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I have the paid version, so I like the widgets. But LP just always felt a little more well done IMO. Not that ADW is bad, it just felt a little sloppy despite all the features it had.
If u dont pay then they r equal...u can resize widgets in adw for free
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Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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Ok.. I cant pay tho
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ADW seems slow as HELL. Launcher Pro is snappy, and I like the 3D drawer.
Who knows. I tried ADW before LP and immediately developed a distaste for it. Tried LauncherPro later on and immediately fell in love.
LauncherPro has better customization.. unless adw has implemented more since I last used it..
Being able to set your own dock background and icons is nice instead of having to chose a theme.
And LP is a lot smoother. There are settings around here to make adw smoother, but LP still feels better.
And one more reason for me, I like the 3d app drawer.
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i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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3d app drawer is in LP
Dan330 said:
i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.
Launcher pro is 20x smoother, ADW is REALLY choppy. No clue why.
I used ADW for a couple of months and really liked it, but LP is much faster. Some of the new benefits I'm enjoying with LP are faster home screen rotation, smoother scrolling and animations when opening and closing apps from the home screen.
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I use LP just for the ease of customizability that ADW just doesnt seem to have
I use LP for the same reasons most people do. It's smoother than ADW out of the box. While on that subject, there are ways to set ADW to smoother operation but I don't want to fiddle with things out of the box to make them work.
I also prefer the 3 dock style of LP, it gives more options over ADW's slide up dock. Personal preference but the more quick launch options I have at my finger tips, the less messy my screens are. I prefer minimalistic setups.
The widget development by Fede is great. I don't make a lot of use of widgets personally but his work to make functional, good looking widgets is worth the few bucks for the program.
And I follow both devs on twitter and to be honest, the ADW dev seems a bit off. He's said a enough things about how hackish his program is or how he doesn't know what he's doing to make me wonder why I should use it.
Oh and the LP dev is working on a full rewrite to make his launcher more stable, faster, and expandable. I'm very excited for that product when it comes out.
i tried LauncherPro and completely fell in love with it. it does everything i need it to, it does it well and while looking nice.
why even try ADW at that point?
I tried both and switched between them every few days for a few weeks just to get a real feel for both of them. I really like LP much better than ADW. LP seems better for customizing to each individuals preferences and it seems faster and smoother. LP makes everyday use with my Evo so much easier and much more enjoyable...
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Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.
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hey thanks...
it is interesting...
I like it for the multiple docks, and the dock swipe actions.
I love Lp, so much better than ADW, I tried both for about a week & was more comfortable with Laucher Pro because its easier to customize, i like the dock that you can put apps where you want them, plus the additional swipe actions, love the 3D draw, all my friends say its so cool. And now the widgets that he has added are even beter. Plus a complete rewrite comoing soon, so he can better customize it with our ideas we give him.
Hi all Desire HD Owners
We all know that Non-Sense ROMs are more lighter and have a great performance due to a lot of free RAM ,,,
So if i want to use CyanogenMod as example what is the best apps I should use as a replacement to sense widgets like clock and weather widgets and also what other apps u recommend to use while not using a sense ROM specially launchers ?
Thanks a lot and waiting your help
The Fancy Widgets clock is pretty good. There are a few calendar widgets on the market too which are good. If you haven't tried MIUI rom - I recommend that for lots of nice differences.
If you are looking for launchers you might try my page here to get a few ideas.
I like SimiClock widget a lot.. it's a very minimalistic clock widget.
It's beautiful on a dark theme.
I tried miui but it's looks like iPhone a lot and I don't like that at it..but it's an amazing ROM...
Also there is no topic in DHD Forums to show users HS like the one in Wildfire forums which is great and presented a lot of nice ideas ....
I used Cyanogenmod for a while...as for launcher I hate the default ADW because it's the ugliest piece of software on the planet so I found a mod that replaces ADW with the default gingerbread launcher which is very very sexy, especially the app drawer.
Just google the terms "stock gingerbread launcher on cyanogenmod 7" and lots of links will come up
I have a desire (similiar to dhd) I went to cm7. But came straight back as I couldn't live without the sense functionalities!
Sure AOSP roms ate faster, but I rather have more features than better performance
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now on blackice cm 7.1!
for clock and calendar I'm using simiclock (includes meteo, battery% and other stuff) and simple calendar widget, i like that style! I've replaced the music app with the one from IceCream sandwich.
if you like the dolby and srs in blackice there's icetool to enable them.
I think you can give a try to that rom!
Sorry for bad english!
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My personal opinion.
I used to love sense and really liked the widgets. So I have been running it for over 2 years.
I decided to make the step to MIUI and now I cannot get back.
MIUI is so fast and you can set everything the way you want.
I especially like the folders that you can drop your programs in. So I have a folder with GPS things, different tools folder, camera stuff folder etc etc.
The fact that you can also make a backup in MIUI which saves everything, yes also location of icons and folders makes this one perfect for me.
For the clock and weather I use the fancy widgets and for email I use K9 which you can configure the way you want.
I admit it took a couple of weeks to get used to. Sometimes I flash a sense rom just to try it but I've always came back after max 3 days.
Thanks all for this great feedback and waiting more from you cuz i will try MIUI or CM7.1 for a while and want to find a replacement for most of apps and widgets i use , also when CM will came with ICS so we all will be able to try it and use ICS at our devices and abandon Sense ROM
Thanks again all
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Also there is no topic in DHD Forums to show users HS like the one in Wildfire forums which is great and presented a lot of nice ideas ....
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You mean like this one?
I use Launcher Pro (its the smoothest and most stable imo) with the 3D clock & weather widget - it looks nice and is free.
If you search on the android market, you can find quite a few free apps better than stock 2.1 HTC Sense (excluding camcorder). There's just no true 3d widgets like the ones in sense3.0, or a lockscreen that works as well (miui lockscreens are somewhat laggy and don't have proper music/weather/etc. Agile lock takes around 3 seconds to appear after opening the screen)
Try Android Pro Widgets, they look quite similar to some of the sense ones
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rdr.widgets.core&feature=search_result
Thanks for the tip. Following this thread.
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LOL ! Now i have to read all the 148 Pages
Regarding MIUI, you know that you can use another launcher right? The "iPhone-ish" part of MIUI is the launcher, and if you don't like that you are free to install whatever launcher you want. I'm currently using MIUI + LauncherPro and it's flying.
I use ADW, there are loads of free themes about so not liking the look is a bit of a lame excuse, but you can use any of the other launchers, I also like functionality over looks which is why I'm currently using BlackIce in my opinion AOSP wins over any other ROM any day, tried MIUI but if i wanted my phone to look like an iPhone i'd have bought one
I recommend touchpal dialer or go contacts to replace the awesome sense dialer
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I wont go with what's best for widget, as I find the less widgets the better.. but my apps are mainly;
Root Explorer
OC/UV Beater 2
CacheMate
Clockr Evolution isn't that bad
4EXT recovery updater
andrev oc installer (MIUIAndroid doesn't have it preinstalled)
SystemApp Remover
Current Widget
They're my tools apps that I have flashed into my ROM from clean recovery.. I'm not a fan of widgets, and bloat so I keep default apps to a bare minimum.. hence systemapp remover.. if I can remember correctly before I flash my apps.. I have between 55-65 apps/services on my phone.. whereas a clean install of a sense rom can come between 170-180 lol
TRY GO Lancher EX . and search for those awesome Free theme
u will love it . and it is fast and smooth ,
and get a beatiful clock widget .
trust me , u will fall love on it .
however personal opinion
i try many launcher .
here my fav
1.Go Launcher EX
2.Retina 3D Launcher
3. Launcher PRO
that all
i used to be ADW but they are not improve like other did .
just more theme but without any new features added compare to other.
however there is a huge pretty and nice ADW theme .
HTC DESIDE HD : 3 ROM install and switch between them when i get bored .
Rom 1 : RCmix3D runny sense 3.5 version 2.2
Rom 2 : MIUI FREEEze Edition 1.10
Rom 3 : BLACK ICE V 1.0 ( this Rom is dam super fast & smooth, high score in benchmark )
3 Rom install and switch anytime with sync my call log , contact , sms , apn list ( using my trick)
I am also on BlackIce CM7.1 with Lord Clockan's excellent kernel(s). I will never go back to Sense. Ever.
I use Android Pro Widgets, Beautiful Widgets, Minimalist Text, Moogly, and System Info Widget.
For look and feel, I use CM themes, ADW themed icons, and Alt Drawer. Between all these, the ability for customisation is enormous.
Just a little thread I wanted to make about a discussion on Roms around since I tried all of em and everytime I feel like switching to something new
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I really want to move to cyn but I like sense to much and the overall feel of it, miui is basically android iPhone far as I can tell
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I really like Sense as well but can see where those who hate it are coming from. I gave MIUI a try and much prefer the Sense 3.5 widgets, and all their colorful glory. I've used Sense since it was TouchFlo, so I've always had a place in my heart for it. CM7, while a purists form of Android, is too simplistic and also was too much work to setup to get it functioning like I wanted (my fault, as I really wanted Sense back).
To each their own...
I have tried all the types of ROMs and imho cm7 is the best and the most androidish.
Also I do like the newer sense ROMs(read 3.5).
Everything is about personal opinion and how you use your phone.
just my 2 cents.
cm7 is amazing, so fast and clean, i'd like to use it regulary. it took my breath away when i tried it out. but i'm missing the stock camera, news & weather widget, contact integration. and there were some smaller things i don't remember, all in all it was clean and fast, but did not have all the functionality of sense-roms.
To be fair, i didnt try out CM for some time and maybe i should have get used to it longer. I only used it 3 weeks or so.
i've never tried miui, but i absolutely love the miui-look.
so i'm using a no-sense ARHD with adw launcher ex with miui-icons and i think i'ts the best of all worlds.
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cm7 is amazing, so fast and clean, i'd like to use it regulary. it took my breath away when i tried it out. but i'm missing the stock camera, news & weather widget, contact integration. and there were some smaller things i don't remember, all in all it was clean and fast, but did not have all the functionality of sense-roms.
To be fair, i didnt try out CM for some time and maybe i should have get used to it longer. I only used it 3 weeks or so.
i've never tried miui, but i absolutely love the miui-look.
so i'm using a no-sense ARHD with adw launcher ex with miui-icons and i think i'ts the best of all worlds.
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ARHD..i had probs wid it...if u use it for a while..you get around 150mb free ram and if u multi task at times..apps get crashed...sense roms are too heavily ram based that is why most htc phones have memory of 700mb...
i'm changing a rom from MIUI, CM, and HTC No Sense, and the Sense itself..
for me, sense is still the best, and now i'm using the ARHD 6.1.5...
Until recently I was hooked on Sense. Now I use blackice which is cm7-like and I like it. There are three things I missed at the beginning: 1/ wheather-clock 2/ news widget and 3/ flip to silence the phone. Now I use the accuweather widget and the ics clock (eight cells combined, so the same as htc's), I wrote a custom news widget for the feed I read and still miss the flip-to-silence (but not that much).
At the end of the day they both have their pros and cons. And MIUI should be shot in the back of it's neck for threason .
i've tried cm7, miui, and a variety of sense roms. cm was spartan but functional. miui (i tried freshly squeezed) was great but it (and cm7) were missing something that makes me stay on sense: the calendar widget. i've searched for a good calendar widget so that i could stay on miui, but i haven't found one as good as the htc one.
i also like the htc lockscreen. i know widgetlocker can do it, but i don't want to run another program just for that...
CM9 all the way
I vote ICS ftw running beta 2 as a daily works ok aside from the listed bugs.
it is too early to flash ICS unless you're a dev and want to work on it for dev purposes...not a good idea to use it for everyday use...
Does anyone know a good sense rom with good amount of free ram?
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it is too early to flash ICS unless you're a dev and want to work on it for dev purposes...not a good idea to use it for everyday use...
Does anyone know a good sense rom with good amount of free ram?
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I guess you could use runny4 with a script to free up Ram. You'll have around 270 MB ram after booting but of course, then script seems to kill the launcher sometimes....especially after using a resource heavy app. It's kinda annoying!
I've been using black ice ROM for a week now and I don't think I'll be coming back to sense, ever(except maybe to take a look at sense 4.0 when it comes out)! For me, it was just about finding the right widgets to replace the sense widgets. I've found quite a few excellent replacements in the market.
I'm still searching for something which can perfectly replace friendstream. I've tried pretty much everything there is...none of them work as well as friendstream did. Anyone got any ideas?
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smanthrav said:
I guess you could use runny4 with a script to free up Ram. You'll have around 270 MB ram after booting but of course, then script seems to kill the launcher sometimes....especially after using a resource heavy app. It's kinda annoying!
I've been using black ice ROM for a week now and I don't think I'll be coming back to sense, ever(except maybe to take a look at sense 4.0 when it comes out)! For me, it was just about finding the right widgets to replace the sense widgets. I've found quite a few excellent replacements in the market.
I'm still searching for something which can perfectly replace friendstream. I've tried pretty much everything there is...none of them work as well as friendstream did. Anyone got any ideas?
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which theme you're using from theme chooser? using sense lockscreen app? which clock widget you're using...
For anyone who is missing the HTC weather wiget from Sense while they are on CM give Beautiful Widgets a try.
And I'm using the ICS beta. Sure there is no camera, you need to set up your data connection manually. The gallery force closes, but installing something like QuickPic gets round that. But all in all it is good enough for me to run day to day.
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MIUI is pretty amazing, you dont have to use the default launcher you can install anyone you like but the theme engine is by far the best, it beats the Cyanogenmod theme engine. it can theme everything and i really mean everything from fonts to lockscreen to boot sound.
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MIUI is pretty amazing, you dont have to use the default launcher you can install anyone you like but the theme engine is by far the best, it beats the Cyanogenmod theme engine. it can theme everything and i really mean everything from fonts to lockscreen to boot sound.
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I agree with MIUI. Live the on the fly customization its capable of. And now with new ES Mod, you can enable native app drawer. Folder up the ones on home screen.
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Try "android pro widgets" as a replacement for friend stream. Perfectly fits for me.
All roms have their advantages and disadvantages...I love them all ^^
What bothers me on CM and MIUI is the Camera.
The DHD camera is really good and it is a pity that it is not really supported at both roms.
I am currently using ICS ... Although I have no camera but this rom is amazing
I think the only thing that keeps me going on sense is the notification bar. I'm a big fan of how sense's pull down has a recent apps section an is split into two sections one for recent things and the other for quick settings.
I mean, I understand that you can get recent apps by long pressing home but the notification bar is in like most non full screen apps, pulling it down is simple.
I used to be hard core CM but then i started going back to Sense just for the way the notifications are set up. Perhaps if there is a notification bar recent apps plugin or fix for non Sense Roms, i would leave it.
I really would like to know which 3d launcher apk is the BEST for Desire in performance and functionality? I've tried Launcher pro, ADW, SPB. Best for me was SPB.
I saw that new 3d launcher is under developing with icons smart group and icon rotation, but i forgot its name. (i think it was in miui's thread).
Maybe someone would provide his/her opinion about that.
I'm currently on seb's 15 runnymede AIO (sense 3.5) and i like it, but sense 3.5 is pretty heavy for desire's cpu&gpu.
Sorry for my English, didn't have practice for a long time.
With regards.
Having the best of this and the best of that is a matter of personal taste. Apparently you have picked yours already. If I would say that Sense 3.5 is the best launcher ever, you already have you opinion on that too.
What I'm trying to say is, just try it out for yourself and judge if its best for you. Because that's what matters in the end.
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You have to try everything and then you can decide which laucher is the perfect for you. That's what i did until i found the suitable rom for me... I've tried them all
I prefer ADW after trialling most and being a long time Launcher Pro user. I like the way it does folders, the options for customising swipes and the speed is very good.
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for me it is go launcher ex - very quick and many features (for me much better then sense) - but therre is something great coming see:
http://www.tsfui.com/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU
meo said:
for me it is go launcher ex - very quick and many features (for me much better then sense) - but therre is something great coming see:
http://www.tsfui.com/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU
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Looks like this one's gonna use up a lot of system resources just to get it running. I'll pass.
meo said:
for me it is go launcher ex - very quick and many features (for me much better then sense) - but therre is something great coming see:
http://www.tsfui.com/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU
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Wow! Very impressive! Thanks for the link!
Meo
That's really amazing ui, but i think it will be only for miui rom, but who knows may be...
Anyway thanks a lot for the links.
I'm using MIUI.ADW launcher on CM7 and it's great, fast, sleek different. Highly recommended
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I tried ADW and Launcher Pro. For me, Go Launcher surpassed both of them. The launcher is very smooth and fast, always in development, more customisation options, countless number of themes, and all available for free.
Now there has to be catch right? Well in order to use widgets for go launcher you will need to install a widget app such as Beautiful widgets or HD widgets. Minor inconvenience all things considered. I highly recommend Go launcher.
maybe zeam launcher? fast, light-weight.... it's ok...
I love Launcher Pro. Very customizable.
Para mim o ADW é o melhor e mais rapido.
I like the stock Sense launcher. Tried a couple of the most known ones, always came back to stock.
LauncherPro is unbeatable. It's smooth and very customizable.
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SPB Shell 3D is very beautiful but so expensive !
Adw Launcher Ex, just love it... fast and customizable, also i can uninstall apps fast, just hold them above trashcan for a sec.
I am currently using GO Launcher EX, i lile howe there is so may themes that can be used, as well as all the addons such as go weather/locker etc. i never used to use it due to the lack of space, but since i am using the mildwild ROM, the freedom is great it is like a new phone all together.
True mildwild, plus go launcher ex and go SMS perfect whole new phone and speedy too... recommended to any one...
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I find Go Launcher best by far on my tablet, but strangely prefer Launcher Pro on my Desire. I've tried using vice versa, but it doesn't feel right... it's all down to taste.
Just trying to get an overview of user experience with GO Launcher and apps on the desire.
Personally I find it very smooth and responsive. Is there better out there?
I own a HTC Desire, it's smooth enough, but if you starting using lot's of widgets and so on it gets heavier. It does a good job for all the fancy stuff tho. And pretty cool themes too.
I use it too. I found that it's the most polished launcher for gingerbread.
some unavailable feature
1. since they develop the launcher, they should be able to build full screen animation for its weather widget.
2. The unlocker screen cannot trigger the animation. So even the great HTC clock cannot have the animation.
Interesting points. I'm using it on ICS, works well, seems smoother than stock launcher. I'm using HD widgets for the clock and weather (full screen). Im trying the GO Launcher HD for tablets on my tf101 eepad, quite impressed with it.
I don't know about ICS. While I found it to be the best on GB on ICS I would recommend Apex.
I also use GO Launcher for HTC Desire. I didn't found another launcher to move better. Best so far...
for me it is the smoother and most customisable launcher.
I used ADW and ADW EX for a really long time. But then switched over to GO Launcher EX.
It's fast, stable, smooth and has a lot of features. For me the best decision...
very nice launcher!
I first used, and bought, Launcher Pro, don't remember the reason but I changed to Go Launcher after about 6 months. I used it for over a year, until I flashed to ICS and now JB, and I use Nova. Was really happy with Go Launcher, but Nova was pre-installed so I decided to try it, and it is really awesome.
I found go launcher consumes too much memory for a HTC Desire and it crashes a lot.
I really like it, but I have better
go launcher is bad launcher
Best launcher for gb imo. I just use basic flip effect as 3d can lag but otherwise it's great. Mildwild Rom.
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Which is the best launcher?
I'd say the smoothest launcher now is Nova Launcher.
Works like a charm for me. Has all the options I need.
This is my opinion!
Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
I agree that nova is the better launcher (I run it on my gnex) but found it lagged my desire somewhat, hence sticking with go. Even go does somewhat with visual settings using certain effects, rooted using Mildwild.
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I used this launcher before i flashed a MildWild ROM. Now i just use the Xperia launcher from this ROM
Ever since I discovered GO I never liked any other launcher. Tried them all, but u will never get so many customizations with others. Plus it has gesture controls. FOR FREE!
I'm using CM7.2. Deleted that ADW crap from CM ROM and installed GO Launcher EX instead. In fact, I also use GO Contacts, GO SMS, GO Keyboard, GO Locker and Toucher.
The GO Team is the best!
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