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[Q] How to remove the row of dots at the top of the homescreen pages

Does anyone know if there is a way to remove the row of dots at the top of the home screens that reference which page you are on? I only use a couple pages anyway and they are taking up space I would rather have to use differently.
Thanks in advance!

Get launcher pro or ADW launcher
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I do not believe there is a way to remove those, could be wrong. Have you tried ADW or LauncherPro?

Thanks for the quick replies. This is my first Android phone and wanted to get a good feel for it stock before I started trying home screen replacements. I will keep that in mind though in case there is no other alternative.

^ the TouchWiz is actually pretty unique. You will find ADW and LauncherPro to be much more like a stock android phone (with a ton of options added). Matter of preference of course, but I would strongly encourage trying one or both and playing with ALL of the options. I think most would agree it's better than TW.
Let us know what you think....

You could always press the menu button while at your home screen, select edit, and delete all those pages. You'd only have one home screen, but the row of dots would be gone. There might still be a single dot with only one home screen though
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Thanks for the idea arr. I like the setup I have now with 2 home screens more than I would with 1 home screen without the dots.
So far it looks like adw or launcher pro are the best alternatives.
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gancho said:
Thanks for the idea arr. I like the setup I have now with 2 home screens more than I would with 1 home screen without the dots.
So far it looks like adw or launcher pro are the best alternatives.
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ADW is very capable of replicating the style of TW as well with the horizontal drawer, and even has a galaxy s theme. Included are the option to add page dots or remove them in ADW as well. You'll find it runs smoother too, but say goodbye to samsung widgets.

[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??

Homescreen Lag

every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.

p2flol said:
I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.
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I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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could be. I haven't tried removing the Widgets and seeing if it increases the speed. might give that a try. But rendering Widgets in portrait shouldn't be any slower than landscape... "shouldn't" lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?
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You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:

p2flol said:
You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:
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I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific

Oasisplayer311 said:
I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific
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I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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That seems logical, however, it's just as choppy and laggy when you have the Xoom upside down (camera down, HDMI up). I only observe smooth transitions when in the standard, landscape position (and even this isn't always lag-free).

p2flol said:
I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.
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that's how launcher pro looks. I just don't like the small app icons. Plus I'm ADD so looking for an app in that is like looking for buried treasure haha

dxTop
I use dxTop Pro on my Xoom, pretty nice interaction. But I didn't set it as default. So each time I hit the home button I get a pop up to select either dxtop or launcher (the xoom default home). I find dxTop as a good alternative. That's why I don't use it as default, just when I wanna play around with a new home. Plus it offer the same exact 3D effects as the default home on the xoom. But with dxTop you have a "cube like" interface. So you can swipe up, swipe down, swipe left and right, and there is a swip for the center. So in all u have about 5 different swipe positon. Not just the current left to right position on the xoom default. You can google it for a demo and more info. Just thought i'll add my 2¢.

Launcher Pro Plus... Anyone using it on Tab 10.1?

Title says it all... Is anyone using LPP on their Gal Tab 10.1? Hows it working out for you?

I did it worked great. I used it with beautiful widgets and better cut.

had it working but goes into f/c all the time so took it out.

i've used it on the xoom with no probs. have it running on a transformer and on the gt10.1 and haven't had any fc's. works great to me.

Didn't try launcher pro, but in using adw launcher ex since someone on this forum mentioned it this morning.
Hate to admit, I didn't even bother looking into it before since I didn't think they would support honeycomb. Soooo much faster than stock.. stock honeycomb needs to be this quick flying through home screens or I'm never going back.
Anyone else use ADW? Major differences vs launcher pro in honeycomb? I've used all of the launchers on my phones before.
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Have yet to try either, but am thinking about going with launcher pro... Going to give it a shot on my Infuse as well.
Mankoorb: Are you using the larger weather widget? Im currently using tha one, but cannot get the background to actually be transparent...

Lp Is awesome on mine
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I can't wait for the tablet version of SPB Shell 3d.

How do we use these other launchers without removingthe HC notification bar at the bottom?

Heuser1 said:
Have yet to try either, but am thinking about going with launcher pro... Going to give it a shot on my Infuse as well.
Mankoorb: Are you using the larger weather widget? Im currently using tha one, but cannot get the background to actually be transparent...
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I actually had to select opaque to get the background removed on some, while others didnt remove at all, just gotta trail and error with it.

Srikar_NBK said:
How do we use these other launchers without removingthe HC notification bar at the bottom?
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LP doesnt cover the notification bar.

Rhyno77 said:
Didn't try launcher pro, but in using adw launcher ex since someone on this forum mentioned it this morning.
Hate to admit, I didn't even bother looking into it before since I didn't think they would support honeycomb. Soooo much faster than stock.. stock honeycomb needs to be this quick flying through home screens or I'm never going back.
Anyone else use ADW? Major differences vs launcher pro in honeycomb? I've used all of the launchers on my phones before.
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I saw the same post and thought I would try it.
I searched "adw launcher ex" on the market and got some 500+ hits?!?
There has got to be an easier way to find apps on market???

dannyboy22 said:
I saw the same post and thought I would try it.
I searched "adw launcher ex" on the market and got some 500+ hits?!?
There has got to be an easier way to find apps on market???
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It's generally the most downloaded.

dannyboy22 said:
I saw the same post and thought I would try it.
I searched "adw launcher ex" on the market and got some 500+ hits?!?
There has got to be an easier way to find apps on market???
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I entered the same search string. There are a lot of matches, but "ADWLauncher EX" from AnderWeb was the very first one in the list, which is what you are looking for.

What I like about the Honeycomb launcher is how it keeps the icon spacing perfect regardless of which orientation the tablet is in. The Android 2.x based launchers mess up the spacing when you rotate the screen.
Are there any launchers that do a similar job with the icon spacing that the Honeycomb launcher does?

Ravynmagi said:
What I like about the Honeycomb launcher is how it keeps the icon spacing perfect regardless of which orientation the tablet is in. The Android 2.x based launchers mess up the spacing when you rotate the screen.
Are there any launchers that do a similar job with the icon spacing that the Honeycomb launcher does?
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with LP you can adjust the spacing on the grid, and find the spacing that you like best.

Ravynmagi said:
What I like about the Honeycomb launcher is how it keeps the icon spacing perfect regardless of which orientation the tablet is in. The Android 2.x based launchers mess up the spacing when you rotate the screen.
Are there any launchers that do a similar job with the icon spacing that the Honeycomb launcher does?
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Used LPP on the Xoom and now GT.
I changed the number of rows and columns to max (10 I think) and the spacing seems to stay correct in either orientation.
Also seems to get rid of all the lag with HC which I never noticed before due to going straight to LPP out of the box. Tried HC launcher on the GT for a couple of days but the lag was driving nuts! Just wish I could keep the larger icons.
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Rhyno77 said:
Didn't try launcher pro, but in using adw launcher ex since someone on this forum mentioned it this morning.
Hate to admit, I didn't even bother looking into it before since I didn't think they would support honeycomb. Soooo much faster than stock.. stock honeycomb needs to be this quick flying through home screens or I'm never going back.
Anyone else use ADW? Major differences vs launcher pro in honeycomb? I've used all of the launchers on my phones before.
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I'm using ADW Launcher EX now (as of yesterday -- like you, learned from reading it on here).
It really is faster, smoother, better animations, etc. and you can have your vertical apps back! I never liked horizontal scroll for apps.
The ONLY downside, and it may be placebo, is that I think the stock widgets (bookmarks, gmail, calendar, etc.) scroll more slowly, but that is really the only downside that I can see -- at least those widgets work!
All in all, I'm now a proponent of aftermarket launchers for Honeycomb, which I never thought I would be.

Tried it and chnaged back, i didnt like the way the app draw looked. i prefured the stock set up....still think it needs more work. but on my phone thats all i rock!

ADW EX got auto-installed when I first set up the tab (it's what I use on my Evo so was in my stuff on market), and after messing with the stock launcher for a while I tried it, haven't looked back. Easier to get the look I want, plus seems quite a bit faster.

ADWLauncher EX UPDATED (also 10c today)

It has finally been updated after a long wait, has it been worth it? Probably!
features/improvements:
A new unified Dock bar with both the combined superpowers of the previous ones:
Easily drag and drop icons into it.
Unlimited icons support with paginated scrolling
Options stretch, scale, show reflections, change the background image…
Easy icon management by double tapping them.
Action to show/hide the dock at a glance via gestures/launcher actions
Easier and more user friendly folders.
Drag a desktop icon over another one to auto create a new folder
Visual representation of folder contents with theming support
Options to choose how the folder contents scroll and behave like you do with the app drawers
Single/multi row auto fitting support
New desktop management system while moving items.
Easier visualization of desktop and drag operations
Easier trash can operation
New desktop indicator inspired by IceCream Sandwich
Improved compatibility with ICS devices
Use of hardware acceleration on specific features when possible.
Persistence of the ActionBar visibility on android >3.x tablets by the “hide/show status bar” gesture or launcher action.
Usual bug fixes and performance improvements
More to come!!!
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Sorry I can't post links but it's on the market now!

i got it for a dime, what sort of benefits would i get from it over stock honeycomb? or what cool features that set it apart

The new update looks quite good I like the new folder look

macia10 said:
The new update looks quite good I like the new folder look
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+1 I think the new folders look great too. Over all it is a great update in my opinion.
My only issue is that my Widgets or icons don't sit at the edge of the screen anymore and it just feels like wasted space on the side lol. Not too big an issue but I like my screen to look a certain way haha
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lbhocky19 said:
i got it for a dime, what sort of benefits would i get from it over stock honeycomb? or what cool features that set it apart
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COMPLETE customization, you can add fancy screen transitions, have as many or as little screens, colums and rows as you want. You can also change icons for any app you want. Custom app drawers. Umm, create custom shortcuts, the list goes on and on lol.
kylec said:
+1 I think the new folders look great too. Over all it is a great update in my opinion.
My only issue is that my Widgets or icons don't sit at the edge of the screen anymore and it just feels like wasted space on the side lol. Not too big an issue but I like my screen to look a certain way haha
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I still haven't updated because of the issues people have been complaining about, I may just make a TB backup and update just to see whats going on .