens
3.The cheesy blue font, really samsung? a blue font in menus?
4.The messaging app: again the blue font, and the app it's just an iphone ripoff
5.The dialer/contacts: looks ugly and the image for the contacts its streched :/
6. Autobrightness also in the browser? huh? why?
7. Gallery on drugs? Its all sped up and is not overly responsive
8. No "," on the keyboard ( you have to switch to the special characters)
9. No option to deactivate just the keyboard vibration, in order to do it you must deactivate the vibration on the capacitive buttons too
10. Icons are really ugly
11. Hubs are pointless, the only non disposable one is the game hub
12. Samsung apps are horrendous, has someone download something useful from there?
13. No music widget? um why? i know there's a "shortcut" on the notification but a widget would have been nice
14. No text reflow on the browser
I should also mention that the camera app is better than stock android and i also like the way you change the wallpaper and add widgets, the browser is really smooth , is it true it has hardware
acceleration?
I know gingerbread is fugly but starting from ice cream sandwich just stick to making amazing hardware samsung
1. Normal Android and iOS, you have to drag an a thumb size **** for entire screen rather than anywhere of the screen, seems more hard to me.
2. Same on all androids... Try HTC next time.
3. Where did you get blue fonts? I don't see them
8. *cough* I have "." on keyboard. Do you by any chance use another launcher?
14. Actually text reflows on mine, and it is not TW launcher, it is android
Seriously dude, rest are just "objective" rather than facts.
I like TW and it is lighter than any other "default" launchers on rest of Android devices. Even sense on my friend's HTC's feels slow.
I hope Samsung does not give us butt-naked Android UI for ICS... TW4 is next best thing in Android other than core underground.
Please read why rest of Tech-editor hates Android's UI's, since I did not see much using SGS2... Beside it is not like Samsung locked you to use it. There are too many launchers out there...
I think TW is a good solid launcher. I dont use TW daily, but i dont agree with 90% of your points.
Same as the above poster really. i dont have blue fonts and also have a "." on the keyboard.
I'd strongly have to disagree with the not smooth on the home screens. Mine is seriously nippy.
Probably the only reason i dont use it is that i like to change my icons, so i will give you that one.
The stretching in the dial can be fixed by using a picture with the correct resoultion.
Do not feed the troll lads.
Why hate Touch Wiz? I don't get it !
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Do not feed the troll lads.
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I will leave some food by the bridge....
(Can you get a good phone signal underneath bridges?)
Touch wiz is too good to be criticised. Okay, some glitches but then nothing is perfect. It's so light and IMO it is awesome.
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The ONE thing made me switch is not being able to sort apps alphabetically..
I have to look for my apps Everytime !
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kingsrook14 said:
The ONE thing made me switch is not being able to sort apps alphabetically..
I have to look for my apps Everytime !
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Use appzorter from the market
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kyleforge said:
Use appzorter from the market
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Doesn't work at all for me, at least not the free version.
The deleted apps leaving holes in the app tray bugs me too.
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Feel free to release your hate for touchwiz, i know we can use other apps to "fix" our phones but there's not an easy solution for everythin, gwhat are the things that you hate the most about it? In my opinion:
1.The lockscreen: Even tough i like the slider for received sms or missed calls i find it ridiculous, its slow and unpractical, you have to drag the wallpaper through 70% to unlock the phone
2.The launcher: its not that bad, but it is NOT smooth while flicking through the homescreens
3.The cheesy blue font, really samsung? a blue font in menus?
4.The messaging app: again the blue font, and the app it's just an iphone ripoff
5.The dialer/contacts: looks ugly and the image for the contacts its streched :/
6. Autobrightness also in the browser? huh? why?
7. Gallery on drugs? Its all sped up and is not overly responsive
8. No "." on the keyboard ( you have to switch to the special characters)
9. No option to deactivate just the keyboard vibration, in order to do it you must deactivate the vibration on the capacitive buttons too
10. Icons are really ugly
11. Hubs are pointless, the only non disposable one is the game hub
12. Samsung apps are horrendous, has someone download something useful from there?
13. No music widget? um why? i know there's a "shortcut" on the notification but a widget would have been nice
14. No text reflow on the browser
I should also mention that the camera app is better than stock android and i also like the way you change the wallpaper and add widgets, the browser is really smooth , is it true it has hardware
acceleration?
I know gingerbread is fugly but starting from ice cream sandwich just stick to making amazing hardware samsung
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I agree 100% with everything! But you forgot the most annoying thing of all. The king of all annoyances! The child of Annoying Orange and Fred! The 100% battery charge notification!!! Who in their right mind would not think of including an option to turn it off?!
In all fairness, most of these issues (including the ball on leg on a hot summer's day battery notification) can be solved through different apps. But why should I?
edit: forgot to add that there is no stock android music widget (or any at all) in the widget list
i just love touchwiz no complains
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Thanks.. I am on custom rom anyway.
Was refering to stock TW limitation.
Cheers
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i heard that touchwiz will be updated to have 3*3 icons due to apple patent infringement.
and i heard that galaxy s will have ics without touchwiz like galaxy nexus.
i hope galaxy s2 get a non touchwiz ics update
1. Is it SO hard to move your finger two centimeters on any direction? Try other phones (HTC, Nexus).
2. Yes, it's quite good for most people. I don't really like it and i use Adw Launcher Ex. There's a lot free alternatives too.
3. What's wrong with these fonts? Are you aware of "Themes" section on this forum?
4. Yes, i totally agree on that one. It's an ifone rip off. On older ROMs at least we had an option to change theme, now it's gone. The only thing that really bugs me so much.
5. Pictures are fine for me and dialer app too. Would love to have an option to jump straight into favorites, instead of all contacts, though.
6. Yes and i love it! BTW, you can click "Menu" and disable it in no time.
7. That's slightly modded stock Android gallery and it's performance depends on amount of media files you have. Also, i guess you have some cheap class 2 SD card. And again, you can use QuickPic from Market, it's free and very fast.
8. I guess you meant "," not "." Yes, that's why i use Gingerbread Keyboard. Again, free on Market.
9. There's is an option to deactivate vibration for keyboard only. Settings - Language and keyboard - Samsung keyboard.
10. Personaly i love every single of them. Again, you can change any icon on this phone the way YOU like. It's Android
11-13 BS. Don't like them - don't use. Simple as that. And try some HTC phone and you will be surprised to find about 20 times more of bloatware.
14. Open browser - settings - auto-fit pages.
As i can see, you don't like every single bit on this phone. Why did you buy it? There's a good bunch of other phones.
And one tip: learn to use your phone, before blaming Samsung
I agree with some of your points, OP.
But the BIGGEST thing (at least in my experience) was how crappy Touchwiz performed compared to AOSP. Again, this is at least in my experience.
I hear good things about TW4 though.... I hope it's true!
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The ONE thing made me switch is not being able to sort apps alphabetically..
I have to look for my apps Everytime !
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I find it good that it sorts acc. to date. Makes it easier to find apps.
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I find it good that it sorts acc. to date. Makes it easier to find apps.
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Totally agree. App drawer is one of those things that makes me wonder if i shall use TW instead of my current Adw Launcher Ex.
SiSL said:
1. Normal Android and iOS, you have to drag an a thumb size **** for entire screen rather than anywhere of the screen, seems more hard to me.
2. Same on all androids... Try HTC next time.
3. Where did you get blue fonts? I don't see them
8. *cough* I have "." on keyboard. Do you by any chance use another launcher?
14. Actually text reflows on mine, and it is not TW launcher, it is android
Seriously dude, rest are just "objective" rather than facts.
I like TW and it is lighter than any other "default" launchers on rest of Android devices. Even sense on my friend's HTC's feels slow.
I hope Samsung does not give us butt-naked Android UI for ICS... TW4 is next best thing in Android other than core underground.
Please read why rest of Tech-editor hates Android's UI's, since I did not see much using SGS2... Beside it is not like Samsung locked you to use it. There are too many launchers out there...
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No "," sorry, yes touchwiz is lighter than sense, but sense is so much better, swiping through the homescreen feels smoother, that ended with sense 3.0/3.5 it's even heavier and it feels kinda sluggish
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I'm a troll because there are things i dont like about touchwiz? oh come on man
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...but sense is so much better, swiping through the homescreen feels smoother, that ended with sense 3.0/3.5 it's even heavier and it feels kinda sluggish
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Sorry, but I'm not seeing anything other than opinion. The vast majority of people actually really like TW on the S2, rating it higher than the other launchers. As for Sense, that's just another Launcher. You may as well start a thread for your favourite word processor, stating how it's better than the others, and then one explaining why you really like a certain art package or database app.
So you prefer Sense to TW. You should have a HTC phone then, not a Samsung one.
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
I'm coming from the OG Evo, but I never liked Sense much to begin with. I used MIUI on my Evo and plan to do the same once a MIUI build is released for this phone. Right now, I'm not having too many problems coping, but I don't plan on keeping TW any longer than necessary. My biggest issue right now for every day use is the lack of a convenient brightness slider, but that should be fixed whenever the next OTA happens.
stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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For a 4x1 widget, try HD Widgets.
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I never liked HTC Sense, I can never get used to it. I used either MIUI or CM rom. Also came from og htc evo as well. Touchwiz is a much better experience than HTC Sense imo... but I rather use AOSP.
HTC dialer was so good I didn't even program speed dials. Just typing 2-3 numbers or letters of a name would instantly bring the right contact. And they had Facebook picture integration (at least in GB ROMs). I also miss the short haptic buzz when a call was connected.
stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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I use go launcher ex with all the go widgets all with sense theme. As far as dialer I use go contacts with dark theme. Not exactly sense look but I find it more useful as you can swipe to go from dialer to contacts and to favorites.
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I have been using go launcher as well for one sole reason; the contacts widget. I like having a widget for direct calls. I hate how when you go to contacts or logs, to press on a name and it takes you to another menu which you have to choose either call or text. Sure you can slide to direct call but I just want to press and it calls immediately. Something so simple that I wish was an option in settings.
Guys, thanks for advise, Go launcher is way better than the stock one.
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I have been using go launcher as well for one sole reason; the contacts widget. I like having a widget for direct calls. I hate how when you go to contacts or logs, to press on a name and it takes you to another menu which you have to choose either call or text. Sure you can slide to direct call but I just want to press and it calls immediately. Something so simple that I wish was an option in settings.
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I too was was a Die-hard HTC Sense fan. However, TW 5 have improved so much I do not miss my HTC Amaze 4G. Whenever a contact is on your screen like SMS, Call log,etc, just put the phone to your ear and it will automatically dial the number for that contact.
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Guys, thanks for advise, Go launcher is way better than the stock one.
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But at least the stock laucher doesn't send your personal data to China
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stopeject said:
I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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Anything new takes a little time to get used to. I think, if.you stick with it, you'll find TW to give you a more simplified, "closer to stock ICS" experience. Sure, its not stock ICS and Samsung likes to add a lot of color, but IMHO Sense uses too many useless transitions and extra tabs and extra steps...run on sentence but you get the point. There are plenty of widget alternatives, I personally like Fancy Widgets. For alternative launchers, Nova is nice.
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I bought SGSIII earlier today, and I already miss features of HTC Sense. Touchwiz dialer sucks. Is there anything I can download from Play with Snese look and feel?
Also Touchwiz doesn't have a space saving 4x1 clock/weather widget. I install one from Beatiful Widgets, but it is not as good as the HTC one.
I want to ask the other HTC refugees, what are your coping strategies?
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I found a Sense 4 clock widget lookalike, no flip animation though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576980
Have you tried go contacts? That comes with a dialer that works just like the sense one. Btw, touxhwiz dialer should show your fb contact pics. Not sure why yours isn't. You need to sync with the app, not the built in fb sync.
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I'm sure someone has already tried it, but what about titanium backups of HTC Sense apps, would those install on this phone? Dialer, etc.
I too miss Sense... I miss it already even though i forced my self to a vanila rom on my desire for a month before i got my gs3
Got 3 years to get over it! LOL
I am also a convert to TW. I initially missed the Sense but after I learned the shortcuts built into TW dialer, I prefer it. Make sure you read the tips that pop up and not just close them without reading. The swipe to call or text is a pretty cool feature I think.
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I'm sure someone has already tried it, but what about titanium backups of HTC Sense apps, would those install on this phone? Dialer, etc.
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Nope is more into the system then use copy and paste
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Sense gives me headache. Too old its colors are stressful. Touchwiz has vivid colors and not jist black and white
Hahah I thought I was the only one who preferred Sense.
I use GoLauncher for all my Launching needs on both this S3 and my original Evo.
But Sense's Contact app just blows this and every 3rd party away. I loved the auto-merge features, the integrated facebook/twitter/picassa/messaging by contact.. and it just looked nice.
The closest I've found for the contacts is an app called "ConTapps" which does the same integration with Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn, etc.. (In fact I think it does a better job than sense)... however it does not have a nice way to navigate via groups, all your contacts are one big list, and duplicates must be manually 'merged' (Dups due to facebook,twitter,etc.. my google contacts are VERY clean online in the cloud).
As for a Dialer... Right now I'm using "aTakePhone". I've used it since my old Palm Centro, then my Evo, and now my S3.. It doesn't appear that there's been much updates to handle the S3's screen resolution (small gaps on the edges of the dialer) but feature wise it has everything you'd want in a dialer, including a nice scrolling 'quick bar' on the dialpad menu. You can even customize the searching parameters so it won't search till you've placed X # of letters, searching within company names, etc...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EwMiwiY29tLnNoc2guYW5kcm9pZC5hdGFrZXBob25lIl0.
I really miss the HTC contacts app... *cry*.
So I just converted from the iWagon to this beauty. LOVING the IR receiver for my TV and the UI for program tuning! MAN oh Man. I actually had a moment where I thought to myself I may be too stupid or old for this phone (I'm 28 har har). It's worlds above iPhone.
Speakers are amazing as well!
However....
I also own a Nexus 7 and I'm not sure if it's because my N7 is running 4.2 JB or what but there are some features that are sorely missed.
Love the dual status bar swipe (swipe left side of top bar and you get progam specific notifications, swipe right side and you get system settings type notes). Also missing is the widget for ANY OTHER EMAIL other than Gmail. Gmail has a nice 3x3 scale-able widget where you can view (and scroll) recent emails, however there doesn't seem to be one for OTHER email address such as Outlook or Yahoo. My N7 has this widget and my co-workers have it on their Note 2's. May be an HTC thing.
Also, I really love the visual style of Sense 5 and the information flow screen is pretty great. BUT, I feel that the Nova Launcher better suits my needs for the Dock icons. I want to be able to have 6 or 7 icons (phone, sms, music, chrome, camera, mail, apps) on the dock at all times. Sense 5 doesn't let you customize it. Annoying especially because I use Chrome rather than the stock browser.
I wish there was some way to have the Sense 5 flow style combined with the good parts of Nova Launcher... Anyone know of a way to do that? If there was a way to combine both seamlessly, I would be STOKED.
Anyways, needless to say I love this frackin thing. Can't wait to see what people come up with for personal customization.
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So I just converted from the iWagon to this beauty. LOVING the IR receiver for my TV and the UI for program tuning! MAN oh Man. I actually had a moment where I thought to myself I may be too stupid or old for this phone (I'm 28 har har). It's worlds above iPhone.
Speakers are amazing as well!
However....
I also own a Nexus 7 and I'm not sure if it's because my N7 is running 4.2 JB or what but there are some features that are sorely missed.
Love the dual status bar swipe (swipe left side of top bar and you get progam specific notifications, swipe right side and you get system settings type notes). Also missing is the widget for ANY OTHER EMAIL other than Gmail. Gmail has a nice 3x3 scale-able widget where you can view (and scroll) recent emails, however there doesn't seem to be one for OTHER email address such as Outlook or Yahoo. My N7 has this widget and my co-workers have it on their Note 2's. May be an HTC thing.
Also, I really love the visual style of Sense 5 and the information flow screen is pretty great. BUT, I feel that the Nova Launcher better suits my needs for the Dock icons. I want to be able to have 6 or 7 icons (phone, sms, music, chrome, camera, mail, apps) on the dock at all times. Sense 5 doesn't let you customize it. Annoying especially because I use Chrome rather than the stock browser.
I wish there was some way to have the Sense 5 flow style combined with the good parts of Nova Launcher... Anyone know of a way to do that? If there was a way to combine both seamlessly, I would be STOKED.
Anyways, needless to say I love this frackin thing. Can't wait to see what people come up with for personal customization.
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You can customize the dock. You have to open the app drawer then pull one of the ones off the dock and then add chrome. It's kinda stupid that you can only change them by opening the app drawer (as you know they just come back of you remove them while on the homescreen)
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You can customize the dock. You have to open the app drawer then pull one of the ones off the dock and then add chrome. It's kinda stupid that you can only change them by opening the app drawer (as you know they just come back of you remove them while on the homescreen)
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Hmm interesting. I see what you mean. So weird it has to go through app drawer... Still doesn't solve the 6-7 icons on Dock though...
i stopped using sense a few hours after i got the phone and went back to nova launcher. blinkfeed was cool for a few minutes but i dont see using it in my daily life. i also miss having drop down toggles for things like wifi but i installed widgetsoid for that. if sense were more customizable and less clunky i may have considered keeping it but nova just does everything i want and more.
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i stopped using sense a few hours after i got the phone and went back to nova launcher. blinkfeed was cool for a few minutes but i dont see using it in my daily life. i also miss having drop down toggles for things like wifi but i installed widgetsoid for that. if sense were more customizable and less clunky i may have considered keeping it but nova just does everything i want and more.
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^^This..is exactly why I switched to using Nova again. I like being able to customize my stuff. I do miss the drop down toggles as well. That is my only true gripe about this phone.
Nova user too. I switch between the two and have Sense as default coz I'm still liking Blinkfeed. I don't mind the folders on the dock coz I can always switch to Nova.
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for me apex enhances my experience with the one,,, don't get me wrong i love sense 5 but apex gives me much more flexibility
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Nova user too. I switch between the two and have Sense as default coz I'm still liking Blinkfeed. I don't mind the folders on the dock coz I can always switch to Nova.
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you can set a shortcut to blinkfeed using nova launcher. just go to shortcuts > activities > HTC sense. thats what i did and i deleted all the additional screens so it just goes to blinkfeed. after youre done with looking at blinkfeed then you just press the home button to go back to nova.
cachookaman said:
you can set a shortcut to blinkfeed using nova launcher. just go to shortcuts > activities > HTC sense. thats what i did and i deleted all the additional screens so it just goes to blinkfeed. after youre done with looking at blinkfeed then you just press the home button to go back to nova.
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I have it the other way around. Sense is default, placed nova app on dock. Tapping Home takes me back to Blinkfeed then tap dock for Nova when I'm done with Blinkfeed
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minicoop7 said:
I have it the other way around. Sense is default, placed nova app on dock. Tapping Home takes me back to Blinkfeed then tap dock for Nova when I'm done with Blinkfeed
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I have it set up the other way, but your way may even be better. Kind of like using blinkfeed as a lock screen, not really but like a landing screen.
http://slickdeals.net/f/6077002-Android-App-Next-Launcher-3D-is-free-today-normally-16
Found thisin slickdeals today. I take no credit just like to share with you guys on this nice launcher. I still use Nova because it's a little more intuitive.
Android App: Next Launcher 3D is free today (normally $16)
Yes, I know the original price for the full version is outrageous at $16 , but let's look past that seeing as how it can be unlocked today for FREE.
First install the "lite" version [google.com], then once you have it installed and running as your current launcher, go into the Menu (the furthest right icon in the dock, 3 vertical dots) and go into Preferences. Go into "About Next Launcher", then choose "Activate" and enter: "nextlauncher3d" as the account and "appoftheday" as the code. Enjoy.
As usual with any new launcher, you've got to set it up to your liking, but it looks pretty slick and appears to be pretty functional. Excellent ratings on the Play Store. [google.com]
Facebook video of the features / UI. [facebook.com]
Credit to Bapoos [reddit.com] on Reddit.
edit: added screenshots from droid-life
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Thanks for the tip. Already downloaded and activated.
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I thought I might try this out. I did what you suggested, but when I got to the About Next Launcher screen, there isn't any 'Activate' button. It wants you to upgrade which takes you to the Google Play full version. The activate button on the 'Features of Full Version' (only place I could find an activate button) is greyed out. Any suggestions??
Edit: NVM you can still select the activate even tho it's greyed out (man, am I conditioned or what?) Thanks for the tip!
Activate button is greyed out but if pressed it should take you to the screen to enter the username and code.
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I thought I might try this out. I did what you suggested, but when I got to the About Next Launcher screen, there isn't any 'Activate' button. It wants you to upgrade which takes you to the Google Play full version. The activate button on the 'Features of Full Version' (only place I could find an activate button) is greyed out. Any suggestions??
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same thing here im only seeing an option for a free 36hr trial
ericos123 said:
same thing here im only seeing an option for a free 36hr trial
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The button is grayed out -- but it still works. Simply tap it, and follow the rest of the instructions. Works perfectly. I just installed on my GNex (toro running Avatar ROM) and on my Nexus 10 (AOKP PUB - mrRobinson).
Do the trial and then do the following afterwards at the top. It unlocks the features but doesn't give you the full app. It is still labeled as lite and the full version you can still buy.
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No difference between lite and full except name. Now I'm not sure what happens if you uninstall it and reinstall it later on a different device.
I think it's not tied to your Google account so back it up with your app of choice and restore it when needed.
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nice find. i bought it when it was on sale for $9 or something...never actually used it tho. :laugh: use NOVA launcher.
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Do the trial and then do the following afterwards at the top. It unlocks the features but doesn't give you the full app. It is still labeled as lite and the full version you can still buy.
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Where do you see it labeled "lite" after activation? I just checked Preferences / About Next Launcher and I'm simply seeing Version 1.33
I DO see a discrepancy, though: back in the Play Store, whatever I have installed is NOT recognized as the full product, with is currently at version 1.35.
Must investigate a bit more...
It really isn't worth it. Because I set apex as my home launcher and it kicked it back to trial mode lol. Thanks anyways.
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That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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+1 This...
Intellectua1 said:
That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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I'm still playing with it. Sort of trippy screen transitions and some of the animations are cute, but my first impression is that all these tricks will wind up slowing me down -- may be back on Apex or Nova by tonight...
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I'm still playing with it. Sort of trippy screen transitions and some of the animations are cute, but my first impression is that all these tricks will wind up slowing me down -- may be back on Apex or Nova by tonight...
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Yea sometimes simple is better that's why I like Apex and Nova, simple but very functional and easy to use
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Yea sometimes simple is better that's why I like Apex and Nova, simple but very functional and easy to use
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I agree in general. I think Next 3D has potential -- if you use the features sparingly.
For example - I've found some of the animations to be extremely fluid and fast. Default settings on this launcher offer smoother animations than the defaults on Apex and Nova, although you can tweak the settings for those two to also be very fast.
I know that the Next team wants to showcase / show off their feature set. But by setting defaults to showcase everything (e.g., random screen transitions to start), the experience can be overwhelming to a new user -- and wind up being a major turn off. I'm trying to have enough patience to give it a fair test, get it properly configured, etc. One thing: both Nova and Apex can at least import homescreens and icon layouts (and, to some extent with Nova, widget layout), Next 3D doesn't seem to be able to import layouts from either Apex or Nova. This can make it pretty daunting for someone with 180 apps and a normal layout of 3 to 5 home pages.
I've been using the Next launcher for a couple months now. They've came along way from the first release. I have no lags or screen glitches with the animations look like no other phone. Only issue that i have is the default launcher will not stick when rebooted. I have to set it as default every time. It'll stay default till I reboot.
It's basically nova or apex with fancy animations. Features wise they are very similar.
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I gotta say. I've been running Nova for a while now and I just downloaded the free version of Next launcher and I am completely blown away. It's not just fancy animations. Its some pretty awesome widgets, wallpapers, themes, and a lot of customizations you can do to pretty much anything. Some of the animations are a bit much, I will agree, but I'm really impressed with the quality of the widgets and just the theming overall. Very slick! If the full version wasn't so expensive I would have already purchased it.
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mannerheim77 said:
I gotta say. I've been running Nova for a while now and I just downloaded the free version of Next launcher and I am completely blown away. It's not just fancy animations. Its some pretty awesome widgets, wallpapers, themes, and a lot of customizations you can do to pretty much anything. Some of the animations are a bit much, I will agree, but I'm really impressed with the quality of the widgets and just the theming overall. Very slick! If the full version wasn't so expensive I would have already purchased it.
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I agree. I've lived with both Apex Pro and Nova Premium for several months, a few weeks at a time with each. They are both excellent, solid products, and they've been evolving nicely pretty well -- primarily doing what it takes to keep up with each other.
Next 3D -- after you've toned down all the random transitions, really seems to have excellent potential. I've already spent quite a bit of time dabbling with Nova's "aggressive" settings and Apex's option to keep code in memory, as well as adjusting screen transition time, but my initial impression is still that Next 3D is smoother. I'll have to spend some more time experimenting to be sure, but I suspect the time will be worth it.
The widgets are certainly impressive, but I was disappointed to see that the weather app seems to in vertical orientation. While that's generally natural with my phone, I use my Nexus 10 in landscape over 95% of the time. A bit annoying to have to rotate the screen to see the weather report in detail. I'll wind up using another weather app instead (back to Beautiful Widgets or HD Widgets for now).
But I really do like the speed and responsiveness, the icon animations, screen transition choices, and little touches like the dock rolling over to display different options. Definitely worth exploring further before a final decision.