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Zeam launcher

So i got one phone with stock ruu on it and been looking at ways to customize it. I tried a couple different launchers and somehow managed to overlook this one. It's called zeam it's pretty bad ass it's light weight and fast with both the left and right buttons both customizable. It has the ability to have up to nine screens and still move fast. of course my favorite function landscape mode that actually turns in less than a thirty minute wait like some other launchers. I know I sound like an ad but I'm in no way affiliated with these guys. It's downloadable from the market and here's the xda page

HOLY CANOLE!!
That looks cool!

nebenezer said:
HOLY CANOLE!!
That looks cool!
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And it's fast as all getup (hmmm what is an all getup)

Doods, I've been talking about this launcher for weeks! It's like I'm not even here...
I tease! Seriously, this is my favorite launcher bar none. AND it plays very nice w/ jit and oc.

tejasrichard said:
Doods, I've been talking about this launcher for weeks! It's like I'm not even here...
I tease! Seriously, this is my favorite launcher bar none. AND it plays very nice w/ jit and oc.
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Bro I know the feeling. I was working with this dev on rooting the phones and he was having me try stuff that I had posted eventually I was like dude you should really check out some of my posts

great damn launcher !!
but i wish i could have my clock weather set up like in normal Sense UI
the beautiful widgets 2.36 has line thou it in 2.1 :/ and looks like crap

Launcher pro Verses ADW

Just wanted some opinions on the pros and cons of these.

Morkai Almandragon said:
Just wanted some opinions on the pros and cons of these.
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I feel that the developer of LP is more in tune with the needs of the user. Updates occur very frequently.

LauncherPro all the way

adw. hidden dock is awesome

Launcher Pro no question. Very smooth, HIGHLY customizable... and dock notifications??? are you kidding me???? http://www.launcherpro.com/

Launcher Pro for me.
I like that I can backup and restore the settings now if I change from ROM to ROM.

LP dock notifications seal the deal for me. ADW is great though but started to get choppy on my phone.

Morkai Almandragon said:
Just wanted some opinions on the pros and cons of these.
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I prefer ADW, I like the side scrolling of the apps. To me it felt faster than LP.

LP is the best =p it's just incredibly customizable and the dev is constantly making new releases. Looking at the changelog you can see there are new releases lately every three days or so and they're not small ones.

I love them both! ADW also had the faeture to be able to save settings and desktops first. It also has setting to change what swiping down and up do, which is awesome. But the 3d Drawer in LP is incredible....If only they could combine to ADWPro.......Umm there offspring would rule

DeezNotes said:
Launcher Pro no question. Very smooth, HIGHLY customizable... and dock notifications??? are you kidding me???? http://www.launcherpro.com/
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Word......

ADW was the one for me until the last few updates to LPro.
Keys to Lpro for me:
Ability to hide the notifi bar and unhide by selecting the home button. (I know you can do this in ADW also with the swype)
Locking wallpaper on Lpro. I like that my widgets just slide over
Phone and sms counters in dock
Scrolling dock
I do kinda miss the ability to hide app names in the drawer using ADW though, that's slick.

honestly both the prgrams work awesome its all about prefrence. they both have real good options and its just something you have to see and weigh out for yourself.

It's LP for me all the way! just like they said before...the dev is always updating to the users needs

Shouldnt be posted in the dev forum. I think theres already a topic in another Droid Eris sub forum.
Thanks
T.A.
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ADW for me. They're pretty even, but I don't like the look of LauncherPro. I prefer a little color on my launcher. I also prefer how highly customizable ADW is. Plus, the scrolling dockbar is the jam.

How did you get lwp working

vantagejuan said:
ADW for me. They're pretty even, but I don't like the look of LauncherPro. I prefer a little color on my launcher. I also prefer how highly customizable ADW is. Plus, the scrolling dockbar is the jam.
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Color? If you are referring about the dock, that's what i thought too at first. But you can actually change it in Launcher Pro too. And speaking of highly customizable, I can make my Launcher Pro look like ADW, if I want to.

korben dallas said:
How did you get lwp working
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its freshhh rom, its one of the few roms that lwp actually sticks...

iloveandroid said:
LauncherPro all the way
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Seriously. The gmail/missed call/sms notification in the dock makes it a no-brainer.

[APP] ADW Launcher EX

The new ADW Launcher. Dare I say it?... Looks better than Launcher Pro?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...eleased-transitions-to-a-whole-new-dimension/
The app drawer performance does looks a little laggy tho

Its wicked goodbye launcher pro
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MasDroid said:
The app drawer performance does looks a little laggy tho
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Well it wasn't playing on an actual phone as you could see. Can't say anything about the smoothness untill you try it on your own phone Or did you already? I'm gonna try it out!
EDIT: I was right. Super smooth scrolling on homescreen and app drawer
EDIT2: The 3D app drawer wasn't as smooth but still smoother than in the video. Without the effect it's superb!
Interesting notes:
- You can set the app drawer background to transparent so it displays your wallpaper behind but reduces performance.
- Couldn't find an option to change the dock background easily, annoying.
- There are 8 different home screen scrolling transitions which all work perfectly smooth.
- There is no option to change app drawer / app opening transition, so you always get the zoom effect.
- 3D app drawer isn't perfectly smooth.
- It stutters for a fraction of second every time you open an app.
Other than that it's very nice launcher I'm still sticking to Launcher Pro because it's still much faster and because I have only one homescreen so I don't benefit from the cool transitions and stuff.

it's awesome !!!

thanks man, gonna try it now!
erm, how to change the number of homescreens?
i don't usually use 5 screens

With free versions he means normal ADW? I'd like to try it but I'm not gonna buy it without a trial longer than 15minutes.

When I scan the barcode it just says it can't be found...? sigh...
EDIT: Nevermind, played around with Market Enabler and got it

Zhypr said:
With free versions he means normal ADW? I'd like to try it but I'm not gonna buy it without a trial longer than 15minutes.
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Trust me, within 2 minutes you'll be convinced

garduna said:
Trust me, within 2 minutes you'll be convinced
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I doubt it. I care for speed more than for fancy transitions and I already bought Launcher Pro Plus. Also using the calender widget from that.
// Tried it, back to LP.

I bought it:
2 problems, ADW freeze two times so I should reboot. and when I put a widget I can't delete ???

I doubt I'll ever use any other launched after buying this. Always liked ADW more then LP, but now, words cannot explain the love for Ander after this beauty
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GANJDROID said:
I doubt I'll ever use any other launched after buying this. Always liked ADW more then LP, but now, words cannot explain the love for Ander after this beauty
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You had better keep the emotions to yourself

Looks Nice!

I tried it it´s just so amazingly fast and nice to watch.
Is there a way of loading the sense apps though?

It must have setting to change the icon of folder, sort icons, quick manager icons & folder.

I dont see myself buying it for now, I might not like it. Right now Im still enjoying the original SENSE and I have LP Pro so meh

MasDroid said:
You had better keep the emotions to yourself
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Haha, sorry, I just can't contain these feelings anymore he's done amazing work with this.
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Is it possible to disable fade in effect when an app its opened?
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Awesome launcher. I love the icon backgrounds/settings (gives icons a much more consistent look and size). Been using it a couple of days with Oxygen 2.0 RC with no problems at all. Its smooth and fast.
Worth every penny.

any way to set the number of screens to 2 instead of the default 5??

Wow.. go launcher ex

If u havent tried it, go get it! The best. Grab it in the market for free.
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Go sms pro is pretty phat too.

I think it's hands down the best launcher out there. The Honeycomb theme is awesome with it.

Very nice!
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I loved the launcher, but ended up trying out others for a second time when they were already bundled with ROMs. Also, as far as I know, GO Launcher EX doesn't allow for higher grid settings on homescreens, which is absolutely essential to my current setup. If this has changed, I will surely go back, as I loved how smooth it was and how much customization there was elsewhere in it!
Also, I second GO SMS Pro (was just GO SMS, just added features in Pro, like the long-awaited, at least for me, support to check drafts! and is still free).
They update a lot, and not in a bad way. They're usually adding more and more features. Ever since I found out about the GO Dev Team when actually looking to use Handcent or Chomp SMS, I've loved 'em.

I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/

phatmanxxl said:
I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/
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That's kind of how I feel, too.

Go Launcher EX is the business. I think so many people are loyal to ADW and Launcher Pro though(why, I can't figure out). I'll bet you that most folks who have tried all three will tell you that Go Launcher EX is superior. The fact that it's free alone sets it apart. And the regular updates are a nice plus too... If you haven't tried it I suggest you do. Then come back here and give an honest opinion of it.

I tried it but can't remember what it was that turned me away. I admit, it has been a little bit so I'm sure it's better.
Does it have it's own widgets. gesture swipes, resizable widget option, able to change app icons on your homescreens, ability to choose any dock you want? These are some of the things I love on ADW ex/ LPP.
It may very well have some of these things now, it has been a bit. I'm on a Sense kick right now, but I'll give it another look.

I love go launcher but I need to reload the icons when I come out of the browser our youtube.
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I wouldn't go as far as saying go launcher is superior that's a little much eh? Its good but its not great. I've used almost every launcher out there for more than a weeks at a time each and I always come back to adwEX.

I'm interested to see what this complete rewrite of Launcher Pro...whenever it happens....will bring to the table.

totalanonymity said:
I loved the launcher, but ended up trying out others for a second time when they were already bundled with ROMs. Also, as far as I know, GO Launcher EX doesn't allow for higher grid settings on homescreens, which is absolutely essential to my current setup. If this has changed, I will surely go back, as I loved how smooth it was and how much customization there was elsewhere in it!
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They did add that feature.

Batman58 said:
I tried it but can't remember what it was that turned me away. I admit, it has been a little bit so I'm sure it's better.
Does it have it's own widgets. gesture swipes, resizable widget option, able to change app icons on your homescreens, ability to choose any dock you want? These are some of the things I love on ADW ex/ LPP.
It may very well have some of these things now, it has been a bit. I'm on a Sense kick right now, but I'll give it another look.
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The answer is YES to all of your inquiries, execpt for the 1st one(it's own widgets).. Atleast, I dont think it has it's own widgets, but it has so many add-ons, so there might be one. But YES, it has gesture swipes, you can resize the widgets, app icons can be changed on the desktop and in the dock, you can change your dock, the dock is scrollable and supports up to 15 apps, etc...

dirkyd3rk said:
I wouldn't go as far as saying go launcher is superior that's a little much eh? Its good but its not great. I've used almost every launcher out there for more than a weeks at a time each and I always come back to adwEX.
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The main reason I called it superior is because it's FREE.. and the other two that are comparable are not(ADW EX and LP+). Of course once you put price aside, the opinions are gonna vary as to which launcher is better. To me the 3 are very comparable though.

mattykinsx said:
I'm interested to see what this complete rewrite of Launcher Pro...whenever it happens....will bring to the table.
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Same here. I'm a LP user 100% of the way. ADW has a lot of flash but poorly designed, Go Launcher is actually okay but performance isn't all that great. LP is very well designed and very fast. Can't wait for the rewrite.

phatmanxxl said:
I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/
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Yeah I'd hate to not use ADW EX simply because I paid like $3 for it

Only thing that's pissing me off is adwEX hasn't been updated since beginning of January. I hope anderwebs is cooking up some hot features, buts I've purchased adwex, launcher pro plus, and launcher 7. I like to switch back and forth. Go launcher being free simply doesn't make it superior; what's 3 bucks when you can buy 2 launchers for the price of one Burger king combo lol. I bought them to try them all and go launcher simply isn't that impressive. You need to try some paid launchers man I bet you won't find yourself saying that anymore.
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Philosuffer said:
They did add that feature.
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They added the feature but the max is 5x5, combine that with the fact it does not support shuttered dpi and I have to say LPP is still my favorite.
It's cool and neat but far from owning the competition at this point.

I have Launcher Pro plus, ADW Ex. I've always liked ADW Ex better because -
- lockable screens. Can't tell you how many times I've accidentally moved stuff or even dropped and deleted (or had a friend do that while looking at my phone)
- performance especially with the homescreen transitions
- easily edit and resize icons/shortcuts
- I have Pure calendar and Beautiful weather widgets, so I don't really miss LP widgets.
- got tired of waiting for the "re-write" (not a criticism - I just itch for new stuff)
Go Launcher
Pros
- Matches everything ADW Ex does
- Unread Notifications even on the dock (not on ADW, even with notifier)
- Much easier to manipulate entire screens
- discovered go sms - it's gorgeous!
Cons
- Haven't seen a "lock" feature yet. Need to explore.
- Performance doesn't have the same "snap" to it as ADW Ex, but I need to explore and tweak that a little more
Pretty pleased with Go Launcher Ex so far, I'll use it for a while and check.

Bored of the usual "desktop"

Hey guys.
Anyone have any ideas for something different for the desktop?
I'm kind of bored of the usual weather at the top and the apps ect underneath.
I was thinking of the Windows mobile style launcher, but it's just tiles with what ever you want lol.
Anyone got some ideas for a change?

There is already a Windows Phone 7 style launcher called "Launcher7" however I believe it's just a concept - it looks OK but not great.
If you're looking for a cool launcher that's customisable, I recommend Go Launcher EX, it's the nicest one I've tried (I prefer it to LauncherPRO). However, personally I'm fine with the Touchwiz launcher.
If you want to do some cool stuff with your widgets, maybe have RSS newsfeeds of your favorite sites? For that I'd recommend a widget called "Pulse".

Yea I usually gey bored that's why I rooted my phone to cm7. I saw they came out with open home 6 u might wanna check it out
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Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?

aussiesausage said:
Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?
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Cyanogenmod 7.
Not available for the SGS2 though.

aussiesausage said:
Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?
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You could try regina launcher for something a little bit different from the norm or another one which is called circle launcher i believe.

daleski75 said:
You could try regina launcher for something a little bit different from the norm or another one which is called circle launcher i believe.
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While i haven't used it on the SGSII, only my atrix, SPB shell 3d was pretty sick. VERY fast. But still kind of the same setup

Circle launcher looks interesting.

Oh i like circle launcher.

i cant believe nobody mentioned SPB Shell 3D. just watch some videos on that and be blown away if you want something "new" and different on your android device.