Stock vs Launcher Pro - G2 and Desire Z General

What do you guys perfer? And why?
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Launcher pro plus because of the customization and I only need 3 screens...
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I use LauncherPro, i like that i can hide the notification bar and resize widgets.

I like adw launcher but often times I'm switching between it and launcher pro.
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EuroSpeed said:
I use LauncherPro, i like that i can hide the notification bar and resize widgets.
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This. I really don't like white notification bar. I also like that I can add more apps to the dock and show notifications on the dock.
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Currently using LauncherPro Plus...I use both LauncherPro Plus and ADWLauncher which comes with the CyanogenMod Nightlies, can't remember the last time I used stock since it doesn't even exist on my Nexus One ;-)
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willham said:
Launcher pro plus because of the customization and I only need 3 screens...
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That's true bro. I don't need 7 pages and what I like about launcher pro is I'm able to hide apps that I don't use.
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Adw.launcher is my favorite
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Hmm I might consider using launcher pro, I never really was fond of home replacements since its just too much customization for me
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Recently started using launcher pro. Didn't need 7 screens and liked the fact I could hide apps from the drawer. I do miss the stock froyo taskbar, but launcherpro is much smoother.
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NexuSix said:
Currently using LauncherPro Plus...I use both LauncherPro Plus and ADWLauncher which comes with the CyanogenMod Nightlies, can't remember the last time I used stock since it doesn't even exist on my Nexus One ;-)
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updated screenshot, I use 7 screens both on LauncherPro Plus and ADWLauncher...what I find best about ADWLauncher is the advanced draw customization
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updated screenshot, I use 7 screens both on LauncherPro Plus and ADWLauncher...what I find best about ADWLauncher is the advanced draw customization
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How do u customize the drawer?
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I recently switched to Launcher Pro: swiping for notification bar, customizable dock, better scrolling in the app drawer to name a few. Stock wasn't bad though.
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How do u customize the drawer?
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While in the ADWLauncher drawer hit the menu button to see customization options:
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Do you have to do the Visionary Temp root or even root the phone to use Launcher Pro? Noob question... sorry lol

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Do you have to do the Visionary Temp root or even root the phone to use Launcher Pro? Noob question... sorry lol
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Not at all. Both are available on the market. Just look up launcher pro but when searching for adw use "ADW.Launcher", otherwise you will have to sift throught the seemingly endless ammount of themes for ADW
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launcher pro all the way, anyone know where i could find some good icon packs for launcher pro? thanks.

got tired of the constant FC with LauncherPro Plus...uninstalled yet again and back to ADWLauncher

Looks like I'll be the odd man and say that I use the stock launcher. And I'm coming from using LauncherPro for two and a half weeks. Had a couple black screen issues and while that wasn't the reason why I switched back to stock, I wanted that stock feeling again. You can never go wrong with stock launcher.
And I can tell the same story with the web browser. I eventually came back to the stock browser after using Dolphin HD for a few weeks.
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I've been test driving the zeam launcher, not bad. Dock bar is deff. Different.
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Stock or Launcher Pro?

Which are you using?? And how many screens?
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I prefer the look of stock launcher, but LP does have many features+sense widgets on paid version.
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I prefer the look of stock launcher, but LP does have many features+sense widgets on paid version.
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Oh ok. Do u actually use all 7 screens?
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I know you asked about launcher.pro but I figured I would chime in. I use adw.launcher . It get the job done and I like the features like the button binding, themes... ect. However I do like how stock 2.2 looks.
And I'm using 5 screens right now.
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I know you asked about launcher.pro but I figured I would chime in. I use adw.launcher . It get the job done and I like the features like the button binding, themes... ect. However I do like how stock 2.2 looks.
And I'm using 5 screens right now.
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Does the app ever force close?
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I am currently usimg Lopez, Andre hace sinse about a week from getting my G2. 8 have tried all...stock, lp, and adw...and I prefer lp.
I'm using 7 screens and customized everything...working with swipes, and custom shortcuts. I have designated my screens for specific functions...dev, media, schedules, main screen, news, twitter/facebook, app folders....this setup works very well for me, as seldom have to get to app drawer and search for the app that I want.
Stock, was a bit boring, and adw, was ok...no real distinction from lp oyher than the ability to define themes....I guess I can live without them.
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I'm using LauncherPro with 5 screens.
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I've used both and I prefer to use LauncherPro Plus because I like to customize my phone a lot. I like the fact that you can adjust the size of widgets, customize icons on the dock, and the home button (which is customizable) when on the home screen shows you different desktops (reminds me of my Macbook). The last one I'm not sure if stock does or not.
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I am currently usimg Lopez, Andre hace sinse about a week from getting my G2. 8 have tried all...stock, lp, and adw...and I prefer lp.
I'm using 7 screens and customized everything...working with swipes, and custom shortcuts. I have designated my screens for specific functions...dev, media, schedules, main screen, news, twitter/facebook, app folders....this setup works very well for me, as seldom have to get to app drawer and search for the app that I want.
Stock, was a bit boring, and adw, was ok...no real distinction from lp oyher than the ability to define themes....I guess I can live without them.
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Cool. I think I'm going to try it out
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Launcher Pro, I use all the screens, and I like the froyo dock theme, makes it look sleek.
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Launcher Pro, I use all the screens, and I like the froyo dock theme, makes it look sleek.
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Froyo dock. I jusft tried it out and I like how u can add apps on the sides!
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Launcher Pro with 3 screens. I like the swipe gestures and ability to hide app names.
I use Launcher pro plus with five screens, three docks, and swipes all configured. I love it for the customization capable and how easily I can use my phone after it was all set up.
I use launcherpro with 7 screens. One dock. Custom dockbackground. Widgets everywhere.
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Its pretty amazing.
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I was completely happy using stock, I was just trying out LP to see how it was and now I can't go back.
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I use launcher pro...
Have 3 screens but only use 1
Pretty much a very simple clean look..!
It works for me
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I prefer stock launcher but I also use LauncherProPlus and ADW...all with 7 screens....
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I would use Launcher pro but the app drawer doesn't look as nice and work as smooth as stock launcher. It's somewhat smooth with overclock and no live wallpaper but with them it's a bit jumpy.
ADW.Launcher. Once LP gets a swipe gesture by which I can pull down the notification bar by swiping down anywhere on the screen, I might switch to that for its widget. Oh and I like the Galaxy S implementation of the app drawer option in ADW as well.
I might bathe only liner still using stock, but I luv it
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Wats a good launcher

I was wondering wats a good launcher for the shift I have been trying a few out and I like a few features in the ones I have tried and wish I could just combine the features I like all into one. And if anybody has tried how can I get the netfront life screen to work on my rooted phone it just acts like its going to open then closes and never loads thanks in advance
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YBsoulja said:
I was wondering wats a good launcher for the shift I have been trying a few out and I like a few features in the ones I have tried and wish I could just combine the features I like all into one. And if anybody has tried how can I get the netfront life screen to work on my rooted phone it just acts like its going to open then closes and never loads thanks in advance
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Good launchers to try are:
1. Launcherpro, lots of good feature
2. Adw launcher, free and lots of good features, even more for paid version
3. Go launcher ex, somewhere inbetween launcherpro and adw pro. And completly free
4. Nemus launcher, a interesting very fast and stable launcher
5. Claystone launcher, has a lot of odd, yet good features, just try it
And as for netfront, beyond just being rooted, what rom are you running?
ADW or Launcher 7
ADW Launcher! Or Zeam Launcher if you like slim.
Launcher 7 if you like the seven+ project
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Launcher pro all the way!
what features did you like in all the launchers you've used? For the longest, I used ADW. Lot's of options and feature rich. Launcher pro is great but I preferred ADW's dockbar. Zeam is also great bec. it's simple and very minimal...
The one thing I missed from Sense was the different scenes. Instead, I use the Launcher Pro for work/home. I use ADW launcher for running/biking. I use homeswitcher to go back and forth. Also will occasionally switch to slidescreen and netfront from when out at night.
I like adw and launcher pros customization and go launchers themes and certain customization features and regina launcher is great just needs sum more customization I really love the workspaces and I'm trying to try netfront but I just can't get it to load which is really annoying me but I'm lookin for sumthing with all the customization so I can make it my own and not look so plain. Or maybe I'm asking for too much lol
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YBsoulja said:
I like adw and launcher pros customization and go launchers themes and certain customization features and regina launcher is great just needs sum more customization I really love the workspaces and I'm trying to try netfront but I just can't get it to load which is really annoying me but I'm lookin for sumthing with all the customization so I can make it my own and not look so plain. Or maybe I'm asking for too much lol
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Just downloaded net front and loaded just fine on my phone. Looks promising...
Are you having trouble downloading the app from the market?
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Nothing touches SPB 3D Shell. Second for me is go launcher ex.
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I use launcherpro. Decent featuresc, fairly easy to use.
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No it downloads just fine i think it installs no problems no freezing no reboots or anything i have actually had this problem with a few apps fromm the market where they act like they are going to load and just go right back to whatever screen or app I was using when I opened it .
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I tried installing it, worked fine, but I thought it was kinda ****ty compared to SPB so I deleted it right away. Check out my screenshots. SPB is the best, most polished hands down. Just needs some customizability to come it's way
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Nothing touches SPB 3D Shell. Second for me is go launcher ex.
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Wow! Nice find! Trying this out today! Congrats on your first thanks!
Don't be scared to hang with us in #htc_evo_shift.
Yeah I had spb I actually really like it . But like you said it needs customization
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YBsoulja said:
Yeah I had spb I actually really like it . But like you said it needs customization
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Yeah and I dunno about $14.95 for a luncher.. hrm.
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Yeah and I dunno about $14.95 for a luncher.. hrm.
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im fighting myself over this aswell
****i think im gonna get it
If you wanna try a free 3d launcher, try Regina.
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Go launcher lagging.

So I've been using cm9 for like 2 weeks along with go launcher. And I always noticed it being slow and always lagging and not smooth at all. So today I went back to thunderhawk and was amazed of how quick it was and was just amazed by it until I restored go launcher and I ended up with the same performance as I had on cm9 or even worseee. So I uninstalled it and wiped cache and dalvic and did a fresh install off the market and started to customize it and noticed that the more settings I change and the more apps I add to the homescreen the worse and worse it became.
I really don't even have all that much things. Just 3 pages, 3 widgets, 4 apps, and 4 bookmark shortcuts. And with only those it is very slow.
So I'm using tw launcher now and the whole ROM is amazing now.
Anyone notice this with go launcher? Anyone know any similar launcher that doesn't lag? What I'm looking for is the ability to custom choose icons from gallery, a scrollable dock, and some cool transition animations for homescreens + app drawer.
I know some may have these like adw launcher and launcher pro but I wanna see what you guys think is the best out of them all cuz I know there is some that I don't even know about.
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Maybe it is all of the data sending to china?
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That's funny Marcus. But also true.
Try one of the newer ICS based launchers.
I recommend Apex. It works well and has most of the features that Go Launcher has.
Nova and Apex are very smooth.
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Go launcher is known for lag and hogging resources.
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I will try one of the ones recommended and see what happens.
But isn't nova not very customizable? Or at least I don't think I can change the icons in it can I?
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lilajrestnom said:
I will try one of the ones recommended and see what happens.
But isn't nova not very customizable? Or at least I don't think I can change the icons in it can I?
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Nova is "very" customizable and does support custom icons. Nova and Apex are right on the same level, and are both worth purchasing the licensed features. On Apex I randomly get lag in the app drawer, though. So I have since stuck with Nova since it's been flawless for me.
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Zeinzu said:
Nova is "very" customizable and does support custom icons. Nova and Apex are right on the same level, and are both worth purchasing the licensed features. On Apex I randomly get lag in the app drawer, though. So I have since stuck with Nova since it's been flawless for me.
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What's funny is do you remember ADW vs LauncherPro?
Well Apex is the same guy who made LauncherPro.
But i actually like NOVA better customization and barely any lag whatsoever.
With any lag issues that i have its because i'm using conservative for the cpu governor instead of OnDemand.
But both are very great and as well worth the money.
Forgot to mention that I am currently on a tw ROM so I need a launcher for tw until I go back to cm9 lol.
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ADW will be your go to launcher then. Only other good one for Touchwiz. At least customization wise.
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ADW will be your go to launcher then. Only other good one for Touchwiz. At least customization wise.
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Ya I just tried out both adw and launcher pro and both don't seem as updated as go launcher was lol. I may just go back to an ics rom and try out nova or apex. I just really need more blue in my phone lol the icons don't look right if there not bluee lol.
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Holo is slightly more updated for GB devices. It works for GB, ICS, and Jellybean. Icons can be changed. Small footprint is why I switched. Go doesn't work as well for our phones as it does newer models, which it runs lag free... even tho it 'sends your data to china'... Then I hope Chow Lung doesn't call my sister...
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Holo is slightly more updated for GB devices. It works for GB, ICS, and Jellybean. Icons can be changed. Small footprint is why I switched. Go doesn't work as well for our phones as it does newer models, which it runs lag free... even tho it 'sends your data to china'... Then I hope Chow Lung doesn't call my sister...
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Well I have no sisters and nothing I'm really worried about some random person idk knowing about. But I will try holo thank you=).
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JohnnyEpic said:
Holo is slightly more updated for GB devices. It works for GB, ICS, and Jellybean. Icons can be changed. Small footprint is why I switched. Go doesn't work as well for our phones as it does newer models, which it runs lag free... even tho it 'sends your data to china'... Then I hope Chow Lung doesn't call my sister...
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Thank you veryyyyy much this launcher is amazing and runs veryy smooth thank you very much just what I was looking for.
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Of all the launchers I've tried I keep going back to trebuche (sp)
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XxLostSoulxX said:
What's funny is do you remember ADW vs LauncherPro?
Well Apex is the same guy who made LauncherPro.
But i actually like NOVA better customization and barely any lag whatsoever.
With any lag issues that i have its because i'm using conservative for the cpu governor instead of OnDemand.
But both are very great and as well worth the money.
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Apex is Federico Carnales? I'm not so sure about that.
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Apex is Federico Carnales? I'm not so sure about that.
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yes it is because a lot of the people who have reviewed it and know him actually said that it was him and he just changed the name of the org/app group who made the Apex one.
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yes it is because a lot of the people who have reviewed it and know him actually said that it was him and he just changed the name of the org/app group who made the Apex one.
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Why would he just abandon LauncherPro without notice?
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Why would he just abandon LauncherPro without notice?
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He stopped the progress he tried to rebuild it up but then it was 6months no updates and quit the dev for it and switched to that for ICS
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
Maybe it is all of the data sending to china?
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Does it really share data?
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He stopped the progress he tried to rebuild it up but then it was 6months no updates and quit the dev for it and switched to that for ICS
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Do you know if he plans on having widgets and custom icon support like Launcher Pro did?

Go launcher vs Nova vs Apex vs Adw

Hey I am currently running Nova Launcher Prime but am bored of it. What do you guys think of Go launcher and why?
Also Go compared to the other launchers as well, is Apex just as customizable?
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I have used go launcher before and it has been slow and a resource hog. Apex is fine but very similar to nova. Right now
I'm using the same thing you are nova prime its clean fast reliable I say keep it just apply a theme or something
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For me Holo Launcher HD is best battery and function wise.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbnQuaG9sb2xhdW5jaGVyLmhkIl0.
nova launcher prime is best/fastest imo
I'll talk for my very own self here. But I think ADW Launcher EX is the best of them.
It is HIGHLY customizable and fast. And there is a real BUNCH of themes for it.
I would recommend anytime =P
I might be wrong but isn't nova now capable of using ADW's themes or at lease some parts of it?
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Nova or Apex IMO. Both are really close to each other.
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I might be wrong but isn't nova now capable of using ADW's themes or at lease some parts of it?
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Not that I know off no themes preference.settings
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I'm using Nova Launcher's latest beta. All the new features just added are amazing.
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Another vote to stick with nova.
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How could you not love this
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Nova Prime Time!!!!!! Its only the best my friend.....
Nova... Wouldn't leave home with out it!
Does nova prime drain battery more than any otherlaunchrs?
How do install themes using nova launcher prime?
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Does nova prime drain battery more than any otherlaunchrs?
How do install themes using nova launcher prime?
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Not that I've found.
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kcls said:
How could you not love this
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Am I missing something? This is a custom rom, not a launcher? Thought we were comparing launchers?
I use Nova too.. Been using it a long time but I also bought and tried many of the others too. I just wanted something light that has some decent features. I may look around at some others at some point..
Regarding the rom, I just wanted to give oy done time seeing as the nex 4 is so new. I figure in another few weeks I will start trying some roms depending on what improvements they are showing with battery life and performance and mainly stability.
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Richieboy67 said:
Am I missing something? This is a custom rom, not a launcher? Thought we were comparing launchers?
I use Nova too.. Been using it a long time but I also bought and tried many of the others too. I just wanted something light that has some decent features. I may look around at some others at some point..
Regarding the rom, I just wanted to give oy done time seeing as the nex 4 is so new. I figure in another few weeks I will start trying some roms depending on what improvements they are showing with battery life and performance and mainly stability.
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It is, I'm just showing what it's capable of.
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If you use nova make sure to look for the beta version it is more optimized for 4.2 and makes a difference. You can get it from the nova launcher settings
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Holo launcher
I too am using holo launcher on my gingerbread device and it works great. Neither does it hog too much resources nor drains the battery and also provides ics 4.0 experience. A must have definitely...
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Could anybody help me with nova launcher themes. I found a few but did'nt like them much. Please provide some links.

Nova launcher notification bar

Alright, gave the Touchwiz launcher a few days, but I guess I just don't don't like the 4 x 4 grid in large screen phones. I'm going to switch to Nova, but wanted to know if I could retain the transparent notification bar.
Any tips on how I can keep this? Thanks.
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cfn87 said:
Alright, gave the Touchwiz launcher a few days, but I guess I just don't don't like the 4 x 4 grid in large screen phones. I'm going to switch to Nova, but wanted to know if I could retain the transparent notification bar.
Any tips on how I can keep this? Thanks.
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Using Nova, black notification bar...... just wait until devs can get to theming and we'll have it back soon enough!
I gave touchwiz about 2 hours and dumped it for Nova. I'll live with the black bar.
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I tried so hard to live with Touchwiz... Can't do it... It sux. I'd rather deal with the black bar
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after using CM trebuchet launcher...I couldn't use TW for long. Nova launcher for now I guess. Black bar is fine with me... lol
It was 35 seconds after setup that TW went bye bye and Nova prime went instead. How can people work with this awful TW launcher ? Never liked it. Moved from S2 to S4 and TW on the S2 was worse. black notification bar is OK.
Other than that I love Samsung- phone , series9 laptop, Desktop wireless screen and TV. They know their sh*t with hardware, but as far as software, not my cup of tea.
There's an app called Super status bar that may alleviate that issue but I haven't played with it yet
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You can maintain the transparent notification if you decompile the SystemUI.apk, look for res/values/drawables.xml, and change the status bar background to "000000." (The first numbers are the opacity of the status bar, so you can set them to whatever you want in hexadecimal if you want just a little shade so you can see white icons on white background)
(Again, I added a little bit of shade for my icons- this is set to 230000. If you set it to 000000, it'll be completely invisible)
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Nova beta was just updated to retain the Galaxy S4 transparent notification bar. Make sure Show Shadow is unchecked under Nova Settings-Desktop. Works great!
FYI - it tends to come back sometimes when exiting apps. Just open and exit the app drawer and it goes away.
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americasteam said:
Nova beta was just updated to retain the Galaxy S4 transparent notification bar. Make sure Show Shadow is unchecked under Nova Settings-Desktop. Works great!
FYI - it tends to come back sometimes when exiting apps. Just open and exit the app drawer and it goes away.
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Not working on my end, restarted Nova and everything
KryptosXLayer2 said:
Not working on my end, restarted Nova and everything
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Are you running 2.1 beta 1 and unchecked the show shadow setting? Working great here.
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americasteam said:
Are you running 2.1 beta 1 and unchecked the show shadow setting? Working great here.
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Ahh, thought that Nova had auto updated to the latest version, which would have been the beta you were talking about, but I'm still on the stable 2.0.2 it seems.... well, once they figure out what the bugs are with having to go back and re-disable Show Shadow like you were saying, they'll put it through to a stable version - I'm not too concerned right now, I'd just like to be able to play with the notification bar to see if the theming we're working on looks alright on a transparent bar!
Yeah, it's a little buggy, but no need to go and check/uncheck. Just open and close the app drawer to get the transparency back. I'm sure they'll work it out. The Dev responded to my question about this in about 15 minutes. Very responsive.
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KryptosXLayer2 said:
Not working on my end, restarted Nova and everything
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this should do it ^^ http://teslacoilsw.com/tesladirect/download.pl?packageName=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&betaType=public
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americasteam said:
Are you running 2.1 beta 1 and unchecked the show shadow setting? Working great here.
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WHich weather widget is that and what widget theme. Thanks
soraxd said:
this should do it ^^ http://teslacoilsw.com/tesladirect/download.pl?packageName=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&betaType=public
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Brilliant. Thank you. I now love Nova more than I did before.
I got the transparent notifications now
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Beautiful Widgets with the Super Glossy HD theme.
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I will wait for full release. The current Beta is still choppy.
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Baldilocks said:
I will wait for full release. The current Beta is still choppy.
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Really. I haven't noticed anything that would keep me from using it.
Anyone have ideas on how to get the transparent notification bar on the lockscreen?
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